Pertaining to elections, city and state government, City Hall, the Mayor, etc.
Eds. Note – The complaint below stems from the United States Department of Justice v. City of Portland settlement agreement where the city of Portland is required to hire a “Compliance Officer / Community Liaison” (CO/CL) and impanel a “Community Oversight Advisory Board” (COAB). DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL – November 19, 2015 TO: Adrian Brown, Assistant […]
OPB News, Oct. 21, 2015 Most voters in Oregon and Washington think mass shootings – like the one earlier this month at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg – are the result of untreated mental health problems. More than half of voters in the two states think mass shootings are avoidable. Those are among the findings of […]
Time magazine, Oct. 3, 2015 Presidential candidate Donald Trump responded to President Obama’s renewed calls for gun control following the recent Oregon shooting in an interview with Meet the Press host Chuck Todd, saying people are always going “come through the cracks.” “I watched his statement, and I understand exactly what he’s saying,” says Trump. […]
Forbes, Sept. 6, 2015 Interested in mental health? According to a recent poll, you probably are—just like the 90% of us in the US who view mental health to be as important as physical health, the third of us who have trouble accessing mental health, and the 40% of us for whom mental health care […]
“Prozanski said the new law will help prevent gun violence. Recall supporters say it’s an infringement of law-abiding citizens’ right to bear arms.” It also targets persons with mental illness, who – despite what you may infer from articles like this – are not breaking any laws by having a diagnosis. “Prozanski said the bill […]
The Daily Astorian, July 23, 2015 Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis said Wednesday that the county is in crisis on mental health and that law enforcement is frustrated by a limited ability to help people in urgent need of care. “We are not doing a good job,” Marquis said at a work session held […]
The Lund Report, July 3, 2015 For the first time, Oregon will use all of its $158 million biennial tobacco master settlement for healthcare-related expenses, and not divert the money to pay for other projects. The bulk of the funds will be geared toward the Oregon Health Plan, which will receive $102 million. The state […]
Elizabeth Lynn Dunham was born in Eugene and grew up in Portland. She attended All Saints School, the American School of Kinshasa, St. Mary’s Academy, the University of Oregon, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1996, she married Steven Jay Cummings; they divorced in 2006. Known for her quick wit and fierce intelligence, […]
Here is the County’s Reorganization Plan for Cascadia (1 MB PDF) assembled document consisting of The Cascadia Plan, June 16 2008 A Memorandum of Understanding between the State of Oregon, Multnomah County and Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, June 16 2008 Cascadia Behavioral Heath Financial Condition, memo from June 11 Our response to these documents. 1. The […]
UPDATE Email from Derald Walker, CEO of Cascadia to all staff, June 12, 2008 – SUBJECT: We’ve reached an agreement from the Portland Business Journal May 16, 2008 (how did we miss this?) Beleaguered nonprofit’s new boss faces big task Derald Walker doesn’t want to be known as the last CEO of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. […]
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