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Terry Harris

5 months

For the record, I remain furious at this godforsaken platform under its objectively awful ownership. I'm still trying to keep my presence here to a minimum.

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Terry Harris

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1 month

This is so dispiriting. From the always excellent @5DollarFeminist , more proof that the U.S. judicial system is ill-equipped to deal with litigants of wealth with ornate strategies of delay.

How Alex Jones dodged accountability again

A leading purveyor of hate keeps gaming the legal system.

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Terry Harris

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1 year

@giantcat9 To keep America safe, obvs

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1 year

@lawrencehurley Legal academia (Prof. Boldt, 82 Md. L. Rev. Online 104 (2023)) pointing a finger right back at the court.

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Terry Harris

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2 years

@giantcat9 Hair ties. In the water dish, preferably, but hair ties all day every day everywhere.

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Terry Harris

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5 months

I'm still astounded by the Portland City Council budget work session today on City Operations. I hope city council candidates are following these eye-opening sessions examining challenges facing the city in the budget, but also in the basic functioning of the city itself. 🧵1/x

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Terry Harris

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5 years

@PatCunnane I was watching liquor bottles slosh. The TV didn't even occur to me!

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Terry Harris

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5 years

@TeddyAmen The basement of the old 930 Club

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

5 months

@maccoinnich But Oregon's going to bungle RE-criminalization badly, so mostly no other state should look for Oregon for advice about anything.

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Terry Harris

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5 years

@MorrisAnimal Claude is a one-eyed chonk. (Jimmy, not a chonk, is in the background.)

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Terry Harris

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8 years

@juliaioffe The "labor mobility" feature is also important for entrepreneurship and getting small businesses off the ground. #ACAworks

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

3 months

I'm still relatively new here and still learning things, but I watched the video of this meeting and was stunned. The @multco budget is introduced and approved *on the same day* and before a single word of public comment can occur. 🧵1/7

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

7 years

@RepEdRoyce Not in your district! Limits on home mortgage deductions? State and local taxes? Middle class families not using the standard deduction are getting creamed in California.

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Terry Harris

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5 years

@giantcat9

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Terry Harris

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4 months

It's kinda mind-blowing how little [major municipal function] the City of Portland does.

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

5 months

As with literally every major issue in Portland, there are difficult policy issues, workforce issues, management and planning issues, and some increasingly desperate funding issues. What, pray tell dear candidates, do you plan to do about our deferred maintenance problems? 10/10

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

10 months

This is so bizarre. Of all the things going on in this immensely complicated transition, *their offices* are what the lame duck commissioners decide to focus on. AND, they're just wrong about this. 🧵

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

1 year

@ORSenateGOP @RobForOregon @ORSenDemocrats Oh come on. You guys *already* shut down the government. The next election, from which you've all disqualified yourselves already, can't come soon enough. #orpol #orleg

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

4 months

I see all you city council candidates out there, signing the Friends of Portland Street Response campaign pledge. And I know that you feel that it's important to signal your support for PSR, and to demonstrate which team you're on. But did you actually read it? 🧵 1/5

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

24 days

Just so everyone is clear, the HB 3115 "state-level barrier" is simply that any regulation "must be objectively reasonable as to time, place and manner with regards to persons experiencing homelessness."

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 years

This is an important point. It's also why it took so long. Attempts to run out the clock with courtroom subpoena fights shouldn't be such an easily available legal strategy. I mean, the committee is still trying to get Eastman's emails...

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Terry Harris

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7 years

@RepEdRoyce "Not perfect"? This is a terrible bill for Californians in particular and you know it. Putting party before your constituents. Again.

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Terry Harris

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3 months

It should be fundamental that EVERY legislative decision in EVERY public body provide the opportunity for meaningful public input BEFORE votes to approve the legislation. It's just shocking that that's NOT how this @multco process works. 7/7

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Terry Harris

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6 years

If so, Orange County turns completely blue. #CA39

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Terry Harris

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24 days

Seems @jesseecornett isn't active on this hellsite, but I saw this on insta and thought I'd highlight it as something more candidates need to think about generally. The current council is VERY busy locking you in to stuff. You need to speak out now.

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Terry Harris

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2 years

NO on 26-228

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

4 months

Here's a great article illustrating why rules of procedure matter, and how, as Portland reorganizes its government for a new expanded legislative city council, it will be important to carefully craft checks and balances to avoid this sort of thing. 🧵 1/x

Multnomah County chair has unparalleled power to block proposals she doesn’t like

Current rules allow Chair Jessica Vega Pederson to reject or indefinitely delay agenda items requested by another commission member or members of that board.

www.oregonlive.com

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 years

@amyliztweets Can’t vouch for the popularity of the opinion, but I can confirm the basic take is correct. We did the homework before moving here in 2020. As a fellow ex-pat from a certain similarly sized east coast city said, “living here is really easy.”

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Terry Harris

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5 months

And this is a situation that won't be going away any time soon. Candidates for Portland City Council would do well to come up to speed on this stuff and be prepared to answer very difficult questions on how the new council will deal with these deferred maintenance problems. 9/x

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Terry Harris

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5 months

Literally the only candidate so far who clearly understands the role of a staffless, vetoless, weakest-in-the-country mayor in Portland's new form of govt. There's a lane for this.

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Terry Harris

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1 year

@EWReschke @ORSenateGOP They ran for the office and won. If they're having second thoughts about the job at this point, maybe they should resign.

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Terry Harris

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5 months

(Legend has it that longtime Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer, when faced with something like a $500M sewer maintenance bill once said, approximately, "So, you want me to take $500M and just dig a hole and bury it?") 7/x

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Terry Harris

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7 years

@RepEdRoyce This is plainly not a "vast majority" in Yorba Linda.

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Terry Harris

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2 months

“No, seriously, that’s the guy’s name.”

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Terry Harris

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2 years

Great turnout at the Rose City community forum tonight. And great NO on 26-228 presentation by charter commissioner David Knowles. When people hear the arguments, they quickly understand why NO is the right vote for Portland.

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 months

This is a thoughtful take on things I think about.

Biden's Critics On The Left Should Rethink The Concept Of 'Leverage'

Our flawed political system gives them less power than they deserve, but more than many of them realize.

www.offmessage.net

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Terry Harris

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11 days

I don't want to pick on Scott here, but there are still two problems with the Gonzalez statement: (1) the comments WERE germane to the lawsuit, and (2) it's not about "platforming." The reason we provide for comments is to help decision-makers to make more informed decisions. 1/2

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

3 months

Two sides of the same coin from @helenjung : The way Portland taxpayers are paying for stuff doesn't really work anymore. Sure, vote yes *again*. But I for one would love to hear much more from candidates about how to overhaul and update our revenues.

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 months

This morning's Portland City Council adoption of the "emergency" ordinance for shields and munitions for the police bureau serves as a quick demonstration for the future Council of why simple transparency is better than the unnecessary opacity on display today. 🧵 1/x

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Terry Harris

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5 months

Mayor Wheeler, freed from the burdens of re-election, had things to say about all of this. (Starting at 55:00 or so.) There's no comprehensive capital improvement planning, because there's little political benefit in doing boring and invisible maintenance.

Portland City Council Work Session - Budget & Finance, City Operati...

https://www.portland.gov/council/agendaAlternate stream: https://www.opensignalpdx.org/CityNet

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

1 month

It doesn't NEED to be months of chaos, but we will need recognition soon by Jordan, the transition team, and the current council that simply hand-waving about how things might work is not the same as providing appropriate staffing and legal structures for success.

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

5 months

But as I posted earlier today, Kerby is just the most urgent example of the deferred maintenance problems coming home to roost. Portland owns about $1B in assets needing $500M of maintenance. Which is some *gross* neglect. 5/x

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 years

"You're from Portland?" is the new "You're from Baltimore? I've seen the Wire!"

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Terry Harris

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5 years

@darth @MontereyAq One-eyed Claude has been a supporter of the ESA for 15 years! #Bleps4ESA

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

8 years

@elianayjohnson Would like to see some data on that. The Castros remain quite popular in Cuba, no?

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

10 months

This is incredible imagery. (And here, it looks like a lot more than one-third!)

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@OLCV

10 months

"About one-third of forests across 80 drinking watersheds serving coastal cities have been cut during the last 20 years, NASA found" Check out the full article to learn about the state of our #forests and how that affects our coastal communities:

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5 years

@4smartdogs @PatCunnane Life's too short otherwise...

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Terry Harris

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4 months

@olsonforpdx @Jonathan_Maus @EliforPortland @PDXStResponse Speaking as someone with 35+ years of political and campaign experience, you strike me as someone who should learn a little bit more about the office you are running for. As someone with 12 years of twitter experience, you strike me as someone who should learn when to not tweet.

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Terry Harris

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27 days

Anyone who wants to understand the rationale for committees in the charter-reformed Portland City Council needs to watch today's discussion of the JOHS agreement and imagine it with 12 councilors.

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Terry Harris

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2 years

This is well-done and pretty persuasive. Portland going from weak mayor to weaker mayor. And it confirms for me that the most powerful position in Portland govt may end up being the council chair, who’s not even mentioned in the charter proposal.

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Terry Harris

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7 years

@RepEdRoyce @ocregister You vote for that anti-California tax bill and THIS is what you write an op-ed about?

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 years

Got my @charter_reform mailer yesterday and they're really pushing "accountability." Why? Because it polls the highest, but it's also their biggest weakness. Their proposal actually makes accountability worse than what we have now. 1/x

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

27 days

A weird Portland city council moment right now. Some confusion about amendments to the JOHS agreement during deliberations, so there's a recess so that staff can sort out the confusion. Not sure that's how open meetings law works, but whatev.

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Terry Harris

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3 months

The county kicked off worksessions yesterday, and dear reader, it's even worse than I thought. The advisory committee designated to provide input into the county budget opened the session testifying to absolutely unbelievable dysfunction. 1/3

Terry Harris

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3 months

I'm still relatively new here and still learning things, but I watched the video of this meeting and was stunned. The @multco budget is introduced and approved *on the same day* and before a single word of public comment can occur. 🧵1/7

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Terry Harris

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2 months

A very interesting Portland City Council work session on PCEF today. I'll have more to say later, but it's clear that PCEF is an incredible climate success story still being written, even with some significant governance, administration and oversight problems still to be solved.

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Terry Harris

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2 years

@senbetsyjohnson Seems to me that the ideological extreme is not doing anything on guns despite all evidence.

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Terry Harris

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1 month

This part, to me, is the interesting part: This appears to be done through a contract modification. The group sessions failed, so one-on-one sessions were greenlighted (by whom?) because the money was already spent?

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

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"The elected head of Oregon’s largest county is paying an outside consultant for on-the-job training—& sticking taxpayers w/ the bill. " @JVPforOregon began working w/ a leadership coach in Jan., a year into her rocky tenure as MultCo's chief executive."

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Terry Harris

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2 months

As always, budgets are where the real action is. Where the real governing happens. I'll not comment on the underlying issues here, but budgets *should* be hard fought like this.

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Terry Harris

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5 months

FWIW, I don't think "what voters want" is particularly unclear. Climate investments are much-needed, expensive, and need dedicated funding. It isn't a "windfall" if climate needs go unmet. But that's not to say there aren't problems here. 1/x

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Terry Harris

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2 months

So, returning to this... Today's PCEF work session was a great tutorial for everyone. I encourage a speed-listen to the entire session. But a few takeaways, and a few things to look for in the future. 🧵1/x

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2 months

A very interesting Portland City Council work session on PCEF today. I'll have more to say later, but it's clear that PCEF is an incredible climate success story still being written, even with some significant governance, administration and oversight problems still to be solved.

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2 years

@weirdlilguys

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5 months

In fact, the story is journalism about dark money partisan politics disguised as tax-exempt non-profit activism. #orpol #orleg

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Terry Harris

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3 months

Then, listen to @jvegapederson try to brush it all under the rug in an effort to move the meeting along (over the objections of @SMeieran and @BrimJulia ). The County's budget process is badly broken.

04.30.24 BWS #1

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Terry Harris

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13 days

Council nerd

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Terry Harris

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3 months

Apart from the inadequacy of the plan itself, @demelo4portland pointed out the fact that the current council would be extending the intergovernmental agreement with the county into 2027, essentially tying the hands of the new govt that arrives this coming January.

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Terry Harris

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1 year

@ORSenateGOP @ORSenDemocrats @ORHouseDems Seems like "the rule of law" should include showing up to perform the duties of the office to which you're elected.

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 years

So, @charter_reform is hiding my tweets. Which is, I guess, their prerogative On Here? But let the record show, this is my tweet they're hiding here, Where I fact-checked their cartoon. They've since redone it ... also incorrectly. And lol my factcheck is again hidden. #orpol

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Terry Harris

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1 month

This is a a VERY interesting survey and good public exercise, but I remain unconvinced that it will be useful for the stated purpose. The only "key attribute" that the charter requires is appointment by the Mayor and confirmation by the Council. Neither of which are elected yet.

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Terry Harris

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2 years

@trappercreek An "affront to our democratic process" to show voters quite clearly that a much better alternative exists? "Shut up" is your better democratic process?

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7 years

@Matt_Mollinedo @RepEdRoyce

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2 years

@senbetsyjohnson Did somebody say partisan extremes? #orpol

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 months

I just returned from an impressive tour of the @MultCoElections facility with some folks from the transition team and GTAC. The hard working folks there have this election completely under control. Some observations: 🧵 1/x

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Terry Harris

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2 years

The well-funded (and well-connected) PR propagandists never discuss the differences between partisan legislatures and nonpartisan city councils, and never discuss what governance and accountability looks like. The wishcasting on this topic is epidemic-level.

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Terry Harris

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2 years

Shout out to @portlandmercury whose endorsement of @charter_reform contains a six-paragraph explanation of a confusing RCV/STV hypothetical ... that's, of course, incorrect. (The 5% surplus is redistributed *proportionally* to *all* the winner's second place choices.) #orpol

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Terry Harris

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2 months

This Portland City Council agenda item next week, creating job classifications and pay ranges for council staff positions in the new govt, gives me yet another excuse to worry publicly that the transition is still under-conceptualizing the new council. 🧵

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

4 years

Honestly, @PortlandPolice , @tedwheeler ? Under what legal theory is repeated tire-slashing of a snack van a legit function of the police power? How is it not an unreasonable seizure without a warrant? A taking without due process? Force proportionate with the threat? #PDXprotests

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

2 years

Portland voters, they screamed and they kicked Voted for three members per district But soon they'd regret Their terrible bet Because now they'll be mad they've been tricked

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Terry Harris

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4 months

I've never been a fan of campaign pledges, and this flimsy work by PSR advocates perfectly illustrates why. 5/5

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Terry Harris

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2 years

@oregonfoodbank @SusannahOFB I dunno guys. Taking the W quietly might be the better idea. Explaining why you gave away money to political campaigns isn't a good way to raise money for hunger in the holiday giving season.

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

5 months

So after many many years of ignoring the problems at Kerby, there is literally *no choice* but to move...*Now.* For $53 Million. During an incredibly difficult couple of budget years. While the entire form of government changes. 4/x

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Terry Harris

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3 months

Thoughts and prayers to @Portland_State budget writers needing to add a few millions to the library budget all of a sudden.

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Terry Harris

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2 years

@hmmartinez @IvePetThatDog @jacob_hansen877 This is MY Archie!

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Terry Harris

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16 days

Sunday morning installment: the ongoing slow-moving disaster at the Office of Community and Civic Life has a couple of grant agreements requiring City Council approval this week. They are at the top of the consent agenda. 🧵 1/8

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Terry Harris

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2 years

@PDXCityClub I'm disappointed you guys couldn't see the obvious conflict of interest in hosting a debate where you'd already taken a side.

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1 month

@Frank66Stanton @5DollarFeminist It's hard to read that article without marveling, in sadness, at the very expensive finesse involved.

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Terry Harris

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5 months

For example, Council candidates should start here, at 37 minutes into the meeting, when Maty Sauter, the city's hyper-competent facilities and asset management expert describes the need to relocate the city's fleet facilities. 2/x

Portland City Council Work Session - Budget & Finance, City Operati...

https://www.portland.gov/council/agendaAlternate stream: https://www.opensignalpdx.org/CityNet

www.youtube.com

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

9 months

@shanedkavanaugh Literally a continuation of the last worksession

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Terry Harris

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5 months

Checking out next week's agenda for Portland City Council (as one does) and saw this item on the *consent* calendar: To allow for a 6-month severance package in contracts for INTERIM deputy city administrators in the new form of govt. (Whyyyyy ?!?)

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Terry Harris

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5 months

The Kerby fleet facility is waaaaay beyond obsolete -- it's beyond dangerous! 3/x

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1 year

@PDXReal1 No. And if he thinks it's part time, he's the wrong guy for the job anyway.

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2 years

@stephrouth @SensibleGovPDX @JoAnnPDX I hate to interrupt the twitter drama, but I've seen this argument a few times now. The number of volunteers, the number of briefings, the number of months, do not elevate a flawed proposal above criticism. The Commission put it on the ballot, and politics ain't beanbag.

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

6 years

Some interesting professional responsibility questions here. Some raised in the article. Some raised by the article.

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Terry Harris

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21 days

This from @danielwinvw is a great story about public records management. Piecemeal micromanagement of exemptions by legislatures and haphazard administration by govt agencies makes for a patchwork of dysfunction.

Broken Records: Citizens face growing obstacles to public records — and legislators are making them...

We asked for government records from 15 Northwest cities, and Spokane was the slowest to provide them By Daniel Walters / InvestigateWest Emily Moyer, a 37-year-old photographer, was hoping public...

www.invw.org

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2 years

@Ecosozialismus Never doubt that a small group of tiny non-profits, a bunch of retired people, & radical youth activists can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

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Terry Harris

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26 days

I was watching today's council discussion on JOHS for my own entertainment, but this particular statement caught me off guard: The oversight and governance committee that they were discussing IS NOT A PUBLIC BODY AND WILL NOT HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS?! #wtf

Portland City Council Meeting AM Session 06/26/24

https://www.portland.gov/council/agendaAlternate stream: https://www.opensignalpdx.org/CityNet

www.youtube.com

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2 months

Ultimately, I think it's important to get this right sooner rather than later. PCEF is too important to the city to lose public support. Excellence in management and political accountability will be necessary, and PCEF is not yet designed for that. 16/16

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Terry Harris

@_tjh_

9 months

Earl, have you considered city council? Pretty sure you could get 25%+1 of the vote in your district. And I feel like you'd be a solid front-runner for council president. Decent pay, no cross-country commute!

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5 months

Close backlogs on city building HVAC maintenance and efficiency upgrades; accelerate the greening of the fleet of city vehicles; transition vehicle facilities to the new fleet; accelerate tree canopy work: accelerate efficient street lighting improvements; improve transit. 4/x

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