Portland from the Left

Campaign Finance in Portland, Multnomah County, and Oregon (Part 2)

Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT

The second part of Piper and Josh's chat with Thursday from pdx.vote talking at length about campaign finance.

Support Thursday's work by subscribing to pdx.vote for $10 / month

Vocabulary

Shemia Fagan is the current Oregon Secretary of State (in charge of lots of elections stuff).
ORESTAR is the campaign finance website where entities report their spending.

Transcript of both campaign epsiodes combined

Content Warning: This episode is explicit

Campaign Finance in Portland, Multnomah County, and Oregon

Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Piper and Josh chat at length with Thursday from pdx.vote in the first part of a two part series on campaign finance.

Support Thursday's work by subscribing to pdx.vote for $10 / month

Vocabulary

Shemia Fagan is the current Oregon Secretary of State (in charge of lots of elections stuff).
ORESTAR is the campaign finance website where entities report their spending.

Transcript of both campaign epsiodes combined

Content Warning: This episode is explicit

Media Response to the Normandale Park Mass Shooting

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Piper and Josh talk about the media’s response and coverage of the mass shooting that happened at Normandale Park on February 19th, 2022.

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit and talks about a mass shooting at a protest

PPB Training Material Cover-up

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Piper and Josh talk through the recently revealed Portland Police Bureau protest training material, the cover-up, and the connections to neo-nazis and the far-right.

We recorded this episode on Sunday 1/16/2022 and the story continues to break including a statement from the Department of Justice (they aren't happy).

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

Holiday Special

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

We take a break and a step back for an extra special holiday episode to talk about ourselves, the podcast, and what we're trying to do here.

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

An Introduction to School Boards

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

A guest joins the show to give us an introduction to the layer conflicts currently happening in local public school systems. Follow their work @SchoolBoardBloc

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

Enhanced Services Districts

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Kaitlyn joins Piper and Josh to talk through the ins and outs of Enhanced Services Districts in Portland like Clean and Safe.

End Clean & Safe Website
WRAP has a lot of good resources on their website dedicated to BIDs
WRAP's position paper on sanctioned campsites

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

The Charter Review Part 2

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Thursday joins Piper and Josh to talk about Portland's city charter and the currently underway charter review process.

From Thurday: The Portland Charter Review Process: A Resource Roundup'
Charter Review on the city's website.
Charter Review Public Comment From
Charter Review Commission listening sessions on Nov 13 and Nov 16
Introductory article on Mingus Mapp's PAC named Ulysses from The Oregonian

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

The Charter Review Part 1

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Thursday joins Piper and Josh to talk about Portland's city charter and the currently underway charter review process.

From Thurday: The Portland Charter Review Process: A Resource Roundup'
Charter Review on the city's website.
Charter Review Public Comment From
Charter Review Commission listening sessions on Nov 13 and Nov 16
Introductory article on Mingus Mapp's PAC named Ulysses from The Oregonian

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

The City Council

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Piper and Josh go long on the four non-mayoral city commissioners in Portland. Hardesty, Ryan, Mapps and Rubio all get a turn.

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

The Auditor

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Portland has six elected officials and one of those is the City Auditor, an office with 50-60 employees and a nearly ten million dollar budget.

For this episode special guest Rose joins us to talk about the office of the auditor as well as it's current occupant Mary Hull Caballero.

August 2020 Audit of Portland's Enhanced Service Districts published by Hull Caballero's office

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

The Canvasser

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

After last episode’s deep dive into the petition to recall Ted Wheeler this time we go direct to the source and ask a few questions of one of the paid signature gatherers currently working to get signatures to recall the mayor.

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

The Recall Campaign

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Portland's mayor is facing a recall effort from a new group called Total Recall PAC so for their first episode Piper and Josh talk about the long shot strategy of trying to remove a mayor mid-term.

Transcription of this episode

Content Warning: This episode is explicit.

CORRECTION: During the episode Josh inccorrectly quoted Total Recall PAC's campaign manager's email address - it's corrected in the transcription and you can email them to get hired to gather signatures at audrey@totalrecallpdx.com

Portland from the Left

Campaign Finance in Portland, Multnomah County, and Oregon (Part 2)

Vocabulary #

Campaign Finance in Portland, Multnomah County, and Oregon

Vocabulary #

Media Response to the Normandale Park Mass Shooting

PPB Training Material Cover-up

Holiday Special

An Introduction to School Boards

Enhanced Services Districts

The Charter Review Part 2

The Charter Review Part 1

The City Council

The Auditor

The Canvasser

The Recall Campaign

Vocabulary

Vocabulary