Justice Rajee, the Director of the local, Black-led organization Reimagine Oregon, says that he felt personally disrespected by Commissioner Mingus Mapp’s at Wednesday’s City Council meeting after Mapps repeatedly criticized Reimagine Oregon’s lack of action in distributing $5.8 million in Recreational Marijuana Tax funds set aside by the city to help incubate Black-owned businesses in Portland.
On Thursday, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty debated against her two challengers who have raised the most money and are the most active on the campaign trail.