Genderless Rodent

I think for me it's specifically about the trans community, but I would be interested to see if someone takes the question a different way and what that response would be, for better or worse.

Not sure of their culture within their major cities and how that plays out.

And just because I like talking on this topic, I'm not sure of many other American cities that would reasonably compare. Like, I hear good things about Seattle as well but also similar criticisms to Portland. Maybe some California cities? I also know some states have good protections, but am

Thanks for your feedback on this little project! Hopefully it will be at least somewhat gainful for others!

Likely, but part of this is to also judge how much time/energy these campaigns will put into their answers for what amounts to a random ass person, who they may or may not have personal feelings towards, emailing them a list.

And that statistically I believe we are a destination city for people fleeing other states for trans or sexuality related reasons. In terms of my own experiences, Portland seems to generally have a mixed reputation across communities, especially intersectionally with the BIPOC community.

In my own mind it's based off the two factors of that we advertise as being a good place for trans people. Like it's hard to imagine many other cities having their travel agency type thing (travel Portland) be like "here's where you can get a binder fitting for your trans child while visiting!"

Well I think the issue is with that you can say yes while saying that every employee needs to fit the behaviors of their position or something like that.

I also am trying to leave it as neutral as I'm possible of being to encourage people to answer it.

It feels like a bad 90s comics list of things that annoy them.

I think that's just too easy of a "yes" answer with no follow up substance

Also, now I have there are no cats in America stuck in my head. And I can only remember "and the streets are paved with cheese!"

Yeah, it's one of those things where I could definitely get into how the way we portray ourselves/are portrayed doesn't match reality, but I thought this was the best way to get at "Portland is supposed!!! to be good for queer and trans folks so what are you going to do to make sure it is!?"

They looked at you like that because you just willingly donated money to a large corporation.

This was my attempt to sus out if the candidates priority is going to be cars or something like public transit/bikes (or God forbid they go with Uber or something) so I think I want a top 1 kind of answer?

I might want to try a new phrasing then. My original one didn't have the local laws aspect but I thought it might be helpful, but I kind of want to try and keep it as a singular question

It's one of those things where I'd for sure personally have follow up questions but trying to keep it kind of broad to solicit more open ended answers.

Bluesky has more narcs and nerds than I would like.

I would like to think that's covered by the question about their proposals for it, but maybe not?

I worry that the CEI thing could be too narrow but maybe that's my personal unfamiliarity with it?

Crying in public is bad. Wearing shirts with slogans I don't like is bad. Singing in public is bad. Taking too long to go to the bathroom is bad. Eating food that looks gross in public is bad.

Right?

it's so fucked up how the scariest thing for cis people regarding transness is they might not be able to tell, they might be nicer or hornier to the freaks than they want to be and that's unacceptable

I was raised on the ancient code of "have it your way" and I refuse to violate it by not demanding it be so.

Double question in it but how does this sound?

What responsibility does the city have to prepare its residents for and combat climate change? Do you have any proposals to utilize the Portland Clean Energy Fund to do so?

I'm wondering if that could be combined with a PCEF question without making it too vague?

But what if the cupcake is good?

7. What aspect of transportation in Portland do you believe deserves the most focus by the government?
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6. What do you view as the greatest accomplishment of the most recent city council? The largest failure?
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5. What role does city council have in combating federal policies that run counter to the values and beliefs of Portlanders or local laws such as ICE activity and federal response to protests?
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4. What non-police alternatives to public safety do you support and to what extent should those alternatives impact funding for the Portland Police Bureau?
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3. What specific policies, if any, would you advocate for to reduce the number of people entering homelessness in Portland and increase the number of people exiting it?
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2. What would be your method of action for increasing the ability of current Portlanders to better be able to afford housing in this city?
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