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Four Candidates Put Their Names Forward for Appointment to Rep. Diego Hernandez’s Seat Hernandez resigned effective March 15 rather than face an expulsion vote for sexual harassment. Rep. Diego Hernandez. (Sam Gehrke) Updated March 2 Four candidates have filed to fill out the term of state Rep. Diego Hernandez (D-East Portland), who resigned his House District 47 seat this month rather than face an expulsion vote. In February, the four-member House Conduct Committee found after an investigation into complaints lodged by five women that Hernandez had violated House rules relating to sexual harassment and creating a hostile workplace. The committee recommended his expulsion.
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Murmurs: Turmoil Over Cops at Transition Projects In other news: Rumblings in the next governor s race. Rukaiyah Adams (Christine Dong) Updated March 3
TURMOIL OVER COPS AT TRANSITION PROJECTS: Since last summer, dozens of employees at Transition Projects Inc., the Portland nonprofit that runs 10 local homeless shelters with a budget of about $20 million, have pushed to expel two board members: Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese and Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief Jami Resch. The employees objections were not personal but rather a reflection of the negative interactions many homeless people and TPI staff have had with police. TPI executive director George Devendorf says the board took the requests very seriously, brought in an outside consultant, and held a series of meetings with employees, but ult
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Murmurs: Hernandez Resigns In other news: Lights out at Mahonia Hall. Rep. Diego Hernandez. (Sam Gehrke) Updated February 24
HERNANDEZ RESIGNS: After U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken on Feb. 20 rejected a plea from state Rep. Diego Hernandez (D-East Portland) to block a vote to expel him from the Oregon House, Hernandez resigned Feb. 21 rather than wait to see if 40 or more of the 60 members of the House would eject him. A couple of years ago, Hernandez appeared poised for higher office. But since
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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