Rational in Portland

Rational in Portland

By Kristin OlsonSociety & Culture
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Rational in Portland episodes

  • Female MD suffers violent attack in SW Portland on July 28, 2023
    • https://katu.com/news/katu-investigates/major-changes-coming-to-pretrial-release-in-multnomah-county
    • https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/portland-multnomah-county-will-limit-number-of-people-in-jail-even-after-federal-covid-order-ends-lifted/amp/
    • https://www.opb.org/article/2021/12/01/rise-of-private-security-firm-downtown-portland/?outputType=amp
    • https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/crime/legacy-shooting-suspect-criminal-history-threats-hospital/283-c31a2346-8802-42b3-808e-658964b02020
    • https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/01/after-spate-of-shootings-near-portland-area-high-schools-leaders-call-for-heightened-focus-on-safety.html?outputType=amp
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/09/28/portland-ranks-48th-among-50-big-cities-for-cops-per-capita/
    • https://www.portland.gov/police/divisions/precincts#:~:text=Central%20Precinct%20is%20composed%20of,miles%20and%20821%20street%20miles.
    • https://www.portland.gov/hardesty/news/2020/6/17/commissioner-hardestys-statement-councils-final-fy2020-21-vote
    • https://www.portland.gov/police-accountability/pac-members
    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/07/20/rubio-asks-city-attorney-if-portland-street-response-can-use-money-budgeted-for-police-accountability-commission/
    • https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/council-greenlights-hiring-bonuses-lateral-police/283-93566a48-56cb-45da-b6ac-b8cb284bc56e
    1 hr 16 min
  • Tiana Tozer
    1. https://www.tianatozer.com
    2. https://twitter.com/tianatozer?s=21&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hwhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rational-in-portland/id1579198261?i=1000583502897
    3. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rational-in-portland/id1579198261?i=1000580245536
    4. Gonzalez Abandons Attempt to Change Charter Measure After Frosty Reception This Weekhttps://twitter.com/disabilityrtsor/status/1662851550778208257?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw
    5. https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/06/man-charged-with-assault-bias-crimes-after-unprovoked-attack-on-2-men-in-downtown-portland.html?outputType=amp
    6. https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/crime/portland-woman-allegedly-pushes-3-year-old-onto-train-tracks/283-1d3203c3-50c1-47ef-b27f-f904ecb7d5d9
    7. https://nypost.com/2023/01/04/elderly-man-has-part-of-his-face-ear-chewed-off-in-attack/amp/
    8. https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/07/20/rubio-asks-city-attorney-if-portland-street-response-can-use-money-budgeted-for-police-accountability-commission/
    9. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-happy-hour-how-paperwork-is-a-gatekeeping-tool-of-white-supremacy-tickets-167545020667
    10. https://www.amazon.com/Stillness-Key-Ryan-Holiday/dp/0525538585
    11. https://www.northamericarecovers.org
    12. https://twitter.com/rationalinpdx/status/1628060498506964993?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw
    13. https://drugpolicy.org/issue/overdose-prevention-centers-opcs/
    2 hr 22 min
  • Aaliyah Mays - Living across the street from an open air drug market
    • https://www.multco.us/board/about-board-meetings

    • http://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3

    • https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/07/07/multnomah-county-will-distribute-tinfoil-and-straws-to-fentanyl-smokers/

    • https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/homeless/multnomah-county-purchased-tents-tarps-ada-lawsuit/283-18aa49ea-cb4f-45c4-b70d-26fc39243380

    • https://nbc16.com/news/local/portland-multnomah-county-leaders-at-odds-on-tent-and-tarp-hand-outs-to-homeless

    • https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/05/19/portlands-mayor-asks-downtown-law-firms-for-help-with-a-plan-to-relocate-people-sleeping-in-front-of-their-offices/

    • https://katu.com/news/local/drug-fentanyl-smoking-racks-up-passenger-issues-delays-on-trimet-max-trains

    • https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/190478

    • https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/woman-accused-of-pushing-3-year-old-onto-max-tracks-in-unprovoked-ne-portland-attack-child-kid-trimet-gateway-transit-center-multnomah-county-district-attorneys-office-oregon-12-31-2022

    • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2793633

    • https://multco-web7-psh-files-usw2.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2022%20Point%20In%20Time%20Report%20-%20Full.pdf

    • https://twitter.com/rationalinpdx/status/1677477116408111104?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw

    • https://futureportland.org

    3 hr 14 min
  • Kevin Barton, Washington County District Attorney

    https://www.washingtoncountyda.org/meet-district-attorney

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/crime-turned-portland-hollowed-shell-neighbors-trying-keep-happening

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11807717/amp/Portland-business-owners-say-theyre-fleeing-city-en-masse-crime.html

    https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/multnomah-county-misdemeanor-theft-shoplifting-prosecutions/283-f787c79b-a70c-4cb6-b48a-fb22cafbc15d

    https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/the-story/multnomah-da-shoplifting-theft-prosecution/283-fd54e0dc-0a01-462b-a0af-1432955aa6e7

    https://healthjusticerecovery.orghttps://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/health/oregon-worst-in-nation-for-addiction-treatments-locals-rally-in-salem/283-b2e5b42b-218e-4b2c-9ec5-f3ce9fca8c74

    https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/10/17/oregon-ranks-worst-in-nation-for-prevalence-of-mental-illness/

    https://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/2022/05/washington-county-da-race-awash-in-1-million-pits-reform-oriented-defense-lawyer-against-prosecution-oriented-incumbent.html?outputType=amp

    https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/05/emerge-oregon-the-powerful-political-network-for-democratic-women-that-nurtured-shemia-fagans-career-reckons-with-her-downfall.html?outputType=amp

    https://twitter.com/rationalinpdx/status/1617930240155877376?s=20

    1 hr 6 min
  • Brian Ferriso (Portland Art Museum) and Scott Showalter (Oregon Symphony)

    https://portlandartmuseum.org

    https://portlandartmuseum.org/collection/curators/brian-j-ferriso/

    https://www.orsymphony.org

    https://www.orsymphony.org/about/staff-board/scott-showalter/

    https://murdocktrust.org/app/uploads/2020/09/Portland-Arts-Ecology-FINAL.pdf

    https://twitter.com/rationalinpdx/status/1665983609801695233?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw

    https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/14/arts/as-funds-disappear-so-do-orchestras.html

    https://newrepublic.com/article/114221/orchestras-crisis-outreach-ruining-them

    https://www.koin.com/news/portland/multnomah-county-chair-vega-pederson-unveils-3-5b-budget-proposal/

    https://www.multco.us/budget/fy-2023-adopted-budget

    1 hr 11 min
  • TJ Browning on community policing

    https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-at-some-point-we-have-to-be-tired-of-burying-our-children.html?outputType=amp

    https://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/2010/09/nathan_thomass_parents_reflect.html

    2 hr 50 min
  • Nathan Vasquez, running to unseat District Attorney Mike Schmidt

    www.voteforvasquez.com

    https://katu.com/amp/news/local/survey-suggests-oregon-voters-believe-measure-110-has-been-ineffective

    https://katu.com/amp/news/katu-investigates/misled-or-misunderstood-breaking-down-what-measure-110-pays-for-and-what-it-doesnt-addiction-opioid-crisis-addict-portland-oregon-taxes-funding-committee-wheeler-kotek-treatment

    https://multco-web7-psh-files-usw2.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/book13_web.pdf

    https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2020/08/11/district-attorney-mike-schmidt-will-drop-the-majority-of-current-charges-again-portland-protesters/

    https://www.npr.org/2021/06/18/1007022652/oregons-pioneering-drug-decriminalization-experiment-is-now-facing-the-hard-test#:~:text=Schmidt%2C%20who%20publicly%20supported%20Measure,keeps%20people%20in%20the%20shadows.

    https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-at-some-point-we-have-to-be-tired-of-burying-our-children.html?outputType=amp

    https://peopleforportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/P4P-May-2023-FINAL.pdfhttps://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23572389/010923-governors-executive-clemency-report.pdf

    https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/07/gov-kate-brown-appears-to-bow-to-criticism-creates-new-post-to-inform-crime-victims-of-commutations.html

    https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/12/13/oregon-gov-kate-brown-commutes-17-death-sentences-ending-death-row/

    1 hr 3 min
  • Patrick Patterson

    https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/

    https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/09/preschool-for-all-tax-coffer-overflows-as-wealthy-payers-reap-capital-gains/

    https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/07/20/city-council-approves-up-to-122-million-for-clean-energy-fund-grants-to-65-non-profits

    /https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3115https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1632096338895839233?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw

    https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2023/04/portland-approves-up-to-50-million-for-urban-alchemy-to-run-mass-shelter-sites.html?outputType=amp

    Two Metro Councilors’ Employers Get Money From Metro. A Candidate Cries Foul

    https://twitter.com/citizen_oregon/status/1652872111126638592?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hw

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/a-murder-in-portland

    https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/05/candidate-for-portland-school-board-withdraws-or-did-he.html?outputType=amp

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55801307.amp

    2 hr 55 min
  • Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran returns

    https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/04/opinion-an-opportunity-for-a-reset-on-homeless-strategy-in-multnomah-county.html

    https://twitter.com/citizen_oregon/status/1652872111126638592?s=46&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hwGet Involved — The Portland Party

    https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/04/readers-respond-homelessness-crisis-needs-meierans-roadmap.html?outputType=amp

    Sharon Meieran | Multnomah County

    https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/koin-6-town-hall-a-state-of-pain-oregons-drug-crisis/

    1 hr 35 min

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