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TO WRITE IN OR NOT TO WRITE IN?
CANIDATES SPEAK ON THEIR
PLANS FOR HOUSING AND POLICE
BRUTALITY
By Emma Granquist and Melody Chow
2020 MAYORAL PRIMARY
The Portland, Oregon mayoral election in May of this year
resulted in 8% for Teressa Raiford, 23% for Sarah Iannarone,
and 49% for Ted Wheeler, less than 1% of automatically
securing another term. The run-off election will take place
on November 3rd, and many people are calling for
Portlanders to vote for Teressa Raiford as a write-in
candidate.
SARAH ON HOUSING
Launch a five year strategic plan to end the Housing State of
emergency
Support and protect a Tenant’s Bill of Rights and work to prevent
evictions
Accelerate building of truly-affordable housing with money we
already have
Lead a progressive revenue process to ensure the ultra-wealthy
pay their fair share to address the crisis
TERESSA ON HOUSING
Teressa Raiford sees the the connection between
criminalization and houselessness. Before Cannabis was
legal, Raiford pushed for decriminalization and the
recreational sale of cannabis and wishes to house houseless
people using cannabis’s tax revenue. She also believes we
need to reinvest in housing rather than demolishing existing
neighborhoods.
SARAH ON POLICE BRUTALITY
"We need to negotiate so that we can get rid of bad cops.
Senator Adams got rid of Officer Preshour and Officer
Preshour is still a police officer. Mark Krueger is still a police
officer. If we as Portlanders cannot get rid of bad cops we
will never be able to rebuild trust in police" -Sarah
Iannarone, Portland Mayoral forum Janruary 2020.
TERESSA ON POLICE BRUTALITY
"Our police should be accountable to the people.
That means divestment, demilitarization, and
defunding our police. We cannot reform a system
that is rooted in decriminalization and oppression."
@writeinteressaraiford Instagram.