@hannahnoodle.bsky.social
jef is also currently the treasurer for steve novick’s and d3 candidate tom sollitt’s campaign finance committees❤️
tuba pudding jr@tubapuddingjunior.bsky.social · 3w agooh man I interned for jef when I was in grad school. one of the dumbest guys i've ever met, also a huge misogynistic creep who used to talk about women electeds on the basis of whether or not he'd sleep with them
flatly refusing to vote just because the paperwork wasn't perfect is a failure of leadership. Process should serve governance, not gridlock it.
Yep, Council moderates wouldn't even back Kanal 4, the final amendment which was to simply say that the negotiating team should seek a return on investment for Portlanders in the Moda deal. Green: "Portlanders are watching, and they are pretty upset at the way we steward their funds in this City."🔥
bus enjoyer@intersections.bsky.social · last mo.Worst vibes at council since the council president vote?
I did a breakdown on the city's negotiators on the Moda deal last month (linked here). Worth noting Multnomah County announced their Moda negotiator today: Longtime Blazers biz strategist Chris Oxley (& board prez of Sport Oregon, the group lobbying the city/county to keep the Blazers in Portland).
Who is leading Portland’s Moda Center negotiations with the Blazers?
Here’s what you need to know about the contractors the city tapped to lead these talks.
opb.org
A shocking mtg Many councilors refusing to even *consider* term sheet amendments (like below) that would better protect Portlanders, require a breakdown of how $120M+ in public funds would be used, or analyze impact of Moda Center funding on other city services All voted down without discussion
Councilor Candace Avalos@counciloravalos.bsky.social · last mo.First amendment being introduced: Green Avalos 1. The amendment addresses two elements of the term sheet that are intended to bring the term-sheet to a position that provides more protection for tax payers while moving the process forward towards a fair deal.
Dundon is going to bitch and moan regardless. Someone explain to me why the City shouldn't therefore put out a MUCH stronger term sheet now and continue sharing information and coming the table... unlike the Blazers.
Councilor Candace Avalos@counciloravalos.bsky.social · last mo.I keep being told that this is not the time. I don't know what the point of this discussion is if people aren't willing to engage.
@councilordunphy.bsky.social has been quite condescending, short, and petty all afternoon. yikes. councilors Avalos and Morillo asking questions for the record is not a personal attack on you, jeeeeeeeez
Councilor Kanal’s question: “do you want a return on investment?” that’s the real question. It sure doesn’t seem like some councilors do.
two of my d3 councilors @councilormorillo.bsky.social & @councilortkl.bsky.social are taking principled stances on moda negotiations that reflect the people they represent. it’s why i want them re-elected in november.
What’s the point of a legislative body if they’re going to defer to the executive before they do anything?
Councilor Candace Avalos@counciloravalos.bsky.social · last mo.Council President Dunphy's line is that amendments should have been vetted with the negotiating team, and that's why he's a no.
the push to hold Tom Dundon to merely INVEST IN HIS OWN TEAM AND NOT LEECH OFF PUBLIC MONEY is probably dead. wild that seven of our councilors are just handing money we don’t have over to this cheapskate loser Tom Dundon.
Councilor Pirtle-Guiney’s bs monologue about not voting yes on any amendments until negotiations go further… why would you come into negotiations without a clear term sheet of what you are aiming to get? why wouldn’t you start out strong?
“No rent on a building we own. Cringe.” - @counciloravalos.bsky.social
No one who advocates for the Moda renovations is allowed to complain about the city or state taking too many taxes EVER AGAIN
unfathomable that the city is being asked to hand over four hundred million bucks with virtually no information on what the blazers are planning to spend it on - and that the loudest proponents of the deal are the councilors and business leaders who otherwise complain the city is poorly managed
Councilor Candace Avalos@counciloravalos.bsky.social · last mo.I think it's really important that the public understand what the city's true commitment is because we keep saying and hearing $120M over 20 years, but it's really closer to $400 million. It makes sense for us to not pre-commit especially given that we're operating blind with no information.
Weird how the landlord councilors are suddenly anti-rent
Councilor Candace Avalos@counciloravalos.bsky.social · last mo.That is exactly my point. We are making a huge investment and we're not going to ask them to pay rent. I don't care what they currently pay. I think it is fair market for us to get a rent out of a building we own, that they operate, and currently they operate and reap all the benefits.
massive props to @counciloravalos.bsky.social for putting forth amendments to the moda center term sheet that actually! make! sense!
most of our elected reps failing us over & over & over again in portland city council today. Councilors Dunphy, Clark, Pirtle-Guiney, Smith, Ryan, and Zimmerman not engaging with amendments, not proposing any… where’s the courage? where’s the will to ask for more for the people you represent?
pettiness is NOT a good look for @councilordunphy.bsky.social today in the pm session, as he is clearly placing his own feelings about fellow councilors above good governance. i have been a big fan of his council presidency thus far, so this is real disappointing to see.
it's also pretty interesting that "expose yourself to more intellectual diversity from the right" rarely means "hire more experts credulously studying the intellectual basis for Hindu nationalism, the gender politics of the Black Hebrew Isrealites, or the righteous teachings of al-salaf al-ṣāliḥ"
Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last mo.it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
This is a truly fascinating phenomenon. When people say race is constructed, this is what they mean. Whiteness is a slur in the mouths of people who espouse white supremacist ideas *if* it is paired with “liberal” “woman” “urban” “pronouns” etc. It is an incredible piece of racecraft juijitsu.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 8mo agoit's sort of funny that white is now an epithet on the right if paired with woman and liberal
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
msnbc.com
“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” ― Toni Morrison
"What good is low unemployment when workers are a paycheck away from homelessness?" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
nytimes.com
Q: Why is it so much easier for the US right to organize and be unified than the US left? A: Anti-Black racism. The only consistent thing that the right agrees on, is this. It's what unifies them. But the US left is very anti-Black too! So they try to get the benefits, without helping Black folk.🤷🏿♂️