The opinion comes as the 12-member commission is slated to meet for the first time later this month, kicking off a year-long review of the city charter.
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Maine Voices: Portland city manager position should be abolished
Decisions that defund public health – like closing the India Street Positive Health Clinic – devalue the needs of Black and Latinx Mainers.
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Government and union officials plead for financial aid for local governments
Municipalities and states face billions of dollars in revenue shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Kate Snyder: I’m prepared to provide Portland with steadying leadership
As a former school board chair who now leads a nonprofit that generates non-taxpayer revenues for public education, I have experience balancing civic aspirations with fiscal discipline.
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More asylum seekers arrive in Portland from southern border as city debates assistance
Portland’s human resources director criticizes comments by Mayor Ethan Strimling welcoming the arrival of more immigrants.
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Preble Street president: City manager misrepresents plan for resource center’s future
Preble Street officials haven’t said that the day shelter could wind down by a certain date, and the city hasn’t seriously pursued leasing that space.
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Portland budget proposal would cap number of people served at homeless shelters
City Manager Jon Jennings also proposes to start phasing out a program for asylum seekers and to increase the price of trash bags.
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Chamber, Portland mayor take simmering feud public
Tension over Mayor Ethan Strimling’s plan to make businesses offer earned paid sick time erupts into a war of words with a former key ally.
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Portland council may vote Wednesday not to hire local promoter who pleaded guilty to domestic assault
The city might instead hire national promoter Live Nation to handle its summer concert series, but that might not completely sever ties with Alex Gray’s Waterfront Concerts.
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Portland council extends city manager’s contract, with incentives to stay longer
Jon Jennings’ three-year extension includes many benefits that build up over time.