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Hardesty questions council’s commitment to racial justice after police budget cut plan falls 3-2

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November 5, 2020

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Protests and election loom over today’s police budget vote

With all the political drama of the past week, our local debate over a proposal to cut $18 million from the Portland Police Bureau seems like it happened ages ago. But it’s only been one week since Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty called her council colleagues “cowardly” for not voting on her proposal. The vote is … Read more

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November 5, 2020

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Hardesty questions council’s commitment to racial justice after police budget cut plan falls 3-2

Protests and election loom over today’s police budget vote

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