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Can PPS School closures be stopped?
By Mark Kirchmeier “Portland school district administrators are walking off a cliff if they close 10 to 20 schools,” predicts Paul Anthony, who formerly represented part of North Portland on the school board. Anthony and fellow former board member Steve Buel, who previously served as a N/NE Portland board member, believe that a coalition of…
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CEI Hub risks finally before Portland City Council
By Jim Redden The Portland City Council has finally begun to address the threats posed by the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub, the six-mile stretch of fuel storage and transmission pipes along the Willamette River in industrial Northwest Portland. Around 90% of all liquid fuel used in Oregon is stored there. It sits on soils with…
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Mapping project sparks concern, anger in East Columbia
By Barbara Quinn The 20 attendees at the March 11 meeting of the East Columbia Neighborhood Association sat with tense faces. Neighbors lack trust because they say there has been a past track record of problems with the city and the airport. Many have all or part of their yards within a proposed environmental transition zone. Most…
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Ryan supports Portland Housing Bureau audit on unspent $106 million
By Jim Redden Portland District 2 Councilor Dan Ryan supports the announced audit of the Portland Housing Bureau after $106 million in unspent funds were recently discovered, despite thousands of people reportedly living on the streets. Ryan, who represents North and Northeast Portland, said he was not informed of the unspent funds while overseeing the…
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Controversial Portland Parks levy passes
By the time the Portland Parks & Recreation operating levy was passing on election night, District 2 Councilor Dan Ryan was the odd man out. While Ryan reluctantly voted to refer the measure to the Nov. 4 ballot with the rest of the City Council, he later had second thoughts and came out against it…
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Council to cast final votes on city budget “Save our Storefronts” plan
As the Portland City Council makes its final decision Wednesday, June 18, on Mayor Keith Wilson’s proposed $8.5 billion city budget, prospects for Councilor Dan Ryan’s “Save our Storefronts” plan are going down to the wire. Ryan recently won council approval for $1 million to restore grants to help small storefront businesses hit by broken…
