Portland from the Left

The second part of Piper and Josh's chat with Thursday from pdx.vote talking at length about campaign finance. Support Thursday's work by subscribing to pdx.vote for $10 / month Vocabulary # Shemia Fagan is the current Oregon Secretary of State (in charge of lots of elections stuff). ORESTAR is the campaign finance website where entities report their spending. Transcript of both campaign epsiodes combined Content Warning: This episode is explicit Follow Us # Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Piper and Josh chat at length with Thursday from pdx.vote in the first part of a two part series on campaign finance. Support Thursday's work by subscribing to pdx.vote for $10 / month Vocabulary # Shemia Fagan is the current Oregon Secretary of State (in charge of lots of elections stuff). ORESTAR is the campaign finance website where entities report their spending. Transcript of both campaign epsiodes combined Content Warning: This episode is explicit Follow Us # Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Piper and Josh talk about the media's response and coverage of the mass shooting that happened at Normandale Park on February 19th, 2022. GoFundMe for the victims of the shooting GoFundMe for the protestor who stopped the mass shooting Thread from a victim of the shooting talking about their experience Survivors of a Deadly Attack on a Portland Protest Were Victimized Twice: First by the Gunman, Then by the Police - The Intercept Portland police: clash between armed homeowner and protesters sparked shooting - Reuters Alleged killer in Portland's Normandale Park protest shooting identified - OPB One Dead in Shooting at Portland Protest Against Police Violence - NYTimes @JohnnTheLefty's thread revealing the shooter's ID Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit and talks about a mass shooting at a protest Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Piper and Josh talk through the recently revealed Portland Police Bureau protest training material, the cover-up, and the connections to neo-nazis and the far-right. The Oregonian's article on this situation The Mercury's article Portland Police Bureau Rapid Response Team Protest Training File We recorded this episode on Sunday 1/16/2022 and the story continues to break including a statement from the Department of Justice (they aren't happy). Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

We take a break and a step back for an extra special holiday episode to talk about ourselves, the podcast, and what we're trying to do here. Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

A guest joins the show to give us an introduction to the layer conflicts currently happening in local public school systems. Follow their work @SchoolBoardBloc Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Kaitlyn joins Piper and Josh to talk through the ins and outs of Enhanced Services Districts in Portland like Clean and Safe. End Clean & Safe Website WRAP has a lot of good resources on their website dedicated to BIDs WRAP's position paper on sanctioned campsites Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Thursday joins Piper and Josh to talk about Portland's city charter and the currently underway charter review process. From Thurday: The Portland Charter Review Process: A Resource Roundup' Charter Review on the city's website. Charter Review Public Comment From Charter Review Commission listening sessions on Nov 13 and Nov 16 Introductory article on Mingus Mapp's PAC named Ulysses from The Oregonian Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Thursday joins Piper and Josh to talk about Portland's city charter and the currently underway charter review process. From Thurday: The Portland Charter Review Process: A Resource Roundup' Charter Review on the city's website. Charter Review Public Comment From Charter Review Commission listening sessions on Nov 13 and Nov 16 Introductory article on Mingus Mapp's PAC named Ulysses from The Oregonian Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Piper and Josh go long on the four non-mayoral city commissioners in Portland. Hardesty, Ryan, Mapps and Rubio all get a turn. Portland Street Reponse 6 Month Report Javiar addresses the Forum on Preventing Vandalism Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Portland has six elected officials and one of those is the City Auditor, an office with 50-60 employees and a nearly ten million dollar budget. For this episode special guest Rose joins us to talk about the office of the auditor as well as it's current occupant Mary Hull Caballero. August 2020 Audit of Portland's Enhanced Service Districts published by Hull Caballero's office Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow on twitter and instagram for #podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

After last episode's deep dive into the petition to recall Ted Wheeler this time we go direct to the source and ask a few questions of one of the paid signature gatherers currently working to get signatures to recall the mayor. Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. Follow Us Follow @pdxftl for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.

Portland's mayor is facing a recall effort from a new group called Total Recall PAC so for their first episode Piper and Josh talk about the long shot strategy of trying to remove a mayor mid-term. Transcription of this episode Content Warning: This episode is explicit. CORRECTION: During the episode Josh inccorrectly quoted Total Recall PAC's campaign manager's email address - it's corrected in the transcription and you can email them to get hired to gather signatures at audrey@totalrecallpdx.com Follow Us Follow @pdxftl for podcast updates and @yourFriendPiper & @manicExpressive for people updates.