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Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Murmurs: Mayor Will Have Security Protection in Public Settings In other news: Kotek aims to decriminalize homelessness. DESPERATE MEASURES: House Speaker Tina Kotek presided over two previous special sessions of the Oregon Legislature. Updated February 3 MAYOR WILL HAVE SECURITY PROTECTION IN PUBLIC SETTINGS: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler will now have a security detail with him nearly every time he goes out in public followi...

Updated February 1 Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler will now have a security detail with him nearly every time he goes out in public following the Jan. 24 incident where the mayor pepper-sprayed a lawyer outside a McMenamins pub. "The mayor has enhanced security measures, and we believe they will be effective in protecting the mayor's safety," said Jim Middaugh, a spokesman for the mayor. The city contracts with a private security firm called G4S Secure Solutions, Middaugh added. Wheeler has always had the personal discretion to call for the security detail, Middaugh said, as have previous...

© press Mayor Ted Wheeler was punched by a mob of leftists as he dined in Portland Portland's radical-left mayor, Ted Wheeler, has reportedly been punched in the face while he was confronted by a mob of leftists as he dined at a restaurant. Video emerged showing the far-left activists surrounding and yelling at Mayor Wheeler while he was dining downtown on Wednesday.  The incident occurred the same day that the city's police department deemed a gathering of about 60 demonstrators to be unlawful. The crowd was protesting a Wisconsin prosecutor's decision not to press charges against a Wh...

Protesters Accosted Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler While He Was Dining Out Protesters confronted the mayor while he was dining at Cafe Nell Share this story Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images Mayor Ted Wheeler was dining out at Cafe Nell’s patio last night when he was approached and taunted by left-leaning protesters. In cell phone footage released on Twitter, a small group of Portlanders approached the mayor while he was finishing dining at the New American restaurant in Nob Hill; one individual, whose face does not appear on screen, seemed to take the lead, repeatedly cursing at the mayor a...

Left-wing activists punched Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler while he was dining downtown on Wednesday, according to reports.