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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

I was attending the peaceful protest at PSU. Myself, PSU students and faculty were almost ran over by a man who I believe was a far-right agitator. Thankfully the car was stopped by other protesters and the suspect ran away. I’ll share more info soon.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Conservatives/Moderates: “Portland is a disaster. They defunded their police and now the city is a mess.” PPB Budget:

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

Let's do a side-by-side comparison of how the police arrested a peaceful protester on Thursday at PSU. (Tackled to the ground with full body weight on back) Compared to how the police arrested the man who attempted to drive his vehicle through a crowd. (Very gently) I

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

All my comments and quote tweets are just this.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Today I went to the installation of a ghost bike for David “Dino” Bentley. David was a houseless man who was loved by his family and many in his community. He died back in February when he was run over by a driver at MLK & Belmont near the Morrison bridge. The houseless are

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

MULTNOMAH COUNTY PASSES A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION! 🇵🇸

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

My plan to deal with crime in Portland: - fully fund Portland Street Response - pilot a guaranteed income program - build affordable housing - fight for FREE public transit - more treatment for people w/ addiction & mental illness People want to be invested in, not punished.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

It's been over 24 hrs since a man attempted to kill protestors at PSU with his car. Radio silence from our elected leaders about the incident. I thought they loved condemning violence? Hello @tedwheeler ? Can we get a statement? You condemned criminal violence last night. Is

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Full house at Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. A ceasefire resolution is on the agenda. 🇵🇸

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

@BetterWithBali I guess you don’t care if people die on our streets. No surprise really.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

What I see everyday in Portland. It’s time to start taking care of our own. The rich are doing just fine.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

3 months

Oops… it turns out our jails don’t have enough room for these arrests. I wonder if there is another place we could put the unhoused?🤔 Oh maybe housing?!?!

Sophie Peel

@sophiegreenleaf

3 months

Portland Police made its first arrest under the city's new time, place and manner restrictions on Friday. Just one problem: when they took the man to the Multnomah County Jail, the Sheriff's Office declined to book him.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

No more. Our city and county government has failed. They failed Dino. 45% of the pedestrian deaths in Portland have been houseless people. It’s time to get them off the streets and into housing.

Blair Best

@blairgbest

8 months

The homeless man who died in Sunday’s allegedly intentional hit and run under the Morrison bridge told @KGWNews six months ago he didn’t want to die on the streets. “I don't want to die just another homeless guy, just another number.”

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

We were a train car away from possible disaster this morning. Look how close the fuel tanker is to falling over. It's got a wheel off the track! We have to stop putting the profits of oil companies over the safety of Portlanders.

Mike Warner

@MikeKATU

6 months

BREAKING… several cars from a freight train have derailed under the Steel Bridge. Cars are leaning against bridge supports. Bridge CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC until crews can determine if there’s any structural damage. Stay with @KATUNews for info #LiveOnK2

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

There should be nothing controversial about helping another human being stay alive.

KOIN News

@KOINNews

4 months

Multnomah County is continuing to support the distribution of thousands of tents and tarps to the homeless in Portland.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

Hey Eli, why next time? Couldn’t you have taken a few hours to come down to listen to the protesters like I did? Why didn’t show up this time? Oh wait… you did… in riot gear.

EliforPortland

@EliforPortland

6 months

One thing I want to bring to city council is a willingness to go to the problem. At the next PSU Library type event, at the Kerby Garage, or a train derailment I will head to the scene and learn from those doing the work.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

13 days

On Tuesday I witnessed the city of Portland sweep an encampment of unhoused disabled queer youth. We must stop the sweeps. They keep people homeless. We’ve spent over $22 million in the last 4 years which has done nothing to solve the problem. #stopthesweeps

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

@VegasHater101 I was there. Got any better evidence than my own eyes.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

We need a Renters Bill of Rights in PDX like in Tacoma. ✅ Landlords must provide relocation assistance if rent is raised over 5%. ✅ Can’t evict students, teachers, & their families during the school year. ✅ Prohibits evictions during winter month Learn more below ⬇️

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

2 months

Tomorrow we restart the war on drugs in Portland. The @PortlandPolice is expecting “uses of force” and “deaths in custody” of those arrested for drug possession. This is inhumane treatment of people with substance use disorder. Inside of creating treatment options we’ve opted

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Real men take @trimet . Who did it better? Me or @CommissionerRG ? Oh wait… *checks notes* He doesn’t take TriMet anymore.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

2 months

Over 45% of Portlanders are renters. We've only had one person in the history of Portland who was a renter on city council. If elected, I can give a voice to almost half the city that goes unheard.

PDX Renters Bill of Rights

@PDXRenterPower

2 months

@mitch4portland As candidates for office begin showing us support we will show them support back in the form of joint canvassing! So far @mitch4portland @pnwpolicyangel @TeacherTiff4PDX @kanalforpdx @olsonforpdx @jonathantasini Jennifer Park, Andra VItavin, Theo Saner, and @jamiedunphy signed!

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

13 days

This is illegal. So much for being the “law & order” candidate.

Public Record And Data Archives

@PRADAPDX

13 days

A @CommissionerRG yard sign has been attached to @PPSConnect property in violation of regulations. This is at Duniway Elementary, blocks from Gonzalez's residence.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

3 months

This is true. I was there.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

I hear people say “We just need to change the culture of the PPB.” It’s hard to completely change the culture of a white supremacy organization. The police in Portland are basically a right-wing militia. And people wonder why we don’t like them… 🙄

Willamette Week

@wweek

7 months

As Proud Boys marched on Portland, the police bureau’s single-engine Cessna airplane was circling overhead—and recording police radios while it did. Read our transcripts.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

3 months

We can confirm @CommissionerRG is an anti-democratic authoritarian. Limiting people’s right to free speech is unacceptable. It’s time to take our city back.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

Here’s what happened.

ComradeCamera

@comradecamera

6 months

As I was walking up to PSU in Portland, Oregon, a car turned down an alley in front of me where the crowd of protestors were standing. On the dash was a can of bear mace and the license plate holder read "we the people". This wasn't an accident. The driver accelerated towards

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

"Negotiations fail" is an understatement. It's a failure of leadership to resort to violence. Ann Cudd & the PSU administration never negotiated in good faith. It didn't have to end with arrests & riot gear. It's simple if you can’t take the outcry, stop supporting the genocide.

The Oregonian

@Oregonian

6 months

Portland State University President Ann Cudd announced officials would reopen campus Thursday, calling the work of educating students “critically important” even as the protest continues.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

The car ended up 8ft from me. He was revving his engine. He was trying to kill us. He peppered sprayed people after protesters stopped the car. I look forward to hearing @tedwheeler @GovTinaKotek @CommissionerRG @MingusMapps4PDX @DanRyanPDX and @CommRubio condemn his actions.

PPB Event Messages

@PPBAlerts

6 months

PSU Police located the driver of a car who stopped near the crowd and sprayed some kind of pepper spray earlier this afternoon. The adult male was transported to a local hospital on a police mental health hold. 📷

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

More money for the police state = less money for the people. . @tedwheeler proposes a 6% raise for riot cops. Portland’s progressive reputation is from the people. Our city government is a pathetic joke. And nobody’s laughing.

Mayor Proposes Pay Bump for Riot Cops

www.wweek.com

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

It’s happening in Portland right now. 👀 @reneforportland @CommissionerRG

Adam Conover

@adamconover

8 months

There’s a disturbing trend in LA politics that the media isn't talking about: More and more candidates are running as Democrats, but hiding the fact that they’re backed by right-wing Republicans. It’s happening in CD4, where I live, and it’s going to work unless we stop it. 🧵

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

At PSU supporting the protesters. #FreePalestine

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Let me rewrite the headline: MAX passenger ...with a history of mental health issues was never able to get adequate treatment in our for-profit healthcare system... lunged at rider, unprovoked, stabbed him to death on a train in NE Portland. Fixed it. We have to focus on the

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

7 months

MAX passenger lunged at rider unprovoked, stabbed him to death on train in NE Portland: records "Larkin stabbed the victim in the shoulder, abdomen & back on the train, cops said. Larkin may have been hallucinating, based on comments he made to officers."

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

We have a housing and climate crisis. A homelessness and addiction crisis. People can’t afford rent. Why we are spending time creating the Office of the First Spouse? Is that important right now? The establishment is unserious about solving the problems people face everyday.

NigelJaquiss

@NigelJaquiss

7 months

More info on staff departures from Gov. Tina Kotek's office: first lady Aimee Kotek Wilson had her own office w/i the gov's office; regularly attended staff meetings and as of March 25, will have her own staff.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

Why is that important? It makes it sound like his life mattered less and his death was justified because of his criminal history. The Oregonian is gross for this headline.

The Oregonian

@Oregonian

5 months

Man killed in shootout with police had decades’-long criminal history

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

Not shocked. The people who hate Portland, especially downtown, don't go into the central city. Stop hating on Portland. People who run their campaigns on hating the city are in for a big wake-up call.

Nic Cota

@nictrieslife

5 months

Interesting tidbit here: "More than 70% of respondents indicated they had been downtown within the last month. Those downtown the least often had the worst impression of the central city"

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

@BrownBrandon503 Can you find a quote on that anywhere? I was attending a peaceful protest the devolved into chaos.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

9 months

HOW HAS THIS MAN RAISED THE MOST MONEY IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR??? WE HAVE TO STOP HIM AND WHOEVER HE SUPPORTS FOR CITY COUNCIL!!! #FireGonzalez

Seth🎃🌹🆓 🍉 Israeli Apartheid harms everyone🥥🌴

@SethAGinger

9 months

Hey @reneforportland care to explain why you’re liking tweets from known far right proud boy surrogate @MrAndyNgo on your official account? Andy Ngo has acknowledged, in court, that he is aware that his tweets incite violence. @wweek @portlandmercury @Oregonian @KGWNews

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

We've returned to the War on Drugs. We've decided to turn a medical condition into a crime. Why do we even have OHP? According to this logic if you get sick you should go straight to prison. @GovTinaKotek has failed people with SUD and Oregonians.

KGW News

@KGWNews

7 months

BREAKING: Gov. Tina Kotek signs HB 4002, which partially rolls back Measure 110 by creating a new misdemeanor crime for drug possession.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Recovery requires the whole city to recover, not just downtown. This is why we needed the charter reform. A district-based representative government will take the focus off of the central city. City hall will be filled with people from all over the city for the first time.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Ah… the billionaire owned @Oregonian is in favor of continuing to fund the police state. Least shocking thing I’ve ever heard. There goes my endorsement. Not like I was going to get theirs anyway.

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

7 months

City of Portland budget FY20-21: $5.52B City of Portland budget FY23-24: 7.11B (29% increase) PPB budget FY20-21: $229M PPB budget FY23-24: $256M (12% increase) Cumulative inflation Jan. 2020 to March 2024: approx 21% $229M in 2020 adjusted for inflation: $277M

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

1 month

Hey @KOINNews Sandeep and I have stark differences in our policy and beliefs when it comes to the future of Portland. I’d love if you also platformed other district 3 candidates that might have more ethical and empathetic policy so we could hear from them too. Sandeep has openly

KOIN News

@KOINNews

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Sandeep Bali hopes to be one of three City Council candidates to represent District 3 at Portland City Hall.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

@elonmusk @stillgray Not what happened. The driver revved his engine and it almost hit me, dozens of students, and a line of police officers.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

In response to Grants Pass v Johnson. I commit to the following actions when elected to Portland City Council: Stop the Sweeps: Halting the practice of sweeps, which displace individuals without providing alternative solutions, is essential. These actions are inhumane and

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Let’s not save Boeing. (Or any corporation.) Since they clearly don’t care about our lives, we shouldn’t care about their profits.

Russell Dobular

@russelldobular

7 months

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

We could take some of the $22 million we spend on sweeps to provide sanitation and hygiene services to our homeless neighbors. Then we wouldn't have this mess in the first place.

Mayor Ted Wheeler

@tedwheeler

6 months

Our Impact Reduction Program cleaned up 1.2 million pounds of trash across the city during the month of March alone. This hardworking team is making a visible difference every day.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

How is this man out of prison? He almost killed me. I'm going to look into pressing charges. @PortlandPolice @tedwheeler

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

I called 911 because we had someone going through a mental health crisis in our neighborhood. I'm so glad @PDXStResponse was about to come out and help them. Now more than we need a non-violent alternative to the police.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

10 months

Increasing the housing supply in Portland will lower rent prices. Changing zoning codes to allow for more multi-unit dwellings is an easy way to combat the housing crisis.

Michael Andersen

@andersem

10 months

Every few weeks, someone asks me if there's any good news about local housing. I tell them there is and they are surprised.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Urban Alchemy is the tip of the failure iceberg that is our housing crisis. $50 million over the next five years is unspeakable, and cities that have worked with UA have not gotten their housing crisis under control. We need leadership that will listen to our LOCAL partners to

Sisters Of The Road

@sisterspdx

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

Eli is not a “real person” doing “real work” he is a prop for the PPA. He won’t sign the @FriendsofPSR pledge because it would go against his union’s wishes. Don’t let him fool you.

EliforPortland

@EliforPortland

6 months

Where to start with Portland Street Response? #portland #mentalillness

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

PPB using their limited resources to kick kids out of a public park.

FOX 12 Oregon

@fox12oregon

6 months

Protesters set up encampment in South Park Blocks

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

No Police Money Pledge ( @ImagineBlack_ ) It has taken me too long to sign this pledge and post about it. But I’m fed up with PPB/PPA. They have no desire to see our communities safer, they only want their budget bigger. I pledge not to take contributions from the police,

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

I've come to accept that getting mocked by @tedwheeler is pretty normal, even if your life was in danger.

Public Record And Data Archives

@PRADAPDX

5 months

Council candidate Chris Olson shared about his experience witnessing a driver attempt to hit and harm protestors. Mayor Wheeler mocked Olson openly, claiming those concerned about the attack only, "while, complain, and cry there are consequences."

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

A baseball stadium is not going to solve the housing crisis. Lloyd Center needs to become mixed use, mixed income, multi-unit housing. This is how out of touch Rene Gonzalez and his wealthy supporters are with everyday Portlanders. #FireGonzalez #NoMLBatLloyd

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

@CommissionerRG

8 months

We have to protect and strengthen the heart of the city. Baseball at Lloyd Center would do that. There are considerable challenges with the site. If we can work to get a deal done there, we should. If we can’t, we should be able to explain why. The window is closing rapidly.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

The police did not get defunded. He has been on city council most of this time and oversaw an increased budget. He could have increased the budget to match inflation. So, if for any reason there is less money for cops it is your fault @CommissionerRG . Stop lying.

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

@CommissionerRG

7 months

Portlanders need all 31 @PDXFire stations operating to respond to life threatening fires and medical emergencies - no matter where you live. 2020 became infamous for defunding police. Also damaging to public safety: defunding core fire services. In 2021, City Council cut Current

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

Let me be clear. Democrats are mostly centrists/moderates. There are very few genuine progressives in the party. Both parties are controlled by the corporate ruling class of billionaires. Locally, there are no genuine progressives on our city council.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

A city that works for everyone starts by lifting those up from the bottom. That’s how you get less crime & addiction. People will feel safe to walk through their neighborhoods again. Or you can throw them all in jail & taxes will definitely go up to pay for prisons.

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@olsonforpdx

6 months

Today I witnessed some of the most chaotic politics I’ve ever seen. @CommissionerRG submitted an updated version of his amendment to the camping ban AT THE START of the 2:00 pm city council meeting. Trying to sneak it in under the wire. This gave the other commissioners NO

Alex Zielinski

@alex_zee

6 months

It's one of those Very Fun city council hearings today where amendments are being updated just hours before the mtg -- and it's unclear if the public (or electeds!) will truly know what they're giving testimony on. Democracy!

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

I love the stores in the Llyod Center. I would support a vacancy tax on commercial real estate. It would drive prices down and allow small businesses to thrive.

Willamette Week

@wweek

4 months

Lloyd Center mall is dotted with shops exhibiting the classic Portland quirk that some thought had gone extinct—and it’s a direct result of steeply discounted commercial rent.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

I believe that opposing genocide should be the easiest decision an elected official can make. I was the first candidate in my district to call a ceasefire in Gaza. I’ve joined dozens of protests since I launched my campaign to push for a Free Palestine. Institutions like PSU

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

. @CommissionerRG will use this new riot squad for his own personal protection so he doesn’t get confronted by any black women on the MAX.

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

@CommissionerRG

7 months

On the path toward restoring one of the best trained crowd control units in the country. Extremists on both sides and their apologists will howl, but it is an essential step in protecting our city. Its time for electeds to stand behind our first responders and not repeat

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

As a city we spend over $22 million to sweep homeless camps. We force them to move until these people end up dead. Imagine how we could help people with that money AND keep our streets clean.

Homeless Portlanders report ongoing issues retrieving personal items after sweeps

www.streetroots.org

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@wutherering

8 months

Rest in Peace Dino. It is unacceptable that our unhoused neighbors experience extreme rates of traffic violence in Portland. The city forcibly relocates our unhoused neighbors until they reside on or near our most dangerous and ill-maintained streets

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@olsonforpdx

8 days

The @Oregonian editorial board is the laughing stock of Portland.

Public Record And Data Archives

@PRADAPDX

9 days

Oregonian: "Adams was accused by multiple female city employees of bullying and intimidating behavior." Oregonian Editorial Board: GIVE THAT MAN THE JOB!

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

Cars ≠ Freedom. It's a lie that automakers told you to sell cars. It's now made us so addicted to our cars, we just can't see another way. My family is now down to one car. I bike and walk everywhere I can. I feel free. The burden of car ownership is overwhelming.

Becky with the good scare 👻🎃

@_rebeccaclewis

4 months

"I have directed the MTA to indefinitely pause (the congestion pricing) program," Gov. Kathy Hochul confirms

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@olsonforpdx

7 months

I have no idea why we hired Urban Alchemy. Anyone can see that they are corrupt from a mile away.

Sisters Of The Road

@sisterspdx

7 months

Five guests told WW that, on occasion, they purchased drugs from staff. They all requested anonymity to talk about their illegal transactions.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

9 months

I'm done. We need new leadership in city hall. The election can't come soon enough. It doesn't make sense to send firefighters or armed police to mental health & homelessness calls anymore. We can't tackle these new problems using the same old methods & systems. 1/?

Friends of Portland Street Response

@FriendsofPSR

9 months

ABSOLUTELY NOT. @CommissionerRG is proposing slashing Portland Street Response’s already depleted budget by $3 million. We can’t let that happen. Stay tuned for next steps. For now, email City Council and let them know we want MORE PSR, NOT LESS! Contact info ⬇️

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@olsonforpdx

7 months

FACTS: The rich squeaky wheel gets the tax breaks and the attention.

Eric

@EricGold

7 months

Downtown Portland property owners' reactionary temper tantrum highest in the nation, report says.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

The work of Portlands finest. Can we stop giving high school graduates the right to murder shoplifters and assault our citizens?

FOX 12 Oregon

@fox12oregon

6 months

City of Portland ordered to pay $30K to man wrongfully beaten during protest

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

$4 million to remove homeless camps when they will just end up somewhere else on the street. Or right back there in a few weeks/months since they have no place to go. The moral compass of government and politicians is broken. #orpol

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

7 months

Gov. Kotek & Oregon lawmakers to Portland: $4 million to remove homeless camps along state highways. $4 million to remove graffiti. $4 million to clean up trash. $8 million to block pedestrian access to bridges, retaining walls, etc.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

Our police force continues to lie. We deserve better.

Public Record And Data Archives

@PRADAPDX

4 months

On May 8th, Chief Day stated that PPB does arrest activists for leverage. Less than a month later, when asked about this in front of an oversight body, he denied the practice.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

1 month

We kill people instead of feeding people in this country. Capitalism is a death cult.

FOX 12 Oregon

@fox12oregon

1 month

A security guard contracted by Safeway in Tigard has been accused of holding down a suspected shoplifter, including holding him by the neck, before he later died at a hospital.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

Thank you @Jonathan_Maus for shedding more light on this incident and Wheeler's comments. The mayor blamed the victims of an attempted vehicular assault instead of showing sympathy and compassion. PPB's failure to take any action to prevent this from happening in the future is

BikePortland

@BikePortland

4 months

After man drives into crowd, Mayor Wheeler says protestors 'shouldn't whine' at consequences of defying police orders

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

Beautiful. Nex Benedict should be alive.

Guy Oron

@GuyOron

8 months

Came across this altar Seattleites built to honor Nex Benedict, the nonbinary Choctaw teen who died this week after being assaulted by their peers and suffering years of queerphobic bullying. Protect trans youth 💔

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

For pride month, I’ll share my support for LGBTQ+ community by calling out the homophobia and transphobia that remains in our city government. PPB’s chaplain, Clyde Lewis is preaching at the conference of an anti-lgbtq organization claiming they will go to D.C. to "march" in and

FortunatePDX

@SometimesPDX

5 months

Portland Police Chaplain Clyde Lewis says God gave him authority as God's prophet to go ahead of the Her Voice Movement and DontMessWithOurKids to D.C. He said they're going to "march" and "storm" and do the will of the Father.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

Our city leadership wants to punish the poor for trying to survive. Criminalizing poverty never helps the houseless, it only keeps them impoverished. This new camping ban will only push the homeless to the margins of society.

KOIN News

@KOINNews

6 months

The mayor proposed new public camping regulations that he said will clarify the definition of camping as well as the reasons for prohibiting camping when a person does not have or declines “reasonable alternative shelter.”

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

These so-called “moderates” are using the same "clean up the streets" right-wing, War on Drugs language that Rudy Giuliani used in the 90s. This rhetoric was always harmful to the BIPOC community. We can do better than this Portland. We can't go backward.

Love Portland? #DontRankRene

@sarahforpdx

6 months

The Spirit of the 90s is certainly alive in Portland this election cycle. The latest example? Mayoral hopeful (and PBA-fave) Gonzalez slinging Rudy Guiliani-style tough on crime rhetoric like a tough guy when, in fact, he has zero policy wins under his belt.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

Portland has paid out almost $2 million dollars in settlements in 2023. It's unacceptable. PPB will continue to be a burden on tax payers until they have true civilian oversight.

Community Protection Bureau

@CPBWorks

5 months

New York City taxpayers spend, on average, $170.4 Million Dollars a year on settlements, due to police misconduct. Portland, Oregon taxpayers spend, on average, $1.93 Million Dollars a year on settlements, due to police misconduct…

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Where do they go @CommissionerRG ? You can’t ban people from existing. Our houseless neighbors need our help. Instead you spent $22 million on sweeps that kill. This video now has 30k views on TikTok. Join me there to learn more.

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

@CommissionerRG

7 months

Oregon is overwhelmed by unsanctioned camping. The city of Portland has increasingly worked to confront it in a complex legal environment. We cannot take back the commons without judicial clarity as to the rights of cities. Sadly, this decision stands in the way of Portland's

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

Not shocking that the right-wing city council member is against basic human decency.

Willamette Week

@wweek

4 months

City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez wrote to Chair Jessica Vega Pederson and the board yesterday to protest their allocation of money for tents, tarps and syringes.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

I couldn’t agree more Eli. Threats and intimidation have no place in our city. Are you willing to denounce the PPB for excessive use of force over the decades? Murdering a shoplifter last year? Over 12 years of non-compliance with the DOJ lawsuit? Let’s denounce the years

EliforPortland

@EliforPortland

6 months

I’ll be at Bison Coffeehouse tomorrow at 10 am. I’ve seen some people suggesting the owner ought to have her windows smashed again. It is important that we stand up and denounce these people. Threats and intimidation have no place in our civic life.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Come out and show your support for the Portland Street Response. I’ll be attending. I’ve heard of two separate instances in the past month of people who had a mental health crisis and needed PSR but cops showed up instead. Police are NOT an appropriate response to a mental

Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing

@PCCEPportland

7 months

Help PCCEP ensure that PSR becomes a permanent, resilient, and effective part of our public safety system. In person at the Melody Event Center, Hawthorne Room. Food and parking provided. All are welcome. Also available via Zoom. More info at the links in bio.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

Moderates/Conservatives don't care when businesses don't pay rent, but when people can't pay rent, they're out of luck.

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

@shanedkavanaugh

6 months

Here's the eviction notice Portland officials sent to Buffalo Wild Wings over $106,000 in unpaid rent at the city-owned building. The sports bar chain has claimed it stopped doing so b/c of city's inability to tamp down crime & drug use at property.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

8 months

Obviously, when drug possession was criminalized it worked to prevent overdoses and no one did hard drugs. (sarcasm) 🙄 Re-criminalization of drug possession is the definition of insanity. Literally doing the same thing over again expecting a different result.

Health Justice Recovery Alliance

@HJRAOregon

9 months

This is just one example of how law enforcement and addiction service providers can work together without going back to the failed war on drugs. Re-criminalizing addiction won’t work. Legislators need to deliver proven public health programs that will make a difference.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

I interrupt my regularly scheduled rants against the city’s establishment to show you my cat. Have a good weekend!

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

“Both sides” is a logical fallacy. There is NO middle ground on - Police accountability - Climate change - Economic injustices - Genocide Moderates can’t fix our city. They will only maintain the status quo, which doesn’t solve or stand against any of the issues above.

Ryan Marino, MD

@RyanMarino

7 months

The obsession with “both sides” of every topic - a logical fallacy - is one of the main reasons that people are so misinformed. Same goes for the desire to “meet in the middle.” It is actually good and worthwhile to say when someone is flat out wrong and spreading misinformation!

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

I had a paramedic tell me yesterday that one of the main reasons we have long wait times is that our unsheltered neighbors use the ambulance as transportation to get across town. Adequate and affordable public transportation would help solve this problem. That’s why I’m going

Marnie Glickman

@marniemix

5 months

THIS HAS TO STOP. I am dedicated to working with Multnomah County Commissioners to reduce ambulance wait times, which are longer than the national standard. >> Stabbing victim in critical condition taken to hospital by Portland fire crew in police car

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

17 days

Tonight I had the privilege to attend the Lived Experience Panel hosted by @commonfirepdx Candidates for city council and mayor had the opportunity to listen to the stories of people who are currently or formerly unhoused. Our city is leaving these people to die on our

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

Moderates are seen as “realistic” and “pragmatic” because they want to keep the status quo which is... -Police Brutality -Oligarchy -Technofeudalism -The War on Drugs -White Supremacy -Military Industrial Complex ...real change is hard.

andy chandler

@azcfilm

6 months

Moderates scare hyper-progressives & extreme-left in Portland because they represent complexity, practicality, pragmatism, realism, and the political shift that damaged progressives and Democrats (self-inflicted) for the long-term.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

I will submit written testimony against @tedwheeler new camping ban. I encourage you to do so as well. Criminalizing survival doesn’t end poverty. We have been waging a war on the poor in this country for too long. You can’t end homelessness by banning it.

Portland: Neighbors Welcome

@PNWelcome

6 months

Action Alert! Portland: Neighbors Welcome is joining numerous housing justice advocates in opposing Mayor @tedwheeler 's proposal to criminalize people for poverty, illness, and disability living in tents in our community. Join us testifying on Thursday:

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

5 months

@EliforPortland I’m calling you out for NOT showing up and listening as a candidate. I attended two peaceful protest on campus you could have attended. Why didn’t you show up and listen this time?

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

6 months

Spoken like a man who doesn’t know what he is talking about. I was an EMT. Broke up a couple fights when I worked in inner city Chicago. @EliforPortland I can send you the police report of when I tried to stop the bleeding of murder victim in Florida. The only work you are

EliforPortland

@EliforPortland

6 months

@olsonforpdx @FriendsofPSR Spoken like a man who has never found a lost child, applied a tourniquet to a victim, or stopped an assault. Being unwilling to do the work isn’t a point of pride.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

9 months

Good try, my man. Good try... What is anti-semitic is liking tweets of known alt-right members and Nazi sympathizers. @reneforportland

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

@CommissionerRG

9 months

Anti-Semitic language is being normalized by extremists in Portland and it needs to stop. Yesterday in a morning council session that would eventually be moved online, a protestor used the language, "…the international business interests of Israel." This is old code, an

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

4 months

It will come as a surprise to no one that @MrAndyNgo is a liar. He attempts to belittle me without tagging me. Then he cuts in clips of protests I did not attend over my testimony. Andy is nothing more than a far-right agitator, and this is further proof that @tedwheeler is

Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈

@MrAndyNgo

4 months

Watch the moment an Antifa protester trying to stop police funding at a recent Portland city council meeting gets told by Mayor @tedwheeler that rioters shouldn't whine and cry when they suffer the consequences of their actions. In his final year in office, Wheeler has shown more

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

@Jonathan_Maus @EliforPortland Why did you have Eli on your podcast? I don't understand. He went on a podcast that promotes antisemitism and "anti-woke" nonsense. His followers harass me for things like wanting more bike lanes.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

25 days

LET'S GO!!! I'm excited to announce that our campaign is now officially Small Donor Elections Certified! I couldn't have done it without you! Let's show what a community-powered movement can achieve together.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

9 months

Well, this is the kind of company @reneforportland keeps. I was threatened by one of his biggest supporters on here. Rene will you condemn this threat of political violence? See more screenshots below.

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

I'm so glad to NOT be on this list. This is the "status quo" list of candidates for District 2. They have deep connections with the establishment as it is today. We need to elect everyday Portlanders to city council.

Candidates to Watch — Future Portland

futureportland.org

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

7 months

Another Billionaire wants to buy our elections. I'm proud to be a part of the Small Donor Elections program which caps contributions at $350. Big money won't be able to buy our city elections. A $5 donation helps me qualify for public matching funds. If you want a city that

The Oregonian

@Oregonian

7 months

Phil Knight pours $2 million into Oregon politics – again

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Chris Olson for PDX City Council District 2

@olsonforpdx

9 months

As a city councilor, I will work on opening up shelters for our houseless queer and non-binary neighbors.

Portland Mercury 🗞

@portlandmercury

9 months

A new policy paper reports queer people are more likely to experience homelessness, but the region isn’t set up to adequately serve them. Nonbinary residents face extra hurdles finding emergency shelter in a system that often serves men or women only.

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