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    May 2024 primary election

    May 2024 primary election

    FromRational in Portland

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    May 2024 primary election

    FromRational in Portland

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    51 minutes
    Released:
    May 20, 2024
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    Fill out your ballots with Amanda in the May 2024 primary election episode. We also go over picks for key Washington and Clackamas County races at the top. The audio of the actual episode is terrible and it’s all my fault. Andy Chandler from NW Fresh helped recover it (o the extent it is listen-able, that is all Andy’s talent). But in our opinions, these are the only things that matter in this election. And if you do nothing else, just do this:Multnomah County District Attorney: Nathan VasquezMultnomah County Commissioners: District 1, Vadim Mozyrsky; District 2, Jessie Burke; District 3, Julia Brim-Edwards; District 4, Vince Jones-DixonState Rep, District 33: Pete Grabiel* https://www.nwfreshpodcast.com * https://www.voteforvasquez.com
 * https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/05/editorial-endorsement-may-2024-vote-for-nathan-vasquez-for-multnomah-county-da.html?outputType=amp* https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/05/01/wws-may-2024-endorsements-multnomah-county/* https://www.votevadim.com* https://jessieburke.com* https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxqayBhDFARIsAANWRnTYcP93zpq1MkJ0e32pAXmY9GbsxTgZPvuTDDnwqYnHkVZkLDUiXtUaAl_yEALw_wcB* https://www.vincejonesdixon.com* https://www.petegrabiel.com* https://www.pps.net/cms/lib/OR01913224/Centricity/Domain/214/19-20%20Adopted%20Budget%20Document.pdf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY78GfLtsmt8tan2c2bdEQPaA4Pq7S7qJA243_0rLXnUEIJskmgeluaqTw_aem_Afs4vjIM_XIASY5vJA_mskPvok2Ntxbe4-Eq-Ffj4s2sthiUiXBHH2Ts7iOBCz9spuC4Es2DQeLUcowaDYUGTkvC* https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/* https://x.com/disabilityrtsor/status/1791499360976478588?s=46* https://www.kgw.com/article/news/education/oregon-students-fall-further-math-reading/283-78a61f5a-c3ff-471b-9004-f2285de9b9ff#:~:text=Sports,PORTLAND%2C%20Ore
    Released:
    May 20, 2024
    Format:
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    Everything you can’t say in Portland. I hear a lot of people wondering about what happened to Portland, Oregon. Why are so many downtown businesses still abandoned and boarded up? Why are people openly doing and selling drugs? Why are there so many homicides? Why is our homeless crisis so completely out of control? Why are our catalytic converters up for grabs? Can we criticize riots without denying that there are legitimate reasons to peacefully protest? Why do we have the highest income tax in the country but virtually nothing to show for it? Why were our public schools closed for 18 months during Covid? Portland made international news in 2020, and I found myself talking to everyone I could about what was going on in this city. To the extent I received any analysis from the press, I had to put an inordinate amount of time into researching particular topics just to verify or challenge the point of view. I found that my neighbors and colleagues were quietly asking a lot of the same questions, but they felt scared to openly talk about these issues for fear of being berated for using the wrong terminology (e.g., “homeless” v. “houseless”); for fear of being accused of lying about what they saw with their own eyes by the loudest voices in the room wedded to the counter-narrative that “Portland’s fine!”; and because questioning issues like rioting, whether we should’ve defunded the police by $15 million, or whether cloth masks on children make sense, means they risk being called a “racist”, “Covid denier”, or a “Trump supporter”. I started recording my conversations with other people who were invested in Portland, had information about Portland or its policies, or had a perspective on Oregon or Portland that was unique. I also talked to people outside of Portland who are living lives much differently than we are because I think it’s important to know that not everyone in the US lives or thinks like we do. And not everyone who lives and thinks differently from the Portland dominant narrative is a bad person, a racist, a bigot, or a science-denier. I’m a Democrat and a Biden voter, but I’m curious about people who think differently. My conversations and topics are open, honest, and rigorous, and I’m committed to resisting tribalism through civility and intellectual curiosity.