Weekend hang.

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Fair point by Chad. Many journalists, myself included, sometimes provide a general / shorthand description of the new council districts, which aren’t drawn neatly. East Portland (D1) includes only a portion of 82nd Ave. SE Portland (D3) has a decent chunk of NE in it, etc.

Oh. Man shot to death in Southeast Portland, putting city close to 2023 homicide pace oregonlive.com/crime/2024/08/…

NEW: The Portland Auditor's Office has received complaints over Rene Gonzalez spending $6400 in city money to update his personal Wikipedia page during the thick of his mayoral campaign. The Elections Office is now investigating. portlandmercury.com/news/2024/08/1…

Oregon's most populous county fumbles before the Sept. 1 deadline.. "The Portland center expected to serve as a centerpiece of Multnomah County’s approach to low-level drug possession cases will not open until October, weeks later than planned." oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez holds early lead in mayor’s race, poll commissioned by his campaign shows. Nearly 40% of voters undecided. Nat'l Democratic pollster Lakeside Research, whose clients have included Biden & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, conducted it. More. 👇 oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

“After being late to the party, I needed to catch a couple breaks to get a viable campaign up and running... I encourage you to support Carmen Rubio. She is clearly the most capable, competent and concientious candidate in the race—and will make a great mayor.”

Portland sends graffiti vandal to prison — first since city crackdown (2 1/2 years behind bars) Via Zane Sparling oregonlive.com/crime/2024/08/…

Sheriff reverses course, agrees to jail violators of Portland’s camping ban via Zaeem Shaikh oregonlive.com/crime/2024/08/…

😵‍💫 Oregon Lottery winner followed from bar, stabbed 15 times, survives by playing dead oregonlive.com/crime/2024/08/…

Jonathan Bach, our housing/real estate beat reporter, recently provided an in-depth look into Portland's lack of conversions. (Nat'l numbers are also very small, btw) oregonlive.com/business/2024/… He and I also did a podcast that touched a bit on this topic. oregonlive.com/podcasts/2024/…

Portland city candidates, reporters, voters, et al.: How are you feeling? A) 🤩 B) 😱 C) 😵‍💫

Very smart conversation here with Sophie Peel & Shane Dixon Kavanaugh on the current state / dynamics of Portland's wild campaign season. (If you aren't following rosecityreform, you should be): rosecityreform.substack.com/p/fing-madness…

"U.S. Bank leases approximately 222,000 square feet inside the tower, formally called U.S. Bancorp Tower... "..Most of the U.S. Bank employees at Big Pink will move to Columbia Center in Gresham."

"Missing the pamphlet deadline doesn’t preclude Adams from running. It just deprives him of an inexpensive way to reach every voter in District 2. The filing fee for jurisdictions with 50,000 voters or more is $300."

Portland City council candidate apologizes for implying ‘firebombing’ an option if city backs Live Nation concert venue oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…

Among them, a highly competitive west side candidate w/ scores of endorsements & who had already hit the donor match threshold: "Anyone willing to help me get to the next threshold by giving $5 gets $5 from me. If you can rassle a second $5 my campaign manager will chip in too.”

Multnomah County Commission candidates vying to represent Portland’s west side pitch different solutions to region’s biggest problems oregonlive.com/politics/2024/…