Charles Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He studies and writes about policing and public safety in cities, including Portland. His work has appeared in the Atlantic and the Wall Street Journal, and he has discussed public safety policy before the House of Representatives and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. https://www.city-journal.org/article/this-is-your-city-on-fentanyl https://manhattan.institute/podcast-series/the-glenn-show https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/11/oregon-leaders-tasked-to-act-on-measure-110-fentanyl-went-to-portugal-in-search-of-answers-heres-what-they ..read more

Dr. Kevin Sabet is working with Oregon leaders to reform or repeal Measure 110, the Oregon ballot measure that decriminalized drugs throughout the state of Oregon. Kevin is a former three-time White House Office of National Drug Control Policy advisor, having been the only person appointed to that office by both a Republican (GW Bush) and Democrat (Obama and Clinton). With former House member Patrick Kennedy (D), Dr. Sabet co-founded the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions. The US launch took place at the Clinton Foundation's Clinton Global Initiative, along with officials from the Clinton, B ..read more

Jenny Young was a local TV news reporter for KOIN TV from 2019-2023. In 2020, Jenny was covering a BLM rally and tweeted that there was an "openly anti-Zionist" speaker praising BDS, a pro-Palestinian movement. Jenny says that she received hateful tweets in response, and that she was admonished and "written up" by KOIN. On October 9, 2023, Jenny tweeted: "I no longer work for KOIN. I’m thankful that today I can publicly say, without fear of losing my job, that I stand with Israel." In this episode, Jenny talks about Judaism; why she is moving away from Portland and out of the mainstream news b ..read more

Derek Clevenger was the mayor of Aumsville, Oregon. He became mayor after attending a city council meeting and asking questions that council refused to answer about a water and sewer fee that were not widely disclosed to citizens. As the chief petitioner, he leading the recall of half of the City Council of Aumsville and was later elected mayor, unseating the incumbent. He joined the Oregon National Guard, went on active duty, and earned his BA and his MBA while in Afghanistan. He is a trained medic and worked for the Department of State doing defense contracting in Northern Africa. Derek ran ..read more

Donel Courtney was a Portland lawyer representing his Lents neighborhood against the city. Don graduated from Williams College and UCLA School of Law. He has since relocated to India, finding Portland to be uninhabitable. https://attpdx.com https://www.ontargettrainingpdx.com/personal-trainer-near-me https://www.lentsneighborhoodlivabilityassociation.org/safe-rest-village-letter https://bellasitalianbakery.com https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/02/01/they-left-portland-is-losing-some-of-its-biggest-fans/ https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2023/05/25/oregon-justice-resource-center-sued-by-former-s ..read more

Patrick Burnite was a homeless drug addict on the streets of Seattle. With the help of Andrea Suarez of We Heart Seattle, Patrick is housed and working as a resource navigator for Bybee Lakes Hope Center in Portland. Andrea Suarez is the founder and Executive Director of We Heart Seattle, which has transitioned nearly 200 people from the streets into shelters and housing. We Heart Seattle has also removed nearly a million pounds of trash from parks and public spaces. https://helpinghandsreentry.org/bybee-lakes-hope-center https://weheartseattle.org https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin ..read more

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