I
I BELIEVE. OK, READY.
OK, READY. LET'S GET TO THE BIG STORY AND
IT IS PORTLANDER SOON TO BE
BRAND NEW CITY COUNCIL C AS
OF LAST NIGHT.
>> WE KNOW NOW WHO'S GOING TO
LEAD PORTLAND THROUGH PROBABLY
ONE OF THE ROCKIEST MOMENTS IN
THE HISTORY OF THE ROSE CITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST
DIVERSE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE YEAR
HISTORY OF THIS CITY.
MAYOR TED WHEELER'S VICTORY
OVER CHALLENGER SARAH IANNARONE
MEANS IN JANUARY WHEN THE NEW
CITY COUNCIL IS SEATED.
HE'S GOING TO BE THE ONLY
STRAIGHT WHITE GUY ON A FIVE
PERSON COUNCIL WITH MINGUSMAPPS
BEATING COMMISSIONER CLOWE
EUDALY HE WILL BE THE SECOND
BLACK PORTLANDER ON COUNCIL
ALONGSIDE JOANNE HARDESTY.
DAN RYAN RECENTLY SEATED IS
GAY.
GAY.
GAY. AND
GAY. AND WHEN CARMEN RUBIO REPLACES
AMANDA FRITZ IN JANUARY, SHE
WILL BE THE FIRST LATINA EX ON
COUNCIL THIS MORNING MAYOR
WHEELER TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THIS NEW CAST.
>> I HOARDING SMOOTH
TRANSITIONS SO THAT OUR NEW
CITY COUNCIL IS READY TO HIT
THE GROUND RUNNING IN JANUARY
AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONERS
RYAN, RUBIO, HARDESTY AND MAPPS
WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR
GOOD WORK CONTINUES.
>> OK, BUT LET'S LET'S GET TO
THE MEAT OF ALL OF THIS.
>> WHAT IS THIS NEW UPCOMING
CITY COUNCIL REALLY MEAN TO THE
CITY'S GOALS WITH WHERE WE'RE
HEADED?
HEADED?
HEADED? I
HEADED? I MEAN THAT'S THE MILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION.
DOLLAR QUESTION. ONE THING WE COULD SEE IS A
PUSH TO CHANGE PORTLAND'S
COMMISSION STYLE OF GOVERNMENT
AND WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR CITY
LEFT IN AMERICA THAT RUNS A
CITY THE WAY THAT WE DO RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. NFL
NOW. NFL COMMISSIONER DAN RYAN
SUPPORTS CHANGING IT AND NOW HE
HAS AN ALLY COMMISSIONER ELECT
MINGUSMAPPS NOT TO MENTION
RUBIO AND HARDESTY HAVE ALSO
SAID THEY WOULD SUPPORT THIS
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. AND SO HAS THE MAYOR.
HE SAYS AS LONG AS PEOPLE IN
THIS CITY, THE PEOPLE THE
VOTERS HAVE A SAY SO THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL COULD AGREE TO CHANGE
THE STYLE OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT AND THAT COULD MEAN
PORLAND ENDS UP WITH A MORE
TRADITIONAL CITY MANAGER STYLE
OF GOVERNMENT AND THAT COULD
MEAN THAT CITY COUNCILORS WOULD
BE ELECTED BY SPECIFIC
DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT
THEY WOULD REPRESENT INSTEAD
OF A CITYWIDE VOTE FOR
EVERYBODY KIND OF LIKE WE DO
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. IT
NOW. IT WOULD ALSO MEAN HIRING A
CITY MANAGER TO RUN ALL THE
VARIOUS BUREAUS INSTEAD OF JUST
DOLING THEM OUT TO THESE
COUNCILORS WHO MAY HAVE NO
EXPERIENCE IN THAT SPECIFIC
FIELD.
FIELD.
FIELD. NOW LAUREL AND I TALKED WITH
MINGUSMAPPS LAST NIGHT SHORTLY
AFTER HE WAS PROJECTED TO WIN
THAT RACE AND LO ASKED HIM
ABOUT A TOPIC THAT CAME UP A
LOT IN HIS RACE WITH HIS
APPROACH TO POLICE REFORM.
HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE LESSONS
OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS IS
THAT PORTLANDERS DEMAND POLICE
REFORM THAT WE WANT TO POLICE.
WE WONDERED WHO PURCHASED
POLICING WHICH IS LESS
MILITARIZED, WHICH HAS A
GREATER EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION
AND THAT FOCUSES IN ON
REHABILITATION.
REHABILITATION. I BELIEVE THAT TOO.
I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE
DISCUSSION AS A COLE PORTLANDER
TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE
CAN GO ABOUT BUILDING A PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM WHICH REFLECTS
OUR VALUES.
OUR VALUES. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WAY
WE DO THAT IS NOT BY ABOLISHING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT I DO
THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
IT'S A START WITH A CLEAN SHEET
OF PAPER.
OF PAPER.
OF PAPER. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE KIND
OF PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS THAT
WE WANT AND THEN LOOK FOR THE
PROGRAMS THAT WILL GET THERE
AND SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS MAY
BE RELATED TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. SOME MIGHT BE COMPLETELY
OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND INDEED I THINK THAT ONE
OF THE WAYS THAT WE PREVENT
CRIME IS NOT BY HAVING MORE
POLICE, IT'S BY HAVING MORE
PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
PREVENTION PROGRAMS. >> NOW MAYOR WHEELER SAID HE
PLANS TO RESHUFFLE ALL THE
BUREAUS AND THE START OF THE
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. MAPPS SAID HE HAS NO IDEA WHICH
BUREAU MAYOR WHEELER MIGHT BE
ASSIGNING HIM BUT HE DID SAY
HE'S INTERESTED IN RUNNING P BY
PL32W.
PL32W.
PL32W. LISTEN TO ME.
GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES ARE
TALKING ABOUT TWENTY TWENTY ONE
.
.
. WE
. WE AREN'T EVEN THROUGH 2020 YET
OUR CURRENT CITY COUNCIL STILL
HAS SOME PRETTY BIG DECISIONS
TO MAKE LIKE ONE TOMORROW ON
WHETHER OR NOT TO DEFUND THE
PORTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT BY
AN ADDITIONAL EIGHTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. COMMISSIONER HARDESTY AND LAME
DUCK COMMISSIONER EUDALY BOTH
SAY THAT THEY WILL VOTE TO
DEFUND WHILE MAYOR WHEELER
RETIRING COMMISSIONER FRITZE
AND COMMISSIONER RYAN SAY THEY
DID NEED SOME MORE TIME TO MAKE
THIS DECISION.
THIS DECISION. RYAN IS EXPECTED TO BE A KEY
SWING VOTE ON THIS AND IF HE IS
WILLING TO GET A CHANCE TO TALK
TO HIM ALL ABOUT IT ON FRIDAY
WHEN COMMISSIONER DAN RYAN
JOINS LIVE REPORTER FOR
STRAIGHT TALK AND YOU CAN BET
HOW HE VOTES TOMORROW WILL BE A
BIG