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The RTA: Solving problems together

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Most of you know that the RTA regional transportation plan election is coming up on May 16. I and many other citizens from all different parts of the political spectrum have been working for the last three years to develop regional consensus. We finally have a plan that we can all support, and the endorsements [...]

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A new beginning

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

Yesterday, despite prodigious get-out-the-vote efforts on the part of our cadre of indescribably dedicated volunteers, only 14% of eligible Ward 6 voters cast a ballot. 35% of those who did, voted for me, and I am humbled by their support. Their votes were truly votes coming from a place of hope, and we will build [...]

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Fred’s latest waste of our money

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005

Ward 6 incumbent Republican Fred Ronstadt announced last year that he was not taking part in the City Clean Elections program in order to “save taxpayers’ money”. (The real reason was to rake in unlimited private cash while undercutting campaign finance reform, but that’s another story.)
The Star reports today that Fred seems to love to [...]

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The right kind of development

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

A couple of years ago I flew former Portland Transportation Commissioner Charlie Hales to Tucson to talk to folks about the economic benefits of the Modern Streetcar and Light Rail. He talked a little about how Portland developers thought differently from those from other places.
“Most developers get up in the morning,” Charlie said, “and think, [...]

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Urban Renewal, Part II ?

Friday, May 20th, 2005

In the 1960s, dark forces of money & power converged on our historic Downtown–a 150-year-old neighborhood of homes and small businesses–and bulldozed the homes of thousands of people who had lived there for generations. What did we get there in return? TCC and La Placita, which have limped along for decades, weighed down by the [...]

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