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Portland Business Alliance contests 23 of 25 lobbying violations found by city auditor
Updated May 10, 5:31 PM;
Posted May 10, 5:29 PM
Portland City Hall.Michelle Brence/Staff (file)
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The Portland area’s most influential business organization is contesting broad swaths of a review by the city auditor’s office that found it repeatedly violated city lobbying rules last year.
The auditor’s office declared two weeks ago that the Portland Business Alliance failed to disclose at least 25 times it had contacted city officials in 2020 to request access, funding or action, primarily by email.
But the alliance shot back Monday that 23 of the unreported emails and other interactions with officials did not need to be reported to the city because they didn’t meet the city’s definition of lobbying.
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Portland Business Alliance Disputes Auditor’s Report on Lobbying Violations The group violated the city’s lobbying rules 25 times, the audit found. But the PBA argues that 23 of the 25 were not, in fact, violations of lobbying rules. A closed storefront in Pioneer Place. (Brian Burk) Updated May 10 at 5:48 PM The Portland Business Alliance on May 10 challenged an audit released last month that found it had failed to document 25 communications with city officials over the past year, including with Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office.