Today, we just launched the bipartisan ‘Mayors for the Freedom to Marry” coalition. @freedomtomarry http://www.freedomtomarry.com
I am honored to be mentioned: “…In Portland, while our national leaders are paralyzed on climate change, Mayor Sam Adams declared in his first State of the City address that he would make Portland “the most sustainable city in the world.” To that end, he’s put forward a Climate Action Plan, which by 2050 would cut carbon emissions by 80 percent, launched a pilot program for green retrofitting, and budgeted $20 million for “bicycle boulevards.” He also took a $2.4 million federal grant and used it as venture capital for a Clean Energy Works program. “We could have doled it out to individual facilities and buildings, which would have been more direct and politically expedient,” he said. “But instead, we wanted to create a return on investments in a new industry…”
With turnaround afoot [link] http://t.co/rFjIOaU0, near 1000 college students volunteer for Portland’s Roosevelt High School on MLK Day if Service. Thank you Oregon Compact [link] http://bit.ly/wJeRPb and United Way Colimbia-Willamette [link] http://bit.ly/wWeb0u and Portland Public Schools [link] http://bit.ly/wWeb0u [location] http://bit.ly/A1YNOb
At the Skanner Newspaper 26th Portland MLK Jr Breakfast. Pic from head table: Bobbie Foster, Mike Green & Sen. Jeff Merkley
We put together an one-stop website for inclement weather & emergency info: http://www.publicalerts.org/
A great micro-map shopping app! From Portland’s own Meridian Apps http://www.meridianapps.com/ read the Bloomberg Businessweek story http://t.co/8YhW3K7
McCain Slams Citizens United Decision http://t.co/0tqgDWes This issue at City Council today 2pm as part of setting City’s 2012 Federal Legislative Agenda
Too Many Victims: A vigil tonight to remember victims and survivors of gun violence, 7pm, Ainsworth UCC, 2941 NE Ainsworth, Pdx http://bit.ly/yo4Pe8