I am voting for Brim-Edwards who is the far more experienced leader, conveys positivity and optimism, and is able to lead and colaborate. As someone who is primarily focused on mental health policy and law, the road forward is long here on Oregon. Brim-Edwards will make headway in turning policies and is not prone to the mistaken perception that the failures of county governance are responsible for individual problems that are complex. She is not promoting housing first, or the homeless to housing continuum, because those policy directions have extracted taxpayer money with little result. She was also not in office when decriminalization of narcotics was enacted. Her candidacy, I believe, marks a strong turn away from housing first, the homeless to housing continuum, and decriminalization, and instead focuses on community rights to safety, civility and beauty in the public square.
It’s a ranked-choice ballot Thomas, you can vote for Julia and Sharon both and have a better chance at achieving your goals than just voting for Julia alone.
The Examiner says” “Put Meieran on top of your ballot and Brim-Edwards in second place.”
In a ranked choice system, that is sound advice. All voters supporting Meieran should rank Julia Brim-Edwards second.
Why? In the event that Meieran is eliminated in the first round, ranking only Sharon means your vote no longer counts, and essentially helps DSA Council member-endorsed Shannon Singleton.
And the same applies to supporters of Julia Brim-Edwards. You should rank Sharon second to avoid inadvertently helping Singleton in the event that Julia is eliminated in the first round.
The bottom line is that ranking a second candidate after your first choice absolutely does not harm your first choice.
And not ranking a second preference means that you may help someone that you absolutely do not want to be the next County Chair.
"Vergow blames our homeless crisis on high rents. In an interview published by The Oregonian/Oregon Live, he did not mention addiction or mental health as factors. In framing the problem in this way, Vergow gave himself a permanent pass in that housing affordability is a distant hope and not under his control."
That is a charitable interpretation of Vergow's beliefs about the root cause of the area's homeless crisis. However, in Portland today one should not attribute to mere cynicism what can more properly be blamed on ideology. Vergow has spent over a decade inhabiting the ecosystem of nonprofits, activists, bureaucrats and elected officials who view homelessness as a social justice problem and the homeless as victims of society. The last thing they want to talk about is the possibility that the homeless might bear some responsibility for their plight.
I am voting for Brim-Edwards who is the far more experienced leader, conveys positivity and optimism, and is able to lead and colaborate. As someone who is primarily focused on mental health policy and law, the road forward is long here on Oregon. Brim-Edwards will make headway in turning policies and is not prone to the mistaken perception that the failures of county governance are responsible for individual problems that are complex. She is not promoting housing first, or the homeless to housing continuum, because those policy directions have extracted taxpayer money with little result. She was also not in office when decriminalization of narcotics was enacted. Her candidacy, I believe, marks a strong turn away from housing first, the homeless to housing continuum, and decriminalization, and instead focuses on community rights to safety, civility and beauty in the public square.
It’s a ranked-choice ballot Thomas, you can vote for Julia and Sharon both and have a better chance at achieving your goals than just voting for Julia alone.
Thank you.
The Examiner says” “Put Meieran on top of your ballot and Brim-Edwards in second place.”
In a ranked choice system, that is sound advice. All voters supporting Meieran should rank Julia Brim-Edwards second.
Why? In the event that Meieran is eliminated in the first round, ranking only Sharon means your vote no longer counts, and essentially helps DSA Council member-endorsed Shannon Singleton.
And the same applies to supporters of Julia Brim-Edwards. You should rank Sharon second to avoid inadvertently helping Singleton in the event that Julia is eliminated in the first round.
The bottom line is that ranking a second candidate after your first choice absolutely does not harm your first choice.
And not ranking a second preference means that you may help someone that you absolutely do not want to be the next County Chair.
"Vergow blames our homeless crisis on high rents. In an interview published by The Oregonian/Oregon Live, he did not mention addiction or mental health as factors. In framing the problem in this way, Vergow gave himself a permanent pass in that housing affordability is a distant hope and not under his control."
That is a charitable interpretation of Vergow's beliefs about the root cause of the area's homeless crisis. However, in Portland today one should not attribute to mere cynicism what can more properly be blamed on ideology. Vergow has spent over a decade inhabiting the ecosystem of nonprofits, activists, bureaucrats and elected officials who view homelessness as a social justice problem and the homeless as victims of society. The last thing they want to talk about is the possibility that the homeless might bear some responsibility for their plight.
Multnomah County NEEDS Meieran ... without her as Chair , the same old insanity rules... JBE's decision-making is pathetic