Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Oregon Politics: Knute Buehler, Rose City Baseball, Portland Taxis

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Douglas Fasching, GoLocalPDX Contributor

Every Friday, GoLocalPDX breaks down who's rising and who's falling in the world of Oregon politics. Check out who made the lists this week.

HOT

Center for Women's Leadership

If you want to have a positive impact on the world around you, head to the place where they are churning out leaders by the dozen. Led by Executive Director Sunny Petit, the Center for Women's Leadership offers speakers and training to women interested in public service. All events are free, with donations helping provide scholarships for the women in the programs. Graduates include Future PAC Executive Director Andrea Cooper and Pride NW Board President Debra Porta among many, many others.

Knute Buehler

Knute Buehler R-Bend. If you are telling yourself that there is no way this Republican representative from Central Oregon can make the Hot Column twice in as many weeks, you would be wrong. In spite of being in the minority, he is making his voice heard, this time as a member of the Health Care Committee. His amendment to HB2028 allowing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense birth control makes sense and would save women a lot of time and money. K-nice job, Knute. I'm guessing his invitation to Gayle Atteberry's Christmas party is going to get lost in the mail.

Race for Portland Community College Board

Gather around and let us mark this very special occasion, for this is the first time many of you have stopped to read something about the race for Portland Community College Board, Zone 3. With one month until election day, I am calling this race for Anita Yap. Not only does she have the endorsements of Governor Barbara Roberts, 80 percent of the Portland City Council and other notable electeds, she has almost doubled her opponent's fund-raising efforts. These are huge advantages considering about 500 people are going to turn out for this election.

NOT

Rose City Baseball LLC

What the hell were they thinking? Has any online poll in the history of online polls ever netted a good suggestion for the direction of a business? The answer is no and if you thought 'Well, there was that one time...', you are incorrect. So, to the owners of the newly minted Portland Pickles, for letting the fans choose your team name, you get the WTF award for the week. I look forward to this being a plot line in another unfunny thing happening in this city, Portlandia.

Portland Taxi Companies

The Portland City Council voted Tuesday to allow Uber and Lyft to operate in the city on a four month trial basis.  Either this is allowing rapists and murderers access to the poor carless denizens of this great city or this is the greatest free market, meeting-a-demand decision ever. It depends on who you ask. Whichever side you fall on, this has got to be the saddest taxi story ever. Second only to that Harry Chapin song.

Jeb Bush

If you were wondering, those "Mitt Romney 2012" bumper sticker covered cars were headed to the west hills for the two fundraisers the former Governor of Florida had in Portland this week. While running for President definitely meets the "Hot" criteria, charging 11k-12k a plate for dinner places him squarely in the "Not" category. How is a Joe Lunchbox supposed to afford that? 

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