Three out of four charter changes passing
Am I reading this correctly? Are all the Portland charter change ballot measures passing, except for the most important one -- the form of government change?
Here's what county elections posted at 8:00:
26-89 CITY OF PORTLAND
Vote For 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,721 75.93
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,179 24.0726-90 CITY OF PORTLAND
Vote For 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,465 54.40
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,218 45.6026-91 CITY OF PORTLAND
Vote For 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,565 25.28
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,016 74.7226-92 CITY OF PORTLAND
Vote For 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,354 53.02
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,663 46.98
UPDATE, 9:34 p.m.: The 9:00 figures didn't change much.
UPDATE, 11:27 p.m.: Nor did the 11:00.
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Comments (7)
Scenes from Portland tonight...
Pete Mark, pours another drink, s**t! Note to self, cancel plans for further enrichment at public's expense.
Tom Potter, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Mark Edlen, counting money, let's see 5 times $10,000 in campaign contributions equals about .000001% of my ROI, but, hey, if a guy can save $40,000 every couple of years, who can blame him for trying.
Vera Katz, cackling, shaking head, they never listen to me.
Judy Peppler, whining, this is great, now Sten and Leonard can stack their bureaus full of labor goons and fellow travellers. Thanks Tom Potter.
Fred Stickel, drunk, goddamnit, these little f***ng f***ers, whose idea was it to give them a vote in the first f***ing place?
Posted by Oscar | May 15, 2007 9:51 PM
You read correctly Jack.
Three out of four passed.
So I guess we'll do this again in two years. Cheers!
Posted by Kyle | May 15, 2007 10:40 PM
I hope they ditch the Monopoly cartoon characters in '09.
They really ought to try for term limits next time. I'd vote for that one faster than you can say "sustainability."
Posted by Jack Bog | May 15, 2007 10:50 PM
Is that Kyle Chisek posting at 10:40? He and Potter are going to claim that victory on three out of four ain't bad, but we all know that the "linchpin" measure failed. This also means Potter won't run for reelection (thank God).
These results are actually the worst outcome possible. Particularly with 26-90 (civil service reform) passing, that means that Commissioners not only retain current power, but they're handed a whole new set of powers in terms of making political appointments in every bureau. It may not happen right away, but in 5-10 years every bureau is going to have two or three layers of political hacks at the top, all making six-figure salaries (plus PERS) and all beholden to a particular commissioner.
If you thought things were bad now, just wait. Thanks, Tom! (And Kyle!)
Posted by Miles | May 15, 2007 10:53 PM
katu reports:
" voters overwhelmingly reject a strong mayor form of government" and the arrogant tom potter says 75 percent of voters were confused,not 75 percent of voters thought his plan sucked ! its the superior arrogant attitude that infuriates me most. why not be graceful and say "i thought it was a good idea but obviously the voters didnt" instead he calls you all boneheads... joco
Posted by jocoze | May 15, 2007 11:21 PM
Kyle, isn't that four years?
Here's the language of 26-89:
"the first Charter Commision shall be convened no later than two (2) years
after the effective date of this Article."
and then
"Section 13-303. Effective date. This Article 3 of Chapter 13 shall take effect on January 1, 2009."
So the next commission need not be convened until New Year's 2011?
BTW - the misspelling of "Commision" is in the actual language of the measure on the Auditor's web site. I hope the next "Commision" employs a spell checker :-)
Posted by Chris Smith | May 16, 2007 12:12 AM
Term limits?
Innitative Petition?
Hmmm.
Interesting idea.
And I can think of a great launch vehicle.
Here.
Posted by Nonny Mouse | May 16, 2007 7:41 PM