Polk County Commissioner and former mayor of Fall City, Oregon, Jeremy Gordon, joins us today to talk about the Continuum of Care (COC) in Marion and Polk Counties which has helped address and solve our homelessness crisis. We hope this episode will give you a behind the scenes look at how tax dollars are being spent to serve the needs of our most vulnerable residents and get thousands into shelter and long term housing. We think you will really love Jeremy and understand why he's an amazing Commissioner and human being!

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We still don't have any answers, but we deserve them.A Mayor and City Council which ran on transparency and communication is notably silent in the most critical time in Salem's history. We have some questions and we need you to reach out to your councilors and urge them to speak up and make a statement.

Who is your City Councilor? Look it up:

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Make public comment at the February 24th City Council Meeting at 6 PM.

Submit comments on agenda items no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting at [email protected] 

You can also submit public comment electronically for the February 18th Work Session at the same email above. No public comments are made in person at Work Sessions.

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This is precisely the amount of new information that came out of the 75 hours of work the Salem Chamber of Commerce and Home Builders Association hand-picked Efficiencies Committee put together. Validating for former councilors and mayors? Absolutely. Groundhog Day for all of us? Also yes. We have reached what may not even be half-time in this challenge to find revenue for the City of Salem and all of Oregon. Will the voters do anything about it when a levy hits the ballot in May? That awaits to be seen.

*A note of correction: the finance department, not the finance committee was in the room.*

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Tiktok influencer and creator Miss.Alexandria joins us for a yap session focused in on local organizing, campaign strategy, taxation, creating community, showing up, podcasting, and the absolute necessity for an online strategy to long-term voter communication.

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Keith Stahley resigned at the City of Salem and the council accepted this tonight with very little discussion. The executive session ran 15 minutes late tonight. While we'll never know what was said in executive session, something feels very off with this one. It is a dark night for the voters and residents of Salem as we look to find revenue for essential city services without Keith's steady leadership. We wish Keith Stahley all the best and thank him for decades of public service.

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The power plays in Keizer are still under way. On the same day the Keizer City of Council made a Black History Month proclamation, the conservative majority also tried to vote to pause the Community Diversity Engagement Committee; i.e. the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion community board. And then they tried to join the Salem Chamber of Commerce. Make it make sense.

We fear the masterminds and big businesses behind the decisions taking place at the Keizer City Council are just getting started with their shenanigans. We'll be sure to keep you informed. Send this to someone you know in Keizer.

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Today we have a couple freaking awesome local women joining us who are doing the work to organize, mobilize, educate, and empower everyday people to get involved in the local political process! Paige Barton, Chair of the Marion County Democrats, and Jane Titchenal, Be SMART and Moms Demand Action Volunteer, are here to share everything you need to know about creating local community and resisting the chaos of the next four years. You are the leader you have been looking for, girly pop! Jump in and do something!

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The power play by the Keizer Chamber of Commerce's pick for mayor is quickly advancing through City Hall in Keizer. In this bonus we'll fill you in on the four-hour City Council work session and the subsequent City Council meeting which resulted in the mayor elected by the people being all but stripped of her power. One by one the council has fallen in line to the new loudest voice in the room driving a new agenda.

The people elected Cathy Clark, but who is really acting as mayor? And what is the real reason they want to remove her from her role?

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The Keizer Chamber of Commerce seems to be just as involved in their local City Council as our friends at the Chamber of Commerce in Salem. Black Joy Founder, Juli Ray Joy, joins us in this episode to tell us all about her bid to fill a vacancy on the Keizer City Council. Spoiler alert: It's juicy! We fear the masterminds and big businesses behind the decisions taking place at the Keizer City Council are just getting started with their shenanigans. We'll be sure to keep you informed. Send this to someone you know in Keizer.

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It was a busy Tuesday night at City Hall. The new efficiencies committee (Salem's own DOGE department) has been named and to absolutely nobody's surprise, it is comprised solely of members of the Salem Chamber of Commerce and Home Builders Association. What will be their priorities as they examine the budget and look for efficiencies (AKA, cuts)? And why weren't there any questions asked about equity in creating this committee?

An hour later the City Council met for a Work Session to hear about the possible Livability Levy amounts proposed by the City. It seems all the pieces were in place to get this levy off to the races, including the five votes necessary--but the Mayor chose not to make a motion pre-drafted for her by the City Attorney. If the Mayor continues to be motionless, will a leader emerge on our City Council to get this levy on the ballot and across the finish line? Time is of the essence. We'll make sure to keep you informed along the way.

*Note the funds to put the Livability Levy on the May ballot will be paid for by the Salem Public Library Foundation to the tune of about $35,000.

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