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North Park Blocks Recommendations to Mayor Hales
On Sept 1st Mayor Hales hosted a 90 min meeting at City Hall to hear the concerns raised by residents and businesses of Portland’s historic North Park Blocks (NPB). Over two dozen were in attendance including Portland Police, representatives from city and county agencies, outreach program managers, and DAs office. The NPB neighborhood was represented…
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Retiring CEO: Public Safety Threatens Portland’s Future
The Portland Business Journal recently reported the comments of Jim Johnson, retiring CEO of Tripwire link / pdf version “The thing we run the risk on – Portland is a jewel and there are wonderful things in Portland – but we are tolerant of not-so-good behavior, ” Johnson said. Johnson said he’s had employees telling him they…
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Emerson School Mom To Mayor Hales
The following email and photograph was sent to Mayor Hales by a concerned Emerson School parent on Sept 1st. Mayor Hales, It was a grim scene outside Emerson Elementary today for the first day of school. See photo for a sampling. By 9:30am the surrounding North Park Blocks were full of debris, off-leash dogs, marijuana smoke, nudity,…