Guest article: How to engage with the upcoming city council election
A city council candidate shares insights for making the most of this important election.
Politics
Podcast: City Council Candidate Marnie Glickman
“We elect leaders to make hard decisions, even if they only help a minority of the people.”
Voters fuel landslide win for local gas tax that will pump $70.5 million into PBOT coffers
Elections matter. In this case, it mattered a lot for PBOT.
Two city council candidates will join us at Bike Happy Hour this week
Hope to see you on the patio Wednesday.
City Council candidate Rex Burkholder on why he’s running
35 years ago, Burkholder might have started something like Bike Happy Hour himself as a fledgling bike activist.
Podcast: Riding southwest with City Council Candidate Chad Lykins
Lykins is trying to redefine — and re-invigorate — what it means to be a Portland progressive.
Podcast: Portland Police Officer and City Council Candidate Eli Arnold
In the past decade, Arnold went from building a community garden, to flying helicopters in Afghanistan, to patrolling Portland streets by bike.
Advocates push for e-bike task force bill as clock ticks on session
Big questions and big potential deserve a big task force.
E-bike bill likely to pass with big changes following compromise
A fight avoided means no one comes away empty.
Podcast: In the Shed With City Council Candidate Nat West
A cider evangelist inspired to run after over 40 nights on the front lines of the 2020 protests.
Mapps to PBOT union: Gas tax won’t fund, ‘bike lanes that drive everybody crazy’
When Mapps thinks “back to the basics,” does that include funding for bikeways?
National bike industry org urges changes to Oregon e-bike bill
They’re rushing to make changes and find support before the bill is voted on.