I think she’s completely underestimated them. This isn’t non-partisan anymore. They ran a partisan race and got a party onto the council. The next two years will be coalition building and compromising to resist them and force things like Mitch’s vote to happen.
Left to their own devices, they will run wild with occasional assists from Avalos and Dunphy.
It’s going to be a slog to 2026 when we can bounce three of them. These aren’t democrats and Portland needs to wake up to that.
“It’s just completely different stepping into Portland City Hall in 2025 compared to a year or two ago,” says Shane Kavanaugh. “We have had an absolute clean break with the old, and it feels completely new.”
That’s not a good sign. We elected mostly a bunch of tax and spend rigid illiberals who are wedded to progressive ideology. But we have a large looming budget deficit and all they seem to focus on is getting themselves more staffers. Portland spends way too much per capita. It’s time for a refocusing on basic essential municipal services yet this Council seems poised to do anything but that.
Kudos on asking about the DSA.
I’ve never heard Sophie Peel get it so wrong.
I think she’s completely underestimated them. This isn’t non-partisan anymore. They ran a partisan race and got a party onto the council. The next two years will be coalition building and compromising to resist them and force things like Mitch’s vote to happen.
Left to their own devices, they will run wild with occasional assists from Avalos and Dunphy.
It’s going to be a slog to 2026 when we can bounce three of them. These aren’t democrats and Portland needs to wake up to that.
lolol 🥱
When is the city manager coming on board?
“It’s just completely different stepping into Portland City Hall in 2025 compared to a year or two ago,” says Shane Kavanaugh. “We have had an absolute clean break with the old, and it feels completely new.”
That’s not a good sign. We elected mostly a bunch of tax and spend rigid illiberals who are wedded to progressive ideology. But we have a large looming budget deficit and all they seem to focus on is getting themselves more staffers. Portland spends way too much per capita. It’s time for a refocusing on basic essential municipal services yet this Council seems poised to do anything but that.