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Should Portland permanently ban fireworks? Hardesty says yes
Portland had banned the usage and selling of fireworks prior to the Fourth of July holiday. Fire officials said it seems to have had an impact. Author: Devon Haskins Updated: 8:10 PM PDT July 9, 2021
Portland had banned the usage and selling of fireworks prior to the Fourth of July holiday. Fire officials said it seems to have had an impact. Between June 23 and July 6, what fire officials call fireworks season, there were around 80% fewer fires this year compared to 2020. Are we looking at banning fireworks permanently? Yes. said Portland city commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who oversees the fire bureau. As fire commissioner I do not have the authority to ban fireworks. The mayor has the authority to ban fireworks, which he did in time to have an impact on last week.
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• Just when transportation safety advocates were about to apply a lot of public pressure on Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to do something about pedestrian deaths on 82nd Ave, ODOT dropped the speed limit on the busy thoroughfare from 35 mph to 30 and plan on installing 10 digital speed reader signs. Our Isabella Garcia has more!
After a year of analysis and two pedestrian deaths, ODOT plans to lower the speed limit on 82nd and implement improved crosswalk signage. Transportation safety leaders are pleased, but demand greater investments.https://t.co/hwgAfZVR7p
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• Portland Commish Jo Ann Hardesty is strongly denying the story reported in an
Oregonian article this morning that she was involved in a minor hit-and-run accident on Wednesday. She calls the allegation a smear campaign and very suspicious, since she says her car has been inoperable for nearly a year, AND (as our Alex Zielinski reports) the story was originally circulated by local Republicans whose disdain for Hardesty is very obvious.
UPDATE: Unsurprisingly, Commissioner Hardesty has been cleared by the police who say she is NOT a suspect in the hit-and-run case.
Portland City Council reluctant to move forward on police body-worn cameras
City commissioners were asked to share opinions after a KGW investigation found Portland was the only big city police department that doesn’t use body-worn cameras. Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) Updated: 3:41 PM PST March 4, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore Portland city leaders are reluctant to equip police officers with body-worn cameras because of funding concerns and questions about their effectiveness.
KGW asked every city commissioner and the mayor if they supported body-worn cameras. The responses were mixed.
The inquiry followed a KGW investigation that found of the 75 largest municipal law enforcement agencies in the country, Portland was the only police department that doesn’t use body-worn cameras.