Portland City Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney elected to powerful council president post
Pirtle-Guiney, a longtime labor union leader and former governor’s adviser, secured the coveted post over racial justice ...
Readers respond: Elections process leaves constituents in the dark
You see, because of our silly election process, I’m represented by someone I hadn’t heard of until after the election. So, I ...
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Elana Pirtle-Guiney Elected as Portland City Council President at New Body’s First Meeting
Elana Pirtle-Guiney will serve as president of the freshly sworn-in 12-member Portland City Council. She was elected by a 7-5 ...
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Proposal to Increase City Councilors’ and Mayor’s Office Budgets Would Cost $4.6 Million
A proposal filed on Tuesday by Portland City Council president Elana Pirtle-Guiney to increase the budgets of the new ...
Elana Pirtle-Guiney elected Council President after initial deadlock at first meeting
The council vote was initially split 6-6 between Candace Avalos and Olivia Clark. Pirtle-Guiney was floated as an alternative and ultimately won 7-5.
New Portland council seeks trust, unity with vote of Elana Pirtle-Guiney as president
In a historic day at Portland City Hall on Thursday, the 12 members of the newly expanded City Council elected Elana ...
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Elana Pirtle-Guiney elected Council President after initial deadlock at first meeting
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland's newly expanded city council convened for its first official meeting Thursday and elected Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney from District 3 to serve as council president.
Portland's new City Council elects Elana Pirtle-Guiney as council president on first day
Thursday was the very first City Council meeting under Portland's new form of government and councilors voted on a president and vice president.
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Portland’s new council elects Councilor Pirtle-Guiney as its first president ... eventually
Portland’s brand-new city council elected its first leader Thursday in a vote that previewed the political dividing lines to come and just how complicated winning a majority might be in this new form ...