Even I did not see this coming. I mean, someone told me about it, but I couldn’t find it on the paper’s website despite Googling “Saltzman” and “Mayor” alongside the words “Shitty Website Oregonlive.” So, even when it came, I did not see it coming. But here’s the scanned version. “He only might run to […]
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British Election Watch Part One
One of my least fond childhood memories is distributing fliers for the local Liberal candidate because my mum had a crush on him. Me and my brother had this box of thousands of yellow bits of paper, and we had to go round the nasty bits of Croydon, shoving them through people’s front doors. That’s […]
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Gary Hansen Uses Mercury Quote In Mailer
From our interview in the spring. We suggest you throw a dart at your ballot in this race, incidentally.
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Jesse Cornett In PSU Diversity Controversy
Fresh from hitting out at Dan Saltzman over Saltzmangate, Jesse Cornett has managed to get challenged on his claim to have helped pass an Oregon version of the Rooney Rule last year when he was a lobbyist at PSU. Jake Thomas at the Portland Observer reports: Portland City Council Candidate Jesse Cornett has backed down […]
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Adams Thanks Colleagues For Courage On Sewer Money For Bikes
The mayor thanked Dan Saltzman and Nick Fish, “who are taking some heat for this on the campaign trail,” for voting to allocate $20million in sewer money to kickstart his bike plan this morning. “I just want to thank my colleagues for their courage on this, even if it has been mangled by others into […]
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Saltzmangate: Dan Says “Ethical Breach” Accusations Are “Politics Of Desperation” In Election
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman described questions about his possible conflict of interest in voting to give $600,000 to his girlfriend’s charity without disclosing their relationship as “the politics of desperation” this evening, when he was ambushed by a TV crew from Katu at a church in North Portland. SALTZMAN: “POLITICS OF DESPERATION” Saltzman, along with […]
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Saltzmangate: City Attorney’s Office Responds
By issuing a statement saying he didn’t do anything illegal because he’s not married to his girlfriend. Call me a stickler, but I didn’t think the city attorney’s primary role was criminal defense. And in any case, I’d be interested to see this argument tested in court.
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O: Saltzman Was Shy About Disclosure
The Oregonian has picked up on Saltzmangate. Now the Commissioner is reneging on his position yesterday, citing shyness as a reason not to have made the disclosure: “In retrospect, maybe I should have done that (disclose his relationship),” he said, but he’s shy and the thought of announcing his private life and outing someone “who […]
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BREAKING: Did Saltzman’s Girlfriend Misrepresent Her Role In Grant Procurement Process?
You tell me: SALTZMAN: STAFF CLAIM THIS IS “NOT A CAMPAIGN ISSUE” Jumping… Yesterday we broke a story about City Commissioner Dan Saltzman failing to disclose a conflict before voting to give $600,000 in taxpayer dollars to his girlfriend’s charity. Saltzman’s girlfriend, Liz Burns, told the Mercury yesterday that she wasn’t involved in this particular […]
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BREAKING: Should Dan Saltzman Have Declared A Conflict Before Giving $600,000 To His Girlfriend’s Charity?
Portland commissioner accused of conflict of interest.
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Saltzman, Cornett Take More Endorsements
The race for Dan Saltzman’s seat is starting to get a little fraught, with both sides securing more endorsements. Broadly, the insiders seem to be for Saltzman, while those wanting to see change at city hall seem to be plumping for Cornett. WILDER SCHMALTZ City Commissioner Dan Saltzman was enthusiastically endorsed by fellow city commissioner […]