Confirming these are still incomplete as the hearing continues! (Check out PHB program descriptions in the budget book, including multifamily development, economic development, equity and engagement, etc)
Yet again I remind everyone (as Elizabeth does in her very next tweet) that "foreigners are corrupting our pure blood with weakness & disease" is Fascism 101. Not some variant, not some metaphorically similar thing, not some echo -- the thing itself.
My new favorite Portlander is the gentleman giving virtual budget testimony to City Council while strumming a guitar and singing in support of more tree planting and increased enforcement against gas-powered leaf blowers. 👑🎸🌳🤟
Warsh may be a reasonable guy and capable economist just playing a role here. But if integrity and independence are qualities we value in a Fed Chief, he does not have them.
Every nominee who dodges this question tells us that they have no meaningful commitment to American democracy.
Ha, kudos to the creator of this Don't Save Lloyd account. 👏 👏 👏
Anyone working to save Lloyd Center mall like it's some Midcentury Modern gem needs their head examined. A glamorous TOD project on that site will do more for that historic (lowercase H) district than a mall & sprawling car parking.
These are the types of raised/tabled crossings that I want US cities to start building. They're continuous for people walking and biking instead of continuous for drivers (even if they're raised up).
LOL!
LMAO, even.
Rooting for you as you get back out there, from a fellow cyclist recovering from a bike wreck induced broken forearm. ❤️🩹👏
Seeing that apparently THOUSANDS of people showed up to pay their respects to a retired MAX train tells me that Oregonians are actively yearning for public transit, and politicians that throw their weight behind efforts to not just restore but massively expand service will be handsomely rewarded
This is crazy. Just open-air larceny.
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love the title, love the article. Portland punching above its weight in an indicator that should lead to future success
Also a good reminder of Oregon’s Spring Cleanup happening TOMORROW! Glamour shots in the O not guaranteed for participation. volunteer.solve.org/oregon-spring
Picking up trash is such a good way of growing civic solidarity & caring for your neighbors. Portland is what we make it, the Mayor is helping make it a cleaner city on his weekends. Good for him. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Thank you!
wouldn't mind several orders of magnitude more of this
The fact that Mamdani just seems like a cheerful normal guy who's policies are things like "we're going to tax second homes to fund pothole repairs" or whatever and yet this generates panicked responses like "This is basically Stalin's great purge turned up to eleven" is... telling. It tells things.
Voting on spy powers at 2am will definitely help with trust in the government!
everything about DOGE was fucking wildly illegal and everyone involved in it should spend time in prison and have their assets seized
I’ll miss Lloyd Center as a core institution of NE Portland. But am so excited for what will come next for this great location w easy transit access
We need more low barrier, dense commercial space across the city, as shown by Lloyd Center’s strange and vibrant second life of small biz & popups
"Cyclists are welcome to follow the rules of the road" buddy I've got some bad news for you about the success rate of -drivers- following the rules of the road, but for some reason it's not OK for me to menace them and argue in public forums they shouldn't be allowed out there
Big win big win! 👏
Portland City Council Unanimously Advances Resolution to Build More Homes in Inner Eastside
Huge news:
Portland City Council Unanimously Advances Resolution to Build More Homes in Inner Eastside.
Thanks so, so much to everyone who testified, to all who showed up at our rally, and our champions on the city council.
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Density is exciting, not scary 🏗️✨🏙️
Portland’s inner east side won’t look like DC does in these photos, but it WILL look like home or a new job to more Portlanders with Inner Eastside For All. That’s exciting to me.
There were lots of narrow streets. It all still worked.
View of rooftops looking south in Washington DC, one big ol crane featured prominently.
8 story apartment building under construction in 20002, NE Washington DC
A view from my 10th floor apartment in Washington DC showing a pedestrian path, mature trees alongside mixed use dense development of 12+ stories, next to Amtrak/MARC/VRE & WMATA Metro tracks. An overpass crosses the tracks in the distance and another large apartment building sits just across the wide tracks.
The same 8 story apartment building under construction, right next to a public park with a large mural on the attached row house. The building is having its masonry done.
I lived in the fastest growing zip code in the U.S. for 6 years and guess what. It rocked. I saw a lot of cranes and cool buildings and so many new neighbors! Life rocked! This is my argument in favor of Inner Eastside For All.
Love seeing forward progress on housing solutions in Portland!
Councilors Avalos, Green, and Morillo are locked in to fund rent assistance, seed a sustainable social housing acquisition strategy & support affordable housing ecosystem in PDX. Housing champions ✨🏙️🏗️👏
Thank you Councilor Morillo for stressing the importance of _public dollars_ getting spent thru _public processes_
It’s basic good governance and it’s part of why city agencies exist
Obsessed w this from Mayor Wilson! Can our Mayor Wilson compete?
She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since.
But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.
It’s such a delightful back pocket card for the pope to have! I can’t wait for it to happens- feels much more like a when than an if