Barry Parr

KATU didn’t include our interview in their Know Your Candidates series and incorrectly stated we didn’t participate. Not really sure why they did this, but it would be great if they updated their website or at least sent us the video to post on our own social media accounts.

Far too much of this going on in the neighbourhood chats at election time

if millennials could afford homes this wouldnt be a problem but this is going to hit the generation like a truck

More for the data wonks. The contributors to the left side of the Portland City Council candidates are typically below age 50. Where more to the right, they are over 50 -- and not even just over, but well over. Olivia be out there repping essentially retirees.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

According to donor data on Orestar, Kellie Torres’ donors overlap most with Rene Gonzalez and Dan Ryan. She’s running as a progressive in all her mailers. Just something to consider!

From 2022.

Dan Ryan has been an embarrassment but this "we must not tax obscene wealth built on the backs of the working class, in order to protect my working-class constituents, who I care about very very much" is a new fucking low

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.

An April 1909 advertisement for Rose City Park, highlighting the building restrictions that would ensure no "shanties, shacks, saloons, slums or aught that will be unsightly or objectionable." Restrictions like these paved the way for later racially exclusive covenants in places like Laurelhurst.

Portland City Council this morning adopted authorization to CONSIDER A MORATORIUM on a proposed site in North Portland along the Columbia River where Amazon wants to launch its 80-lb, 6-camera delivery DRONES (unanimously one councillor absent). Columbia River Osprey are rejoicing.

How do we mitigate the impact of the USPS slowdowns on mail-in ballots? - Use a drop box if you can. - Mail it as EARLY as you can. - Assume it will take a week to 10 days for USPS to deliver your ballot to the election bureau for counting.

This is blowing my mind.

Portland is trying an unusual tack to regulate a proposed Amazon drone base: Classifying it as a "helicopter landing facility." Today, Amazon canceled an upcoming meeting with Portland permitting officials. djcoregon.com/news/2026/10...

Portland needs to get its shit together and daylight every intersection. If the City won't do it, we need to. If we are serious about Vision Zero, we need to de-prioritize car storage and prioritize our own lives. www.oregonlive.com/commuting/20...

Three asks: 1) Tell your Councilors to sign on, TOMORROW, to put the resolution "DLCD 45-Day Notice of Contemplated Drone Facility Moratorium" on the nine-twelfths agenda for October 14. 2) Suggest a better resolution name. 3) Tell Councilors to support the eventual moratorium ordinance. /end

I have officially filed the resolution alongside my District 2 colleague @councilorepg.bsky.social. Councilor Pirtle-Guiney and I are asking for 7 of our other 10 colleagues to sign on to allow this to be placed on the agenda for this week's Council meeting on Wednesday and Thursday.

No group in America is more afraid of DSA @demsocialists.bsky.social than the police. This truth was on full display at a police union convention this summer. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltr...

Hey @bynum.house.gov: I heard (via the story linked) you think Portland City Council shouldn't be about "obstruction," so I found a list of the obstructionists, in order. I look forward to your admonishing those at the top of this list. www.wweek.com/news/city/20...

An Open Letter To The People Writing Lengthy Posts About 'Why I'm Going Back to Twitter' dansinker.com/posts/2026-1...

Here's one of the new Portland Police Bureau recruits. He's anti-"woke" and think "woke" is anti-god. He's also a proponent of the Christian Nationalist "7 Mountain Mandate" and believes Christians are called to take "dominion" over all areas of society.

The lack of job opportunities in Portland is definitely impacting my friends in their 20s, though I’m not sure if it’s genuinely worse here than elsewhere. But I am dubious that most Gen Zers are making enough money to be directly impacted by Oregon’s supposed punishing tax system.

Here's the chart of how often councilors agree with each other on contested votes: pdxcouncilstats.com/agreement

Remembering Art Blakey today, born 107 years ago on October 11, 1919 | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/ArtBlakeyHBD

Zactly:

Chalk up another one for fervent defenders of police committing white-collar crime because they think only violent and property crime counts as criminal activity.

Last week, Amazon's drone delivery plans were put on hold due to pushback in New Haven, CT. Who's got the oomph to help us put their plans on hold here in Portland? patch.com/connecticut/...

If you haven't listened to the exceptional @apmreports.org podcast IN THE DARK, which played a significant part in vindicating Curtis Flowers—thanks to an incredible woman-led reporting team—I can't recommend it enough

This sticker I bought at the Castro Street Fair is almost certainly relevant to many of my followers.

I keep thinking about what it says about Steve Jobs that his best friend was Larry Ellison

Now That's What I Call Cops Vol. XVII

I would love, love, LOVE a local / regional politician to really pick up the ball and run with this! I know it requires massive multijurisdictional coordination and a lot of time, but just being very vocal about it and keeping it in the public imagination helps!

I am so tired of this false media narrative about a divided council. In 2026 we have voted 395 times so far. 59 of those votes ended in a 6-6 tie. Only two of those tied votes got a mayoral tie break. The rest were budget amendments or the presidential election. Don't believe the media hype

Oregon currently ranks 39th in arts funding, at just 57 cents per capita.

We have no idea who — and in what countries — are making these judgments.

If you live in D4, rank Jamey Evenstar high on your ballot. I've had the pleasure of working with Jamey for a decade and I need her in city hall. A Jamie for every district!

If the software is truly alive and conscious then the people who are developing it are monsters for making it spend all day working on B2B SaaS. I know that kind of behavior is normal in Silicon Valley, but here in the real world we know that kind of schedule isn't healthy.