Best quotes by Ted Wheeler on Community

Checkout quotes by Ted Wheeler on Community

• ‟ I said I wanted to lay the foundation for my governance and that included building relations with the City Council, with bureau directors, making sure we had the right leaders in place, making sure we're communicating with community groups that have an interest in of policymaking. I feel that we did that.

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• ‟ Why are these things happening in Portland? In part, it's because we are a progressive community. Groups like Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys... they come from the outside. They come here because they know that their message is not necessarily welcomed here. They're trying to provoke a reaction.

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• ‟ I believe my role as mayor is to be out in the community and as much as possible, I want my team out in the community.

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• ‟ I have a beautiful desk. I rarely sit behind it. That's not where my job is. My job is in the community.

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• ‟ We're going to send a unified message to the rest of this country, which is that we do not accept violence in this community. If you are thinking of coming to Portland, Oregon, to engage in acts of violence, we don't want you.

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• ‟ Too often, the very institutions that are supposed to protect and serve our community have instead failed people of color, specifically our black community.

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• ‟ If I cannot address the issue of visible homelessness and abject poverty on the streets of this community, I will not get re-elected in four years.

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