Nearly a hundred Oregon political and community leaders are urging for a peaceful election season, in part to uphold downtown Portland’s economic gains.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly a hundred Oregon leaders — including Gov. Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden — are urging for “peaceful civic engagement” during election season.
In an open letter released Tuesday evening, elected officials, as well as community, business and labor organizations, called on Oregonians to “uphold our tradition of respectful civic participation during this election season.”
The letter highlighted downtown Portland’s slow-emerging resurgence — both from the pandemic and various
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