You wrote, in tribal mode: "All for some obscure crime that, we are told, caused the city of Gresham to lose $16,000."
How "obscure" is pretending to buy supplies for the homeless while keeping them for oneself? Expense accounts are commonly misused, and laws can't be flouted just because someone's done good in other areas. His silence on the matter shows that he knows he messed up.
Quoting from the same 1/29/25 Oregonian article you apparently just skimmed:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
Portland Police told Kevin that his work allowed them to solve a major case, and they routinely view his work. When Vasquez took office, I wrote Vasquez a letter to drop the charges, so I think the 5-day plea offer represents a change of regime. I also have a sense that Kevin actually made an err in judgement and did some misdemeanor theft, but that indictment was so vague all we have is what was leaked to the vulture press, which is unverifiable. Where was the grand jury foreperson in signing onto that indictment?
If Kevin helped law enforcement solve a major case, law enforcement should push for his pardon.
I have heard the story behind this indictment and am wondering if anyone will print the full story. Maybe someday Kevin will, if he hasn't already. This was a totally unjust sentencing and they should prosecute everyone who carried out the same practices...which I understand there are many. 😙 Thank the nonprofits that are in fear of losing their funding if the homeless issue is ever solved. As Kevin said "if you're not trying to work yourself out of a job, you are the problem"
Totally unjust? Be careful of assuming anyone's a complete saint just because they're doing good things in a certain realm. I've yet to see this debunked:
Quoting from 1/29/25 Oregonian article:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
What is troubling to me is that Oregon is a place where - literally - tens of millions of taxpayer disappear into endless "non-profits" who we then discovered are either run by a couple people getting big salaries. or have failed to file IRS 990 forms - in other words are untraceable.
As someone who prosecuted people in half a dozen counties in Oregon since 1981, I know what a defendant like Kevin would face in Multnomah County, where juries have routinely found verdicts against cops and for alleged killers. I was a defense attorney once, and I always had to warn clients there was always a risk the jury could convict them.
Given the craven political behavior of then-DA Mike Schmidt, it still has all the appearances of a highly political hit job. I have spent my entire adult life trying to make sure nobody ever accused in any case I was involved with as a prosecutor was motivated by enmity towards the defendant, but I'd be a fool to say it never happens.
As noted to others, it's best to get full details before pushing conspiracy theories just because someone's doing something good in one realm. I'm very much for Dahlgren's approach to the homeless, but he admitted to what seems like greed with an expense account.
Quoting from a 1/29/25 Oregonian article:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
I’m still scratching my head about the $16K. I’m assuming he was trying to show how easily all these homeless organizations could be ripping off the taxpayers by funneling money to other entities ghosting the homeless.
Author Cheverton cited the very article below but left out that K.D. admitted to forging names for expenses he used personally. Did he only skim the article or assume nobody else would read the whole thing? I find him too tribal as a writer. Left all bad! Right all good! No gray areas of fallibility.
From 1/29/25 Oregonian piece:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
I've dealt with homeless for over 30 years in downtown Portland. Getting to know them, giving them spare change, listening to their stories, and I have a theory. You've got some homeless nut, drunk, drug addicted and this nice man comes along and helps them, gives them food or money, or whatever. Then they offer the man something from their heap of stuff. It is likely that there were homeless people who offered Kevin things and he may have taken them up on it, only to be accused of stealing from them later.
I think this is absolute bull crap. It's just another example of a whistle blower being silenced. Well screw them. They're just all upset because Kevin has shone a light on the absolute corruption that is part of the Homeless Industrial Complex. All of these Homeless czars are getting RICH, with their jobs and fat salaries, meanwhile the addicts on the streets are helped along in their demise. I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is GENOCIDE by people like Jessica, that tedious, nitwit hypocrite.
"There ya go, a needle and some tinfoil. Be sure to use your drugs with a friend." I hope these loser degenerates BURN in H for what they've done. Not only to the addicts but also to Kevin.
It could have been worse. Schmidt might well have put Dahlgren through the restorative justice process not so that he'd skate without a record but because the nonprofit would have demanded that Dahlgreen agree to debase himself with a public self-criticism.
Dahlgren is the only reporter who gives readers an unvarnished look at what life is really like among the homeless, addicted, mentally ill and broken underclass in this city. He also gives the public a front-line view of how the hundreds of millions Metro, Multnomah County and the city of Portland are exacting from taxpayers are not solving the problem for the feral class or for the hapless residents who are their victims.
There are things one never forgets. For me it was Kevin Dahlgren's interview of the addicted homeless man who was in distress because he went to the County for treatment and instead of trying to help him get clean, they gave him needles and told him to use with a friend.
Well it’s disappointing what he did but…doesn’t this now render him a “justice involved individual” and therefore now part of the progressive hierarchy of people who actually matter? Funny I bet they won’t welcome and support him like they would a black guy who beat his wife and kids to death.
Kevin Dahlgren now has "lived experience." It worked for Morgan Godvin. She killed a friend with a heroin overdose. The Oregon state legislature's Dope Committee gave her a hero's welcome when she testified.
The Homless Industrial Complex and their millions of tax dollars controls local government. If you question their enabling you will be punished. This is a sobering example.
It's a little scary this HIC. Worse than Mayor Richard J. Daley's machine. in the 50s 60s and 70s. Big businesses and big banksters all involved in this.
When I read the "report" about this in the Oregonian, with no background, I smelled a rat. It seemed so out of character with the Kevin Dahlgren I've gotten to know through his reporting. Thank you for this post. Now it makes total sense.
If Dahlgren exploited the homeless so he could pocket $16,000 (perhaps to offset what he had spent of his own money while reporting on the streets) what would you call Deb Kafoury’s exploits? How many hundreds of millions did she cost taxpayers while “solving” homelessness?
Dahlgren has more than 55,000 followers on Twitter. They are interested in what he is reporting. You are under no obligation to look at his reporting. If it offends you, move along.
Kevin’s back to his grift online via TikTok and YouTube
You wrote, in tribal mode: "All for some obscure crime that, we are told, caused the city of Gresham to lose $16,000."
How "obscure" is pretending to buy supplies for the homeless while keeping them for oneself? Expense accounts are commonly misused, and laws can't be flouted just because someone's done good in other areas. His silence on the matter shows that he knows he messed up.
Quoting from the same 1/29/25 Oregonian article you apparently just skimmed:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
Portland Police told Kevin that his work allowed them to solve a major case, and they routinely view his work. When Vasquez took office, I wrote Vasquez a letter to drop the charges, so I think the 5-day plea offer represents a change of regime. I also have a sense that Kevin actually made an err in judgement and did some misdemeanor theft, but that indictment was so vague all we have is what was leaked to the vulture press, which is unverifiable. Where was the grand jury foreperson in signing onto that indictment?
If Kevin helped law enforcement solve a major case, law enforcement should push for his pardon.
I have heard the story behind this indictment and am wondering if anyone will print the full story. Maybe someday Kevin will, if he hasn't already. This was a totally unjust sentencing and they should prosecute everyone who carried out the same practices...which I understand there are many. 😙 Thank the nonprofits that are in fear of losing their funding if the homeless issue is ever solved. As Kevin said "if you're not trying to work yourself out of a job, you are the problem"
Totally unjust? Be careful of assuming anyone's a complete saint just because they're doing good things in a certain realm. I've yet to see this debunked:
Quoting from 1/29/25 Oregonian article:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
I gave money to Kevin and would again.
What is troubling to me is that Oregon is a place where - literally - tens of millions of taxpayer disappear into endless "non-profits" who we then discovered are either run by a couple people getting big salaries. or have failed to file IRS 990 forms - in other words are untraceable.
As someone who prosecuted people in half a dozen counties in Oregon since 1981, I know what a defendant like Kevin would face in Multnomah County, where juries have routinely found verdicts against cops and for alleged killers. I was a defense attorney once, and I always had to warn clients there was always a risk the jury could convict them.
Given the craven political behavior of then-DA Mike Schmidt, it still has all the appearances of a highly political hit job. I have spent my entire adult life trying to make sure nobody ever accused in any case I was involved with as a prosecutor was motivated by enmity towards the defendant, but I'd be a fool to say it never happens.
As noted to others, it's best to get full details before pushing conspiracy theories just because someone's doing something good in one realm. I'm very much for Dahlgren's approach to the homeless, but he admitted to what seems like greed with an expense account.
Quoting from a 1/29/25 Oregonian article:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
I’m still scratching my head about the $16K. I’m assuming he was trying to show how easily all these homeless organizations could be ripping off the taxpayers by funneling money to other entities ghosting the homeless.
Author Cheverton cited the very article below but left out that K.D. admitted to forging names for expenses he used personally. Did he only skim the article or assume nobody else would read the whole thing? I find him too tribal as a writer. Left all bad! Right all good! No gray areas of fallibility.
From 1/29/25 Oregonian piece:
His supervisors had grown concerned that he was buying personal groceries and gas with a city procurement card, then disguising the purchases by saying he’d given the supplies to people who didn’t exist. In court, Dahlgren admitted that he “made up identities and wrote the made-up names on receipts” and did so “with the intent to deceive.” It’s unclear how much the scheme bilked from city coffers, but as part of the plea deal Dahlgren must pay back $16,000 to Gresham.
Yeah, I"m looking forward to some more details from Kevin. The PDX Real interview will be welcomed.
I've dealt with homeless for over 30 years in downtown Portland. Getting to know them, giving them spare change, listening to their stories, and I have a theory. You've got some homeless nut, drunk, drug addicted and this nice man comes along and helps them, gives them food or money, or whatever. Then they offer the man something from their heap of stuff. It is likely that there were homeless people who offered Kevin things and he may have taken them up on it, only to be accused of stealing from them later.
I think this is absolute bull crap. It's just another example of a whistle blower being silenced. Well screw them. They're just all upset because Kevin has shone a light on the absolute corruption that is part of the Homeless Industrial Complex. All of these Homeless czars are getting RICH, with their jobs and fat salaries, meanwhile the addicts on the streets are helped along in their demise. I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is GENOCIDE by people like Jessica, that tedious, nitwit hypocrite.
"There ya go, a needle and some tinfoil. Be sure to use your drugs with a friend." I hope these loser degenerates BURN in H for what they've done. Not only to the addicts but also to Kevin.
It could have been worse. Schmidt might well have put Dahlgren through the restorative justice process not so that he'd skate without a record but because the nonprofit would have demanded that Dahlgreen agree to debase himself with a public self-criticism.
Dahlgren is the only reporter who gives readers an unvarnished look at what life is really like among the homeless, addicted, mentally ill and broken underclass in this city. He also gives the public a front-line view of how the hundreds of millions Metro, Multnomah County and the city of Portland are exacting from taxpayers are not solving the problem for the feral class or for the hapless residents who are their victims.
This was a total takedown.
There are things one never forgets. For me it was Kevin Dahlgren's interview of the addicted homeless man who was in distress because he went to the County for treatment and instead of trying to help him get clean, they gave him needles and told him to use with a friend.
Well it’s disappointing what he did but…doesn’t this now render him a “justice involved individual” and therefore now part of the progressive hierarchy of people who actually matter? Funny I bet they won’t welcome and support him like they would a black guy who beat his wife and kids to death.
Kevin Dahlgren now has "lived experience." It worked for Morgan Godvin. She killed a friend with a heroin overdose. The Oregon state legislature's Dope Committee gave her a hero's welcome when she testified.
https://portlanddissent.substack.com/p/the-dope-on-measure-110
Nope. White people don't qualify for "justice-involved individual" status.
Exactly. Well said Ollie.
As you know, I've been writing about Kevin with clear eyes for years and will continue to.
The Homless Industrial Complex and their millions of tax dollars controls local government. If you question their enabling you will be punished. This is a sobering example.
It's a little scary this HIC. Worse than Mayor Richard J. Daley's machine. in the 50s 60s and 70s. Big businesses and big banksters all involved in this.
The corruption is real.
The Mob never went away, they just went "legit."
When I read the "report" about this in the Oregonian, with no background, I smelled a rat. It seemed so out of character with the Kevin Dahlgren I've gotten to know through his reporting. Thank you for this post. Now it makes total sense.
The Oregonian's Therese Bottomly and her band of progressive biddies won't go where Kevin Dahlgren and Tara Faul will go.
Who doesn't have biases? You? Bottomly?
Nobody in local media is reporting on drugs/homelessness like Dahlgren and Faul.
If Dahlgren exploited the homeless so he could pocket $16,000 (perhaps to offset what he had spent of his own money while reporting on the streets) what would you call Deb Kafoury’s exploits? How many hundreds of millions did she cost taxpayers while “solving” homelessness?
Dahlgren has more than 55,000 followers on Twitter. They are interested in what he is reporting. You are under no obligation to look at his reporting. If it offends you, move along.