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SchmidtShow PDX — Season 3, Episode 9
Before she was a city councilor, she was Teacher Tiffany — sixteen years in Portland Public Schools, a union leader, a fourth-generation Japanese American, and the first Asian American woman ever elected to Portland city government. This week, Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3) joins the show to talk about her path from the classroom to City Hall, why she refused to sign an NDA on the Moda Center deal, what it actually means to be a Portland DSA member, and how she’s quietly built a string of unanimous council votes — including this month’s 12–0…
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