Translating The News
Too often news outlets don’t do their homework. They parrot press releases and omit essential background, content, and facts. Here, I translate the headlines, provide crucial history, and tell the real story.
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We all long for some good news amid our worsening homelessness crisis in Multnomah County. Unfortunately, this story isn’t it. Indeed, Multnomah County does get proportionally less SHS measure funding… Read More »
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Glad to finally see signs of recognition of Multnomah County’s failed approach to deflection, but feigned outrage should be left aside. This is not a surprise. I was the only… Read More »
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The bigger story here is about how many leaders have left. In less than three years, Multnomah County has had: 3 homeless services directors 3 homelessness response system directors (yes,… Read More »
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I generally appreciate attempts to bring outside experts into government conversations, because it’s generally good for politicians to have someone around who understands the issues at hand. In this instance,… Read More »
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This whistleblower action should include the leaders in charge of perpetuating Multnomah County’s failed mental health system. A year and a half ago, as a Multnomah County Commissioner, I wrote… Read More »
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A reporter should investigate how many consultants Multnomah County (read as JVP) has hired over the past 2.5 years in the core work of the county – homelessness, mental health… Read More »
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Translation: Officials finally learn how to de-duplicate names in their database and realize they still have no idea how many people homeless people live in Multnomah County or what to… Read More »
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Translation: Multnomah County officials awkwardly and ineffectively try to defend their indefensible massive budget shortfall Link to original Oregonian article by Lillian Mongeau Hughes, published March 20, 2025 Read More »
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Translation: Multnomah County Chair Reaches Agreement With Ambulance Provider after unnecessarily delaying for 18 months, putting untold numbers of lives at risk. Link to original Willamette Week article by Anthony Effinger,… Read More »
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