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While I was equally impressed with all of the candidates, I thought Branam made some good points about equality within the city (or rather, the lack thereof). Portland definitely does have some problems, and I think that part of it is due to our style of government.
I used to support the Commission style of government, but lately it has lost a lots of its appeal for me. This largely came about after the work I did for my thesis on turnout in Portland elections. One item to note is that in other cities, each city council member is "responsible" for a much smaller number of people than the council members in Portland. After all, no district in any city is as large as the 600-some-thousand Portland-at-large district.
That being said, the Commission style certainly does have some merit, as well as a very interesting history
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