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PORTLAND \u2013 Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez will officially kick off his mayoral campaign at noon today at Kelly\u2019s Olympian in downtown Portland.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year, voters sent me to city hall because they demanded a change in the direction of our city. I am running for Mayor to ensure the work we have begun on crime, homelessness, the drug crisis, and economic revitalization continue stronger than ever,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
From supporting the police and fire departments and lowering emergency response times to getting our most vulnerable citizens off the streets and into supportive services, Gonzalez has been a firm and consistent voice for change.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a humanitarian crisis on our streets and it\u2019s going to take all of us working together to move the city forward. We need to continue to work to stabilize the city \u2013 especially in reducing gun violence and ensuring continued support for temporary shelter and social services, in order to restore livability\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also need to restore our city\u2019s image, both locally and nationally, to once again emerge as the dynamic, economically vibrant and inclusive city we all remember and love. Our city is better than this. We are just at the beginning of our recovery, and I am running to make sure it continues strong \u2013 for parents, working families, small businesses \u2013 and those looking to relocate here to live, work, play and build a better life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gonzalez also committed to targeting broader dysfunction in local government keeping real solutions at bay.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are experiencing loss of population and small business in ways that were unthinkable only a short time ago. We have hundreds of millions of dollars just sitting in government accounts \u00a0not being spent, while the crisis in our city continues to play out, day after day. We need action NOW! We urgently need clear, responsive, focused leadership to get our city back on track. I urge Portlanders to join me and the many others fighting to continue our city\u2019s much needed recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
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PORTLAND \u2013 Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez will officially kick off his mayoral campaign at noon today at Kelly\u2019s Olympian in downtown Portland. \u201cLast year, voters sent me to city hall because they demanded a change in the direction of our city. I am running for Mayor to ensure the work we have begun on … Continued <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reneforportland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}