I put in two amendments to put $25,000 apiece in those two schools, so they would be one of the first ones to get that turf. "I grew up admiring Jimmy Carter and the work he did in the Middle East. I want to thank my opponent Loretta Smith for bringing her passion and love for this city into the special election runoff. Some have said they plan to leave downtown.Ryan said he would want business owners at the table for a summit to discuss a resolution to the protests. He was elected to a four-year term in 2018.Ryan will likely be sworn in in early September, after the results are certified by the Multnomah County Elections office.According to the county, voter turnout was 172,340 or 39% as of late Tuesday evening.
Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty announced Thursday that she’s endorsing Dan Ryan over Loretta Smith to succeed late Commissioner Nick Fish on the city council. Editorializing. Smith is a former Multnomah County Commissioner and has years of political experience behind her. If they would have come to me and said, "This happened to me" or "You did this to me," I would have said, "I apologize.
If you look at the end, it said they couldn’t substantiate any of those allegations. Ballots went out on July 22 and were due back by 8 p.m. Tuesday.Ryan is a former education nonprofit executive and a first-time candidate. "I'm the person who is going to speak truth to power. He had been elected to a four-year term in 2018. PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland voters have elected Dan Ryan to be Portland's newest city commissioner after a special election for Portland Commission, Pos. Portland city commissioner candidate Loretta Smith discuss housing, equity and allegations that she bullied women on her staff. "And I have apologized for anything that I have done to make them feel this way but I really wish that they would have given me an opportunity to be a better person and better public official.We have to build housing at all income levels, to make sure that those at the top are not gobbling all the housing on the bottom.I knew when Nike and Portland Public Schools were redoing all the football fields and making them turf … they said they were going to build those turf football fields for the schools who raised the most money. 2. Anecdotally, elections officials noticed an uptick in mail-in ballots this year, partially due to free postage and the pandemic.In May, the field was narrowed from 18 candidates down to the top two. That comes with the territory, if you want to focus on that.The one thing I would have liked to have happen, for some of those folks. We can't lose our businesses," he said.Smith said she thinks the city needs to set aside a pot of money for small businesses to recover from COVID-19 and from the protesting.Dan Ryan pointed to his 35 years of experience as a tested executive leader in the nonprofit space as one reason he believes he's the best choice to replace Fish on city council. "When you're a nonprofit leader and community leader, you really have to rely on bringing people together to make results," he said.He called himself a reformer and change agent ready to take on all the challenges the city faces. Ryan will join city … "Now is not the time for on the job training," she said. She worked in his office for more than 20 years.Smith spoke with OPB about housing, equity and allegations that she bullied women on her staff.Below are highlights from her conversation with OPB. Ryan said he thinks the city needs to have a peace summit bringing together representatives from various groups, including protesters, police, business owners and residents who live near areas affected by the protests. "This campaign was about bringing Portlanders together to address the issues we all face. Wednesday. 2. "We have widespread poverty in this city, in every ZIP code.