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Vast majority of Portland residents are 'dissatisfied' with progressive leadership of the city
A whopping 70% of Portland area voters disapprove of their city’s progressive leadership in city council members and Mayor Ted Wheeler, according to a new poll.
“I’ve seen Portland change dramatically in the last six or seven years and I hate to say it’s not been for the better,” one participant told The Oregonian. “I’m very dissatisfied with our government, our local government. I don’t think they’re doing their job at all. I will vote this time because I like to complain. But I’m not even sure it matters at this point.”
The survey, conducted on behalf of The Oregonian by DHM Research, found that while 24% of Portland area registered voters approved of Wheeler as the city’s leader, the overwhelming majority, 70%, find his performance unacceptable.
Meanwhile, the Portland City Council had a disapproval rating of 70%, with a net negative of 54%.
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“There’s no doubt that if you walk or drive around Portland, you’ll be assaulted by evidence of city and county failures. Tents, garbage, potholes, traffic. As voters, we’re highly reactive to our immediate visual surroundings,” Portland State University professor Jack Miller told The Oregonian.
Residents of the Rose City think local leadership could improve on their management of homelessness, as the survey found 91% of voters object to their government’s approach to the issue.
A majority of respondants – 78% – dislike the city’s approach to mitigating crime, a number that increases to 89% when focused on drug addiction.
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The Oregonian reported, “Of the five elected officials the poll asked about by name, the net negatives were highest for Wheeler (46%), Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson (31%), Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt (28%) and Washington County Chair Kathryn Harrington (10%). Only Clackamas County Chair Tootie Smith managed to keep her net negative rating in single digits, at 8%.”
More than half of the metro area population – 66% – agree that Portland is on the wrong track.
“Our biggest problem is that they don’t seem interested in actually solving issues – they just want to talk about them,” 22-year-old Portland native Caleb Powell told The Oregonian.
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Drugs and Portland in a photo illustration. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images and Hannah Ray Lambert/Fox News Digital)
In a comment to Fox News Digital, Cody Bowman, communications director for Wheeler’s administration, wrote that the concerns of local citizens are “prioritized in the mayor’s recently proposed budget.”
“This polling reaffirms that Mayor Wheeler’s priorities remain aligned with Portlander’s top concerns, particularly in the areas of homelessness, livability, community safety, and supporting our local economy,” Bowman said. “Mayor Wheeler agrees with public sentiment that the status quo is not working. He is continuing to work closely with his colleagues on the City Council to deliver change for our community—and we are seeing progress.”
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$3.99 on Sunday, $4.09 just days later.
An extra dime for the same gallon of gas, but why?
Conflict in the Middle East has impacted prices at the pump for drivers here in northern Nevada and across the country.
According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of gas has jumped nearly 27 cents since last week, coming in at $3.25. In Reno, the average price is roughly $4.26.
Experts say for every $5 to $10 increase in oil prices, drivers could pay 15 to 25 cents more per gallon.
The increase primarily comes down to the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, which controls roughly 20% of the world’s oil supplies. Amid the tensions, traffic through the area has recently ground to a halt.
Michael Goldman, General Manager of Caru Containers North America, said many of the shippers who typically go through the Strait have changed course.
“We’re seeing the routes ships need to take be much longer, much more costly. Going around the Horn of Africa instead of going through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. And we’re definitely seeing cost increases to those carriers to make those journeys,” said Goldman.
Jayce Robinson from Sparks said he’s always looking for the best deal in town on gas.
“I mostly fill up here for work, so it’s not my money, but when I do fill up, I definitely look for the cheapest place because money’s tight and gas is expensive,” Robinson said.
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