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26 Apr 2024, 4:20 pm
Sam the Sham Adams, who's running for Multnomah County commission, has gotten two lawyers from the state's biggest, baddest law firm (where I once worked) to write a memo saying that the county chair, Jessica Chevy-Vega, is breaking state law by keeping a stranglehold on the commission agenda. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 5:25 pm
Here's a funny moment in the race for Multnomah County district attorney. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 7:56 am
Ya gotta admit, it's quite a show.Meanwhile, over at Multnomah County, Chevy Vega's head homelessness warrior has just been sent packing amid allegations that he bullies women at work. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 6:52 pm
Ten people died while in custody at the Multnomah County Jail in 2022 and 2023, as compared to zero deaths in the preceding two years. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 2:01 pm
I just stumbled across a sample local ballot for Multnomah County, here. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 3:29 pm
But honestly, given the trashing that Doctor Dex's main opponent, Sushi Jayapal, has laid upon Multnomah County in her time on the county commission, I'm all in for Dexter.And so who will replace Dexter in the Legislature? [read post]
15 Apr 2024, 3:21 pm
Have you paid your:Oregon state income tax.Tri-Met self-employment tax.Multnomah County preschool tax.Metro homeless tax.City of Portland business tax.Multnomah County business tax.City of Portland arts tax.Oregon income estimated tax.City of Portland and Multnomah County business estimated tax.Or in the words of the late Jimi Hendrix, "Have you ever been experienced? [read post]
11 Apr 2024, 3:33 pm
Jesse Beason, the interim Multnomah County commissioner, appears to be making around $10,400 a month in that gig while apparently making another $220,000-plus annually running a "dark money" organization and a "nonprofit," both called Northwest Health Foundation. [read post]
10 Apr 2024, 11:23 pm
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said McLemore was arrested Tuesday morning on an outstanding warrant out of Clackamas County and booked into the Clackamas County Jail. [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 3:57 pm
On top of everything else, it appears Multnomah County's feckless D.A., Mike Schmidt, doesn't show up at the office much.Schmidt touts his policy work and ties to Salem to push for changes that he argues make the criminal justice system more equitable. [read post]
25 Mar 2024, 9:34 am
Today we learn that the community health center director of Multnomah County is officially out, after being on paid leave and under a cloud for months. [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 5:39 pm
Having looked over the field of candidates for the District 2 seat on the Multnomah County Commission yesterday, I thought I might as well check out the wannabes in some of the other districts. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 10:30 am
I live in one of the districts electing a Multnomah County commissioner this time around. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 5:14 am
Much of the tax money that was supposed to be used to get the tent junkies off the streets is going to be funneled through a new bureaucracy to the developer weasels, construction goons, and nonprofit middlemen in the almighty cause of more bad apartments.The regional planning agency Metro, which administers the supportive housing services tax that’s brought in $577 million since 2021 to help the three Portland-area counties combat homelessness, is greatly expanding its housing… [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 7:45 am
Until then, the inmates will be running the asylum.Then there are the Multnomah County commission races, which are not partisan primaries and could well be decided in May. [read post]
13 Mar 2024, 6:34 am
We are also working closely with Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington county elections offices and have involved national experts to assist with implementing the best possible voter education strategy and election planning.Complicating matters (I think) is the fact that the city's version of "rank choice" is different from Multnomah County's version of "rank choice" that's also being put into place pretty soon. [read post]
12 Mar 2024, 3:53 pm
I see that the lame duck mayor of Portland and the queen of the Multnomah County commission held another one of their bizarre press conferences about the city's street crisis yesterday. [read post]
5 Mar 2024, 3:23 pm
The feckless Multnomah County district attorney, Mikey Schmidt, was supposed to speak, but then he found out that his assistant and political rival, Nathan Vasquez, was also invited to say some things. [read post]
1 Mar 2024, 4:37 pm
Multnomah County voters, you elected a leader to die for. [read post]
27 Feb 2024, 9:57 am
Multnomah County's version of a district attorney, Mike Schmidt (lifetime batting average .058), has been on the intertubes a couple of times this week. [read post]
