Portland's Future Today: May 2007
Posted by: kmikeym | From: May 2, 2007
Part of the reason of creating the PFA blog is to track the developments and promises people make about our city. BAck in May 2006 we posted three times:
Mayor Potter Says, "Our Secret is Out"
May 5: Mayor Tom Potter links to some of the positive press Portland has received. We mentioned that Tom Potter had recently launched his own blog, which was pretty exciting! But looking at the Mayor's blog now is pretty embarrassing. A prominent tab on the Mayor's page and the last update was December 6th, 2006. There was a rash of posts in early December, but previous posts were only a few each month (sometimes just one). So while "Our Secret is Out" it's certainly no thanks to Tom Potter's blog.
Future City Charter
May 18: Back in 2005 Tom Potter started his plan to change the charter. This update was about the Charter Review Commission missing their deadline, but the line that really stuck out to me was, "the charter-reform debate likely will set the stage for the 2008 mayoral election, in which many City Hall observers expect Potter to run for another term." From my perspective there seems to be a lot more people against the idea of changing the charter than are for it, with the general attitude being "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The best source of information is the unaffiliated Portland's Future Charter site.
Daisy Kingdom's Future Awesome
May 31: Jim Winkler's DeSoto project rounds out May 2006. The project was first mentioned in April of 2005, and we're been seeing constant construction underway on the block and the Grand Opening of the Museum of Contemporary Craft is scheduled for July 22, 2007.
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