Seattle City Council member Dan Strauss defends his multiple votes on policing, and says he is open to discussing expanding progressive revenue if he’s elected
One has to wonder what is being taught to kids that allows them to mimic Big Tech in censoring or shouting down those with an opinion different from their own.
February 22 2021
Stan Penkin, Kim Silverman, Tiffany Hammer, Bob Davis, Vadim Mozyrsky and Alex Stone are members of Portland s Public Safety Action Coalition.
One of the primary responsibilities of government at any level is to provide a safe environment for its population. In the past year, our city has reduced the Portland Police Bureau budget by $27 million and is seeking a 5% reduction across all bureaus in the next fiscal year, including the police.
Police Chief Chuck Lovell has requested that the bureau budget be cut by only 1% to allow for the filling of more than 100 vacancies. Reducing the police bureau budget by 5% at this time is inadvisable, and City Council should heed that request.