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City Commissioner Mingus Mapps has released a much-anticipated charter reform proposal to serve as an alternative to the charter reform measure headed to the November ballot. The proposal, first reported on by the Oregonian, was shared with the Mercury Sunday. Mapps chose to propose alternative adjustments to the city charter—via his political committee, Ulysses PAC—after learning of the changes included in Measure 26-228, the charter reform measure crafted by a City Council-appointed group of volunteers..
Portland hasn’t felt like “The City That Works” for all of its residents for quite some time. Whether it's coming from business owners forced to call five different bureaus to report trash dumped on their property, or people waiting hours to speak with a police officer after someone’s broken into their house, the level of frustration with Portland’s services seems to be at an all-time high. This upset could be directly addressed in November, according.
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