Enable me to interrupt into the vacation week with the most recent interview from The Shed.
On Friday, Portland Metropolis Councilor-Elect Olivia Clark got here by and we had a wide-ranging dialog. Clark was the highest vote-getter in District 4 (all the things west of the Willamette River and a small piece of southeast together with Sellwood) and has shot at changing into Metropolis Council president. Why? Her background may be very spectacular. It contains: founding of an inexpensive housing nonprofit within the Nineteen Eighties that targeted on farmworker housing; main legislative affairs for former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber; being board chair of Windfall Well being Methods, then working as TriMet’s government director of presidency and public affairs for over twenty years. Throughout her time at TriMet her job was to safe funding for the Orange Line MAX undertaking and she or he’s credited for serving to fund the Tilikum Bridge.
Throughout our dialog we talked about learn how to revitalize downtown Portland, learn how to method transportation funding, why Clark thinks Seattle goes to outperform Portland in transit except we discover one other steady income supply, and extra.
Discover the interview within the gamers above, on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.
NOTE: At present is my daughter’s birthday (she’s 22 years previous) after which we’ve bought that Christmas factor on Wednesday. So I’m taking a break this week and certain received’t be posting something additional till Monday, December thirtieth. Have an awesome week and I’ll see you on the opposite facet.
