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Murmurs: Biden Bundler List Doesn’t Include Any Likely Ambassadors In other news: Blumenauer wants an e-bike tax credit. Biketown? More like Snow City. (Brian Burk) Updated February 17
BIDEN BUNDLER LIST DOESN T INCLUDE ANY LIKELY AMBASSADORS: As President Joe Biden s administration begins filling political appointments, The Washington Post this week speculated on whom he might name to ambassadorships, noting that big donors often get prime posts. (One recent example: Portland hotelier Gordon Sondland, a Trump donor appointed ambassador to the European Union. Sondland s now working on a tell-all book.) Just four Oregonians made the list of the 800 individuals or couples who raised $100,000 or more for Biden: Columbia Sportswear general counsel Peter Bragdon, Portland General Electric executive Nidhi J. Tha
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Murmurs: Police Called to Ryan Home Four Times Since October In other news: Vandals hit Jade District. Dan Ryan. (Courtesy of Dan Ryan) Updated February 10
POLICE CALLED TO RYAN S HOME FOUR TIMES SINCE OCTOBER: Portland police have been dispatched to City Commissioner Dan Ryan s home at least four times since October, according to public records obtained by
WW. The incidents surrounded Ryan s Nov. 5 vote against cutting the Portland Police Bureau s budget by $18 million. The first dispatch occurred Oct. 28, when protesters arrived at the commissioner s home one week prior to the vote. On Nov. 1, police responded to a report of vandalism there, records say. Then, on Nov. 5, the day of the vote, police were called to an incident labeled as arson and another described as an open investigation. (It is unc
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Murmurs: Mayor Will Have Security Protection in Public Settings In other news: Kotek aims to decriminalize homelessness. DESPERATE MEASURES: House Speaker Tina Kotek presided over two previous special sessions of the Oregon Legislature. Updated February 3
MAYOR WILL HAVE SECURITY PROTECTION IN PUBLIC SETTINGS: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler will now have a security detail with him nearly every time he goes out in public following the Jan. 24 pepper-spraying by the mayor of a lawyer who followed him to his car outside a McMenamins pub. The mayor has enhanced security measures, and we believe they will be effective in protecting the mayor s safety, said Jim Middaugh, a spokesman for Wheeler. Given recent events, the mayor will be using that service more frequently and virtually any time he is in a public settin
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As Legislative Conduct Committee Hears Hernandez Report, Pressure Mounts for His Resignation The state’s two largest public employee unions, his predecessor and scores of other public figures weigh in. Hernandez is unbowed. Diego Hernandez and Jessica Vega Pederson in 2018. (Sam Gehrke) Updated February 1 The Oregon Legislature s Joint Committee on Conduct today began hearings on allegations against state Rep. Diego Hernandez (D-East Portland), who was accused of harassing several women who worked in politics.