This interview with Eli Arnold shows exactly why I support him — alongside Olivia Clark and Eric Zimmerman, MBA — to represent me, District 4, and all of Portland. And why I think you should as well.
Portland doesn’t need more ideology. We need council members who will represent all their constituents and who will work with all council members- instead of forming caucuses and meeting secretly behind closed doors to advance the Portland DSA agenda.
We need practical solutions to real problems: homelessness, public safety, struggling small businesses, and getting our budget and taxes under control. Oh- and fixing the damn potholes!
If you agree, please consider donating to their campaigns. A $25 contribution from a Portland resident is matched 10-to-1 by the city — turning your gift into $275 for the campaign.
I am glad he supports the shelters which are a proper government response. I am hoping he will work with the police to get them to transport people to the hospital who are severely mentally ill.
There aren’t enough acute care psych beds available to treat all of the mentally ill who spiral out of control on our streets. And nowhere to send them once they’ve been stabilized.
This problem isn’t something that has happened overnight. Our recent Governors and. State Legislatures have known about and ignored this problem for decades. A refusal to make hard choices and the propensity to kick the can down the road have got us into this mess.
Things will get better. There haven't been enough people like you who realize the necessity of good, relatively short term psychiatric units in local general hospitals. Eventually people will see this is integral with having a process to deal with severely mentally ill people. Alot of people, those with addiction for instance, can recover if they choose to do so, so it is not always about stabilization, but actual full return to functioning. Integrating these issues into general medical care, rather than turfing them out to separate entities, makes sense from many perspectives. I am sure there are lots of people who develop severe depression and slip into homelessness, and again, those people may have rather dramatic and complete recoveries. It is best to conceptualize these disorders, as just another medical illness, like others often made worse by poor choices or circumstances beyond peoples control.
Totally agree that Oregon values are at the core of what is up with this city. Portland needs to be rebranded.
I know Eli from interactions with him working on the bike squad downtown, in serious conversations with him about his politics and about the behavioral health crisis Downtown and his support of the bike squads work on a pilot program with Peer Company outreach workers to connect those with psychosis and addiction to an outreach worker when encountering drug use on the streets. He cares about all the stakeholders downtown and about solutions. I respect him greatly as a cop, a public servant with a family who lives in the City despite its reputation for its hostility toward the police. Few police do. It speaks volumes about his compassion. We need more community-oriented cops just like Eli. That said, I supported him for District 4 last time and I will again. I hate to lose his skills on the streets, but his insights on policing and behavioral health from a public safety and resource perspective is sorely needed on the City Council. We need his voice to counter those who just paint all cops and the concept of policing with a broad and negative brush. As a felon and ex addict who lives Downtown, I know we need the kind of policing Eli represents. If we get it, we will help a lot of addicts wasting away on the streets and we will help bring Portland back. Consider this a strong endorsement.
This interview with Eli Arnold shows exactly why I support him — alongside Olivia Clark and Eric Zimmerman, MBA — to represent me, District 4, and all of Portland. And why I think you should as well.
Portland doesn’t need more ideology. We need council members who will represent all their constituents and who will work with all council members- instead of forming caucuses and meeting secretly behind closed doors to advance the Portland DSA agenda.
We need practical solutions to real problems: homelessness, public safety, struggling small businesses, and getting our budget and taxes under control. Oh- and fixing the damn potholes!
If you agree, please consider donating to their campaigns. A $25 contribution from a Portland resident is matched 10-to-1 by the city — turning your gift into $275 for the campaign.
Eli: https://www.eliforportland.com
Olivia: https://www.oliviaforportland.com
Eric: https://ez4pdx.com
I am glad he supports the shelters which are a proper government response. I am hoping he will work with the police to get them to transport people to the hospital who are severely mentally ill.
There aren’t enough acute care psych beds available to treat all of the mentally ill who spiral out of control on our streets. And nowhere to send them once they’ve been stabilized.
This problem isn’t something that has happened overnight. Our recent Governors and. State Legislatures have known about and ignored this problem for decades. A refusal to make hard choices and the propensity to kick the can down the road have got us into this mess.
“Oregon Values” strike again.
Things will get better. There haven't been enough people like you who realize the necessity of good, relatively short term psychiatric units in local general hospitals. Eventually people will see this is integral with having a process to deal with severely mentally ill people. Alot of people, those with addiction for instance, can recover if they choose to do so, so it is not always about stabilization, but actual full return to functioning. Integrating these issues into general medical care, rather than turfing them out to separate entities, makes sense from many perspectives. I am sure there are lots of people who develop severe depression and slip into homelessness, and again, those people may have rather dramatic and complete recoveries. It is best to conceptualize these disorders, as just another medical illness, like others often made worse by poor choices or circumstances beyond peoples control.
Totally agree that Oregon values are at the core of what is up with this city. Portland needs to be rebranded.
I know Eli from interactions with him working on the bike squad downtown, in serious conversations with him about his politics and about the behavioral health crisis Downtown and his support of the bike squads work on a pilot program with Peer Company outreach workers to connect those with psychosis and addiction to an outreach worker when encountering drug use on the streets. He cares about all the stakeholders downtown and about solutions. I respect him greatly as a cop, a public servant with a family who lives in the City despite its reputation for its hostility toward the police. Few police do. It speaks volumes about his compassion. We need more community-oriented cops just like Eli. That said, I supported him for District 4 last time and I will again. I hate to lose his skills on the streets, but his insights on policing and behavioral health from a public safety and resource perspective is sorely needed on the City Council. We need his voice to counter those who just paint all cops and the concept of policing with a broad and negative brush. As a felon and ex addict who lives Downtown, I know we need the kind of policing Eli represents. If we get it, we will help a lot of addicts wasting away on the streets and we will help bring Portland back. Consider this a strong endorsement.