With less than 24 hours to go before the council hearing on the Columbia River Crossing, the hot gossip around city hall is this: The Oregon Department of Transportation is threatening the city council. As in, vote for the CRC’s locally preferred option tomorrow, “or [ODOT] won’t fund anything else” in the city of Portland, […]
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Adams: ODOT Drafting a Letter that Gives City More Power Over CRC
Nothing like a call from Commissioner Sam Adams as you’re about to walk out the door. He clarified Commissioner Randy Leonard’s earlier news that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) was drafting an amendment to Adams’ Columbia River Crossing resolution, which the council will vote on on Wednesday. “It won’t be an amendment,” says Adams. […]
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BREAKING: Commissioner Dan Saltzman ‘Strongly Considering’ Not Supporting Columbia River Crossing Proposal
Commissioner Sam Adams’ office is busy circulating the city council’s proposed resolution on the Columbia River Crossing, soliciting co-sponsors from the rest of the council before the 5 pm filing deadline. They won’t be getting Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s sponsorship. In fact, he’s “seriously considering” not supporting the resolution at all, according to his chief of […]
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Council Agrees to Amend Cops’ Agreements with Other Jurisdictions, to Increase Oversight
The city council tried to push through a set of intergovernmental agreements between the city and TriMet, to continue to allow officers from other agencies–the Hillsboro or Milwaukie police department, for example–to patrol MAX. But members of the IPR’s Citizens Review Board have big concerns about this legislation, because it continues the status quo–currently, as […]