Commentary

I'll be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow to get positioned on the Hawthorne Bridge by 7am to meet and greet bicycle commuters.

It's the unveiling of our campaign's bicycle policy (PDF,162K), which got previewed today on BikePortland.org.

Pass me some caffeine as you ride by...

Thanks to Scott and Ellie for helping put the event together.

It's not quite a debate, but the Witigonen blog posted a piece today with responses from all the candidates in the race about whether they favor the Commission form of Government, and their thoughts on representation by district.

My answer should be no surprise, since former Mayor Bud Clark and I co-chaired the recent campaign to defend the Commission form.

But it would appear that I have company, all of us running for the Commissioner #1 seat apparently agree that Portland should keep our current form of government.

This is the first of what will be a series of posts over the course of the campaign as I invite the citizens of Portland to dialog with me, the candidate, and our campaign about issues of concern to Portland. I’m looking forward to your feedback!

A little over a week ago, I had the opportunity to attend a “Connection Café” for Portland’s Community Connect project. Community Connect is an effort “to increase the number and diversity of people who are involved in their communities, strengthen community capacity, and increase community impact on public decisions.” Certainly a laudable goal!

After listening to the presentation and recommendations, it seems to me that the rubber meets the road on one particular question on the feedback form: