Mitch Green

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Not sure if the transit centers are numbered like that. I only know it by name

A transit center stop with views of the high roof enclosure

While I wish frequency and connections were better, I do like this transit center. Can you tell which one it is?

I put that in the alt text. Thanks for putting here.

Fair question. I guess it’s more precise to say we need mass movements, with strikes, boycotts and direct action as organizing objectives. We’ve been able to pour people into the streets and then little more for decades. Being part of orgs that focus on these in unison is essential imo

Poster that says no war with Iran with bombs dropping and hands reaching up. Artist credit to @toosphexy

The trash that occupies the White House (and any legislator failing to act to stop him) is bombing children in Iran. This is intolerable. The time for mass mobilization is now. Join an org, get into the streets, contact your reps. No war on Iran.

Council President Dunphy did raise precisely this point.

Mayor, I hope you find some time to take a meeting with these labor leaders to hear them. It's important.

There is no basis of justification for teargassing indiscriminately thousands of people protesting peacefully. Full stop. I was there, I saw it: it was a violent reaction to seeing how disgusted the public is with the very existence of ICE.

At the regular Council meeting this morning, during public comment, Tyler Fellini of @jwjpdx.bsky.social noted that the Mayor suggested that the 1/31 teargassing of Portlanders by the feds at the ICE Out Labor Rally was justified by the actions of a few. It was completely unjustified.

Yes. Because all tacos are sandwiches.

We need a Portland Dog. We deserve it. Our time has come.

We heard the first pitch for Councilor Novick's office on abolishing sandwich board permits (endorse). Therein Spencer made the claim that hotdogs are a sandwich (also endorse). I told the public that I, conveniently, have a model that establishes that fact and I have read that into the record

I think this is a good idea and would use it if it was legal. Is it legal? Getting my colleagues to use it would be another challenge.

Hey East Portland! Fill out my D1 Budget Survey by March 13th: Your feedback will help guide future investments, policies, and services in your neighborhood. You also will be able to enter a drawing for a $100 grocery gift card! Take the 2026 District 1 Budget Survey (English, Español, tiếng Việt, русский язык, limba română) at the link in bio. tinyurl.com/mt8bknrb

East Portland: I want to hear about your budget priorities! We’re starting to ramp up discussions about the FY 26-27 budget, and your voices will help inform future investments, policies, and services in your neighborhood.

Flier for D4 city club event. Doors open at 5:30. All three city councilors with discussion moderated by Sophie Peel.

This is tomorrow. Hope to you see you there! RSVP below

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Alt text: GIF of Damian Lillard tapping his wrist indicating that it is, in fact, Lillard Time

I'm in the process of finding new representation, but in general, yes, I would recuse or, at least, disclose any real or perceived conflicts of interest. However, it's important to clarify that under state law pro bono legal services are not considered gifts. Cf. ORS 244.020(7)(b)(G)

The stakes are pretty high this year. I believe it's urgent, and overarching, to do whatever we can to build public trust in government, and that happens through transparency and fearless oversight. I believe in Portlanders and this is your budget. Stay tuned.

Additionally, we will float "budget concepts" ahead of the Mayor's proposed to give the public time to engage with ideas that may become amendments when we enter the formal convening of Council as Budget Committee. I want to lay all of my cards on the table, even if it means I get dragged for them.

The approach of my office will be to begin to daylight this month important priority areas particularly around budgetary areas that lack resources and are at threat of cut, as well as areas that may have too many resources. Our public engagements will be focused on communicating these details to you

Here are a few themes that I think will be important this year:

📉Significant revenue headwinds
📈Cost pressure paired with expiring funds for major cost centers
🔍Heightened public interest in transparency into the details of fund balance -> programmatic budgeting

Please watch us closely.

City Launches FY 26-27 Budget Learning Session Planning for fiscal year 2026-27 has begun and the City of Portland is holding a virtual budget learning session to help explain the basics of how the City's budget works.

The FY26-27 Budget Season has begun. The city will kick off the first stage of public engagement with a virtual budget listening session tonight from 6-7:30PM. Info on what to expect and how to join is posted here:

Our office is insisting on line-item detail on every program and every fund so that we can fix this, and most importantly, provide much needed transparency to public.

There are a lot of silos. The old form of government had a process where basically each bureau did independent budgeting, and when you couple that with a dizzying array of special sub funds there was simply not a clear picture in the annual budgeting process. That's changing with now our oversight.

This morning's newsletter is all about that $106MM in unspent housing dollars. Sharing that here as well in case you haven't signed up yet (you should)

When Border Patrol shot two immigrants in Portland, they claimed they had ties to gangs. The Guardian later wrote a story exposing those claims as a smear campaign, but the narrative was regurgitated by city leadership that took DHS at their word.

Now we see the true agitators in Eugene were DHS.

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If you haven’t already signed up for our newsletter, please consider doing so. We’ve got an important update to share tomorrow regarding our oversight work and how best to approach our public dollars for housing.

White board text that reads you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take - Wayne Gretzky, - Michael Scott

Now that bs has a drafts feature just want to remind everyone of this sage bit of wisdom