Portland is iffy. Right now 4/12 city councillors are DSA members, but by no means revolutionary in their politics. They are slightly better than average libs. Portland’s DA was a progressive but got turfed out for a Republican “tough on crime” guy. Former progressive city council members have been literally framed by the police or just faced massive smear campaigns. The mayor is a trucking company CEO who’s trying to give extra money to the shitty police department that they didn’t even ask for while at the same time cutting the parks budget.
literally been framed…faced massive smear campaigns.
Wasn’t there some Portland politician who made national news over parking tickets or some shit? I don’t remember who it was, just that it seemed really fishy and libs were pearl clutching over it.
Portland is iffy. Right now 4/12 city councillors are DSA members, but by no means revolutionary in their politics. They are slightly better than average libs. Portland’s DA was a progressive but got turfed out for a Republican “tough on crime” guy. Former progressive city council members have been literally framed by the police or just faced massive smear campaigns. The mayor is a trucking company CEO who’s trying to give extra money to the shitty police department that they didn’t even ask for while at the same time cutting the parks budget.
Like I said about Seattle, it’s more that they can win, not that they are well organized and doing a good job today (that would be the next step).
Wasn’t there some Portland politician who made national news over parking tickets or some shit? I don’t remember who it was, just that it seemed really fishy and libs were pearl clutching over it.
Carmen Rubio. She was a city councilor running for mayor. It was a legit story. She had an absurd number of violations and lied about the circumstances around them repeatedly. It was not really a huge loss. She was and is not even progressive. Just a normal lib.