Dan Ryan is a Portland City Councilor for District 2. Dan is the only Portland City Councilor who ran for re-election in the last election cycle. Portland recently restructured its city government and Dan talks about serving under the new city structure, his goals and priorities, what he's learned from his constituents, the things he's excited about in Portland, and more. Our mayor is coming out with his budget soon, and Dan shares what he is hopeful will be prioritized and how he wants to help you make Portland stronger, even if you're not in his district.https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/04/23/council-requested-poll-show-portlanders-would-prefer-cuts-to-police-over-parks-and-fire/https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/2/dan-ryanhttps://www.portland.gov/council-clerk/testimony-registrationhttps://futureportland.orghttps://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/01/portland-commissioner-dan-ryans-home-vandalized-7-times-since-october-he-says.html?outputType=amphttps://trimet.org/about/board.htmhttps://multco.us/info/public-testimony-webformhttps://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/04/trimet-ridership-remains-down-by-a-third-from-2019-and-the-recovery-is-slowing.html?outputType=amphttps://news.trimet.org/2023/03/trimet-participates-in-first-of-its-kind-multi-agency-study-addressing-drug-use-on-transit-systems/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/09/researchers-find-meth-fentanyl-cocaine-residue-on-trimet-max-trains.html?outputType=amphttps://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/08/11/black-portlanders-are-more-likely-to-be-murdered-than-their-peers-in-cities-better-known-for-crime/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-maintenance-infrasturucture-backlog-auditors-report-mayor/283-8f31c7f0-cff1-4786-9895-58359df44c6a
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Dr. Eric Fruits, Ph.D.
Dr. Eric Fruits, Ph.D., is an economist who specializes in economics, finance, and statistics. He is an adjunct professor in Economics and Finance at Portland State University and an adjunct scholar at Cascade Policy Institute. He also serves as an expert witness in court cases. Dr. Fruits talks about the Portland Public Schools bond, various local taxes in the Portland area, Trump's tariffs, and more. Andy Chandler from NW Fresh co-hosts.https://web.pdx.edu/~fruits/https://laweconcenter.org/author/ericfruits/https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/04/05/preschool-for-all-tax-data-shows-shrinking-number-of-high-earners-pay-the-levy/https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2025/04/08/preschool-for-all-had-485-million-left-in-its-coffers-after-fiscal-year-2024/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/04/03/dunphy-morillo-and-novick-propose-increasing-retail-climate-tax-to-plug-citys-budget-hole/https://www.portland.gov/bps/cleanenergy/faqs-about-pcefhttps://www.wweek.com/news/city/2024/01/28/heres-who-isnt-paying-portlands-clean-energy-sales-tax/https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/04/24/portland-officials-neglected-street-paving-for-decades-now-your-tires-pay-the-price/https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/03/12/how-walt-bowens-big-bet-on-a-ritz-carlton-hotel-and-condos-crapped-out/https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/03/12/how-walt-bowens-big-bet-on-a-ritz-carlton-hotel-and-condos-crapped-out/https://www.oregonmetro.gov/sites/default/files/metro-events/March-10_Metro-President-Work-Group-Agenda.pdfhttps://www.oregonmetro.gov/sites/default/files/metro-events/March-10_Metro-President-Work-Group-Agenda.pdf
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Jill Souede
Jill Souede was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan. She has a Master’s in Strategic Communications from the University of Oregon and did her undergraduate work at Portland State University. In this episode, she reveals her experience with the inner workings of Portland City Hall. She also talks about the evolution of Portland that she’s witnessed since childhood, how Portland can be better, civic engagement, and more.https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillsouedehttps://open.spotify.com/episode/3chlLxy3L1B6brjuRB2Pqo?si=ExD75M3nQl6goJjbtAsOFQhttps://www.instagram.com/daddybreon?igsh=eDkycWpnd2F3czU0https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/nick-kristof-returning-to-the-new-york-times-after-failed-run-for-oregon-governor/https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/2/dan-ryanMayor Ted Wheeler Says Sam Adams Was Asked to Resign for a Pattern of ‘Bullying’ and ‘Intimidation’ That Was Documented by the Human Resources Bureauhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/7LRopCUjCcWAinYaO0ooOg?si=rbe6ylvAQ6iuwcW7iz11twhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/4Pt8RQciLnIJrtyKWNkMHw?si=K7IusL3nRNybYeETpc4ElAhttps://www.portland.gov/council-clerk/testimony-registrationhttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4m94lCOY10kcH-ufAjNIh1ntElCElA4_&si=NrUhoGbEpgqQiFhKhttps://youtu.be/sLTqIaKGo5s?si=0C5WkRN-sqW-n4_tAbundance - Kindle edition by Klein, Ezra, Thompson, Derek. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.https://multco.us/info/public-testimony-webform
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Juma Blaq
Loudaquinn Whatley, known as Juma Blaq, is a rapper, community and civic leader, music producer, videographer, song writer, DJ, sound engineer, husband, and dad of 5. Juma did media and videography for Portland City Council candidate Terrence Hayes. Juma currently serves on Portland’s Focused Intervention Community Oversight Group (FITCOG), which works with the mayor and Portland Police Bureau to reduce gun violence in Portland. He also works with the City of Tigard on facilitating community events focused on diversity.https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCKOXk1SeZy/?igsh=MWZwOWIwem85cHRqbg==https://www.instagram.com/jumablaq?igsh=MTJpcWcza3kwMGVlbw==https://youtu.be/QJLghX7psfg?si=lEkc4DB7kd3e00xohttps://youtube.com/@jumablaq?si=KCP9pAFzrMsFE1gPPortland Hip Hop Week Freestyle at KGW | kgw.comhttps://www.tigard-or.gov/explore-tigard/community-events/el-tigre-festhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DFti_qhS6qm/?igsh=bGFoeGxncmVseGJzJuneteenth Celebration | City of Tigardhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/5jlgu1Y0UDpB2OQFpcb8q0?si=leunXq7IQ46RnWpPniJukAhttps://www.woodenfishpreschool.com
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Portland's new James Beard Public Market Executive Director, Jessica Elkan
Jessica Elkan is the Executive Director of Portland's new ambitious project, the James Beard Public Market. Jessica talks about the status of the market, the history of James Beard, when Portland can expect the market to open, the concept behind it, and why this is such an important project for Oregon and for downtown Portland. https://www.jamesbeardpublicmarket.com
Portland native. Trial lawyer. Founding member of North America Recovers. https://www.northamericarecovers.orgResisting extremism through long form conversations.
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