The Reluctant President
SchmidtShow PDX, Season 3, Episode 2
This week I sat down with Portland City Council President Jamie Dunphy — the “compromise president” who emerged after 13 deadlocked votes — to talk about running a fractured council, the real math behind the Moda Center deal, and what Portland might learn from New York.
In this episode
The reluctant presidency — What it means to hold “all the responsibility, none of the power,” after 13 deadlocked rounds of voting and a brand-new form of government with no precedent to lean on.
The serial communications law — Why Jamie calls it “crippling”: councilors…
The skinny
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