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Emily Chaleff is right. Portland Public Schools need support, not scapegoating and political attacks. We're all in this together.
1 day ago ·
The Franklin St. neighborhoods were destroyed so that Franklin could be a feeder onto I295- and nothing else. Until this This prioritization of cars over everything else is most embedded in the mainstream thinking of the Marginal Way intersection. The Franklin St Master Plan- and improvements made through the Franklin process, pushes the accommodations for people walking and biking, but does not challenge this auto-centric assumption. Local transportation planners have developed some saner versions of this intersection- and maybe we will seem them considered. Nevertheless, the Franklin plan does offer a more generous crosswalk and better integrates the pedestrian flow into the Bayside Trail and the Back Cove Trail. This is a starting point; but Portland can do better.![]()
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ReBuild Franklin Street Now and make it safer and more pleasant for people to walk and bike.![]()
#franklinstreet, #urbanrenewal, #housing, #portlandmaine, #rebuildfranklinstreetnow, #travelspeed. #levelofservice, #saferoads, #historicdistrict, #gentrification, #streetgrid, #transitorienteddevelopment,#tod, #lincolnpark, #urbanwalkingtour #roaddiet, #buildhousing, #t4america, #toomuchparking
3 weeks ago ·
Congratulations, Rep. Rachel Talbot-Ross, #portlandme and our state! ![]()
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www.mainepublic.org/politics/2022-11-17/rachel-talbot-ross-is-set-to-become-the-first-black-speak...
3 weeks ago ·
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www.pressherald.com/2022/11/11/letter-to-the-editor-we-need-more-respect-in-portland-politics/
4 weeks ago ·
Thank you to all Charter Commissioners for your work. Yesterday we, as a city, were able to begin to move forward on a number of issues to make #portlandme better for every single person here. Progress! Thank you.
4 weeks ago ·
🗳️ Hey, #portlandme people. The country's watching how we vote on the subminimum wage this week. We'll share some things to keep in mind: ![]()
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"[I]n the 8 states that have already eliminated subminimum wages, both tipped and nontipped workers in tipped industries have higher earnings after tips, lower poverty rates, and equal if not greater employment growth, even for small businesses." ![]()
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Tipping will not be eliminated. There is considerable misinformation from the restaurant industry, from the Portland Chamber, from spokespersons for these corporate business interest groups, and sadly from some in City Hall, that gratuities would be banned. That's a lie. Actually, tipping is in the language of Question D. Tipping is specifically protected as the employee's, not the business'. ![]()
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"[E]vidence shows that eliminating subminimum wages does not reduce restaurant sales or tips; consumers still reward good service. Back-of-house workers would see higher earnings too." ![]()
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78% of restaurant workers surveyed say they would remain in the industry if they received a livable wage. Low pay leads to higher turnover and cost to business in on-boarding. Eliminating the subminimum wage is good business. ![]()
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Vote Yes on D! We can do this, Portland! Let's make an affordable #portlandme for everybody who works here, and has made our city pretty great, and wants to live here and enjoy it too. ![]()
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www.marketwatch.com/story/ending-the-subminimum-wage-for-tipped-workers-would-benefit-everyone-11...
1 month ago ·
Income inequality, housing, gentrification, climate change, diversity and inclusion, and electeds and government listen -- thank you for your insights, Sulwan Ahmed, Mohamed Awil, Amran Osman and Sosanya Pok! ![]()
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www.pressherald.com/2022/11/04/what-young-immigrant-voters-want-maines-elected-officials-to-know-...
1 month ago ·
🗳️ Question 7 creates the Civilian Police Review Board and requires City Council fund it. Vote Yes on Question 7. ![]()
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Question 7 came about in part and the Charter was opened in part from the 2020 George Floyd protests, long known abuses of #portlandme police, and the inadequacy of the Police Citizen Review Subcommittee. ![]()
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Mayor Snyder and City Council created the Racial Equity Steering Committee to look into among other things, but not exclusively, law enforcement and police oversight in #portlandme. ![]()
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Fundamentally changing policing in #portlandme is certainly uncertain, to invoke Mayor Snyder's Nov. 2 PPH letter, but we don't and we cannot expect the worst outcomes particularly when we know we have got to change. We know we can be better. ![]()
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Vote Yes on Question 7. ![]()
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1 month ago ·
🗳️ Halloween's coming up. Opponents to referenda paint a scary picture for what may happen when voters act and insist #portlandme be affordable to people who work and live here. Reality is our city's unaffordable now. Vote Yes on Questions 1-8, B, C and D. www.bangordailynews.com/2022/10/28/business/highest-rents-portland-joam40zk0w/
1 month ago ·
🗳️ There are good resources to inform voters about pros for jettisoning #portlandme's racist past as codified in our city's governance. Portland Phoenix and Portland Media Center's Portland Rising run thru Questions 2 and 5. Vote! ![]()
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portlandphoenix.me/portland-rising-october-2022/
1 month ago ·