Yep absolutely insane Mapps (recent head of PBOT) is unaware of a $113 million settlement. I wouldn’t be surprised if the convicted felon he hired as PBOT director (Millicent Williams) is also unaware.
Oct 15·edited Oct 15Liked by Pamela Fitzsimmons, Richard Cheverton
Funny how we can’t afford curb cuts (albeit overpriced) but we can have a team of 4 highly paid DEI bureaucrats just for the Parks Department.
We can afford a Black Male Achievement Analyst, a “People and Culture” manager and an entire unnecessary city department (Office of civic life). None of these need to exist but don’t even think of cutting them. That would be racist, sexist, and ableist.
Forgot to add also plenty of tax dollars to have a highly paid Tribal Relations Manager…(side note he was recently fired by the City of Portland). Must take a lot for the city to fire someone in that nearly untouchable position of power.
The big winner on the curb cuts is the Californian attorney Linda Dardarian who has sued multiple cities for this issue. She’s laughing all the way to the bank. The ADA has made her a very rich woman.
You are a local treasure, Mister Cheverton. I greatly appreciate your dedication and estimable talent in assiduously documenting the accelerating cultural, physical, fiscal demise of Portland at the hands of our virtuous, local administrators. White canes, indeed.
Wheelchairs always come out on top - just like the concrete companies who profit from the forced compliance. It wasn’t that long ago that block after block in affluent inner-city neighborhoods were targeted in systematic fashion by the city (responding to complaints of course) to fix those darn sidewalk cracks. A wonderful ADA law enforced so all those citizens in wheelchairs could roll through the neighborhood unencumbered (ask me how many people I saw in wheelchairs navigating the Irvington/Grant/Hollywood/Alameda sidewalks - answer none). I’m still curious to know who exactly was behind the complaints - as they were issued anonymously and for those who know all too well - one complaint of an out-of-compliance crack would trigger an audit by the city of the entire block. It was a literal lottery for the concrete companies. Rumor has it one of the local businesses were behind the anonymous complaints, another was that a disgruntled disabled person was behind it. At any rate, seems like the ADA is going to come out on top once again, and yes maybe those concrete companies too if one is fortunate enough to make the city’s approved vendor list. All said, it seems the more things change the more they stay the same.
Oct 15Liked by Richard Cheverton, Pamela Fitzsimmons
Working in the tech sector most of my life, I am amazed at the obfuscating language and ambiguity in this session. One place I worked had a standing rule that you could walk out of any meeting that was not providing value and this is one I would have walked out of within the first quarter hour. City administration is not as complicated as building mission critical software -- it's the politicians that make it so and they seem to have endless hours to talk about issues...
That’s because all they do is talk about it and don’t do anything about it. I can just imagine what a clusterf….. it’s going to be with all those new people with no experience in much of anything from what I can tell.
Portland's city blocks are smaller than the average city blocks. This means more ramps.
Rubio's upspeak and vocal fry makes me want to pull my hair out. Why do people talk like that? Talking like Kim Kardashian is NOT a flex. LOL...
Watching the video right now. Mapps didn't KNOW about the ADA lawsuit?? Oh my GOD. Really? Even I know about that lawsuit. Good grief...
Yep absolutely insane Mapps (recent head of PBOT) is unaware of a $113 million settlement. I wouldn’t be surprised if the convicted felon he hired as PBOT director (Millicent Williams) is also unaware.
Someone needs to edit these long city council meetings down to key points with commentary.
Oh, God, I agree so much. They are so interminable... LOL...
Funny how we can’t afford curb cuts (albeit overpriced) but we can have a team of 4 highly paid DEI bureaucrats just for the Parks Department.
We can afford a Black Male Achievement Analyst, a “People and Culture” manager and an entire unnecessary city department (Office of civic life). None of these need to exist but don’t even think of cutting them. That would be racist, sexist, and ableist.
Forgot to add also plenty of tax dollars to have a highly paid Tribal Relations Manager…(side note he was recently fired by the City of Portland). Must take a lot for the city to fire someone in that nearly untouchable position of power.
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/16/tribal-relations-manager-portland-adam-becenti/
Well said Javier! LOL...
The big winner on the curb cuts is the Californian attorney Linda Dardarian who has sued multiple cities for this issue. She’s laughing all the way to the bank. The ADA has made her a very rich woman.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2018/05/portland_to_settle_with_wheelc.html
You are a local treasure, Mister Cheverton. I greatly appreciate your dedication and estimable talent in assiduously documenting the accelerating cultural, physical, fiscal demise of Portland at the hands of our virtuous, local administrators. White canes, indeed.
Wheelchairs always come out on top - just like the concrete companies who profit from the forced compliance. It wasn’t that long ago that block after block in affluent inner-city neighborhoods were targeted in systematic fashion by the city (responding to complaints of course) to fix those darn sidewalk cracks. A wonderful ADA law enforced so all those citizens in wheelchairs could roll through the neighborhood unencumbered (ask me how many people I saw in wheelchairs navigating the Irvington/Grant/Hollywood/Alameda sidewalks - answer none). I’m still curious to know who exactly was behind the complaints - as they were issued anonymously and for those who know all too well - one complaint of an out-of-compliance crack would trigger an audit by the city of the entire block. It was a literal lottery for the concrete companies. Rumor has it one of the local businesses were behind the anonymous complaints, another was that a disgruntled disabled person was behind it. At any rate, seems like the ADA is going to come out on top once again, and yes maybe those concrete companies too if one is fortunate enough to make the city’s approved vendor list. All said, it seems the more things change the more they stay the same.
At least there is something physical and observable resulting from the expenditure.
Touché!
Working in the tech sector most of my life, I am amazed at the obfuscating language and ambiguity in this session. One place I worked had a standing rule that you could walk out of any meeting that was not providing value and this is one I would have walked out of within the first quarter hour. City administration is not as complicated as building mission critical software -- it's the politicians that make it so and they seem to have endless hours to talk about issues...
"One place I worked had a standing rule that you could walk out of any meeting that was not providing value..."
That is amazing! I didn't know that sanity on that level existed.
That’s because all they do is talk about it and don’t do anything about it. I can just imagine what a clusterf….. it’s going to be with all those new people with no experience in much of anything from what I can tell.
Oh, THEN I'll want to watch the full hour or so. It's gonna be a SHIT SHOW. LOL...