Portland City Council is cleanly split between a “close fire stations, defund wildly popular voter initiatives, and glaze the cops with cash” bloc and a “keep fire stations open, uphold voter initiatives, and cut managerial bloat” bloc
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Councilors Smith, Pirtle Guiney, Ryan, Clark, Novick, and Zimmerman voted against Green 1 which created ongoing funding for Fire Station 22 near the CEI Hub and located in District 2 through management cuts.
The amendment fails 6-6.