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Now that’s a list 👆

This is funny considering what I've heard about you.

Thank you WW. And to the people upset by this, you sound like MAGA asserting most certainly only you know the answers.

Also, even on their own terms they are full of shit. Eric Zimmerman acts like an asshole on the dias.

Exactly. All else being equal, I’ll pick more civility over less. But all else is not equal.

We have eyes and ears. We see who is putting down the Councilors who are women and POC. We see YOU holding them to a different standard. We see who is being oppositional to progress and the will of the voters - it’s the very people you’ve chosen to endorse.

good try.

Picture someone whose shelter closed. Or a family at a run down park, part of a $700 million maintenance backlog. Council time and political capital are finite too. Weeks on a foie gras ban or a Zenith probe that found little are weeks not spent on them.

Abuse complaints from people in city funded shelters deserve a real investigation, no matter who's asking. I mean that. But the same energy belongs on keeping shelters open and parks usable. Those folks are waiting on the basics today.

And no, you can't pin it all on the mayor. Under the new charter the council sets the budget. All 12 of them. Whichever bloc you like, it owns this too. Ignore the tone stuff if you want. The list above still stands.

Also, heads up, you're shadow banned.

We don't have the rich here like in other West Coast cities. This is the local DSA's basic problem. Cities do need jobs and they can't all be barista and non-profit work.

Bot account - get a life

Endorsing Torres and this weird pearl -clutching over politeness renders your "guide" unusable.

And that future is the Portland business alliance and cops. If a moderate screams at staff or defies court orders to avoid disclosing texts with racists attacking their colleagues, I’m sure they have good reasons. These uppity folks need to demonstrate the appropriate deference. For decorum.

No it hasn't. But WWeek has devolved from hip to rightwing

Did you have to submit this to the Metro Council and Police Union for edits before you published?

May this ratio teach you something.

What’s actually “high school cafeteria” behavior is basing your analysis of local elected officials on vibes and who said what to who, rather than policy and how they vote. Least alt alt-weekly ever.

Would have been wrong anytime

Nice that they included a razor blade.

You called out Clark for behaving like a child, right? RIGHT?

before I say “yuck” at the end of this, I want to make clear that it’s in reply to your dishonest framing and the overall loser behavior when it comes to WW’s political coverage, not city council’s behavior. anyway: yuck!

Nice local paper turned into the baby Oregonian, a subsidiary mouth piece of Orange County. Embarrassing stuff.

Joining the ratio. Rethink your values, WW. You used to do journalism!

you aren't even fucking trying, dude. someone got paid real american dollars to write "i'm scared of the angry latina" jesus fucking christ, please grow up and join the working class who are extremely angry and rightfully so

lol christ this paper has turned into such a rag lately. glad I axed my subscription ages ago.

Willamette Weak

Ew. This is stinky, WW.

WW, this vibes-based reporting is transparent. Do better or die.

The Willamette Week quoted representatives numerous times in articles during the period Aug 2019 to April 2023, I have never found a single instance where they disclosed to their readers that they themselves were members of the organization.

Don’t skip the silliest childhood fears section where WW takes the opportunity to make fun of somebody for being afraid of drowning because they almost drowned as a child. 

Olivia Clark and Eric Zimmerman have two of the worst attendance records on the council, vote no more frequently than their colleagues, and contribute heavily to the supposed infighting that you think is plaguing the council. These endorsements are not based in reality. 

I usually weigh WWeek's suggestions but this year, big oof. You've all tacked rightward at a time where the conservative side of the aisle is rushing headlong towards authoritarian chaos. You should all go work for the New York Times if you want to cozy up to Capital.

I see you've endorsed Kellie "Let's give our climate dollars to the police" Torres. What a joke.

Civility is a tool of the oppressor. As WW has become.

Preach!

What happened, man? You used to be cool.

Your healthcare coverage has been strong, so I can't dismiss WW outright. But WW may have just outright dismissed its readership.

This article sucks shit.

Please understand hyperbolic statements like these only push people further away from the progressive cause. We can disagree with WW's endorsements, but they are far from alt right. Let's get on the same page so we can get the work done instead of jockeying for internet points.

I find it the peak of HS cafeteria for people like Olivia Clark and Eric Zimmerman to waste the council’s time to whine about banning animal torture. (Not to mention the racism and antisemitism)

You didn’t pick @councilorgreen.bsky.social, disappointing. You mention him breaking laws—but if you don’t believe in laws, then what are you even breaking?? You’re breaking norms and ushering a communist revolution! Let’s be the poor and unemployed version of Mamdani!

@emma321.bsky.social if you want more Mamdanis you need to vote in more DSA candidates. Your personal vendetta is getting real icky at this point. Think big picture, and quit with the online haranguing of the people who are the most Madani/AOC like. WW is wrong, and we need to break the deadlock.

@realpdx.bsky.social we know you don't care about homeless people.

Drek, pablum, slop