In this unbelievable story, again we in Portland see that Jessica Vega Pederson is not only incompetent but also an incredibly obtuse polemic thinker who would rather create drama, and not listen to those who know better.
Jessica Vega Pederson’s predictable unprofessionalism was highlighted when she scolded Sharon Meieran, a woman who is infinitely more intelligent, a physician, and an attorney who understands the process of drug addiction and why enabling drug addicts is NOT helping them, it represents a Killing Them Softly form of assisted suicide.
Jessica Vega Pederson: “So, Commissioner Meieran, I’ve had to talk to you before about impugning motives of people… when… and.. and… calling into question… and basically calling me a liar on this. This is… that is soooo unacceptable!”
From the article…
“PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran dissenting, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved a $3.96 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal year on Thursday.
Meieran, who is finishing her final term on the board after eight years as the District 1 Commissioner, was vehemently opposed to the budget. Prior to the vote, Meieran made multiple last-minute attempts to redistribute funds in a way she said would better serve Multnomah County and those affected by the ongoing homeless and fentanyl crises. Her amendments failed to carry.
“[The budget] hides investments of hundreds of millions of dollars beneath a bunch of mediocre rhetoric and buzzwords,” Meiran said. “It contains hundreds of pages each describing another program that doesn’t tie into a larger purpose, plan or vision.”
Tensions grew as Meieran berated her fellow council members for sharing her vision for the future of Multnomah County.
“There is urgency here that I feel is just missing from this board in terms of acting,” Meieran said. “I find it unconscionable and I don’t know how to express that. You can say the words: ‘We all want to see people safe in our community.’ But our actions speak totally differently.”
District 2 Commissioner Jesse Beason explained that he voted no on Meieran’s last-minute amendments on the grounds that Thursday’s meeting was not the time to make significant changes to the budget.
“I am not going to be introducing amendments that I would want, but did not garner the support of the board,” Beason said. “…To me, there are plenty of things that I would have proposed not be in the staff package. But I understand we’re in the business of compromise and people spent a lot of time to do that.”
Following public comment, commissioners gave their final comments on the budget, which Meieran said represents the failure of the county government.
“This is the final budget in my eight years of service, ” Meieran said. “I’m leaving with a degree of sadness and outrage I never would have thought possible when I first ran for office because when I started, I naively thought failure would be a matter of not having enough funding to reach our goals and help those most vulnerable. But the truth, I’ve found, is more pernicious. I’ve realized that we’re swimming, or more accurately, drowning, in money. We have more money in Multnomah County than we can effectively waste. And given our history of wasting resources, that is a hell of an indictment.”
The final comment portion of the budget meeting was disrupted when a self-described homeless man named “Charles” stood up on a desk and began to shout at those in attendance. The county cut the sound of the meeting’s broadcast and commissioners backed away from their table corner until the man was escorted outside by law enforcement.
Following the ruckus, District 4 Commissioner Lori Stegmann gave her approval of the budget. “With this budget’s funding, we can not only enhance in-courtroom-eviction-prevention support, but we can hopefully now expand this essential service to five days a week. And if I wasn’t in a dress, I would get up on this desk and stand.”
Pederson shared similar sentiments.
“There are many things to be proud of in this budget,” Pederson said. “Living conditions on the streets today are intolerable. There is no bigger or tougher problem than making sure thousands of our community members have a pathway off the streets and this budget shows that we are up to that challenge.” It remains unclear who will replace Meieran in January as candidates Meghan Moyer and Vadim Mozyrsky are headed for a runoff in the May Primary.”
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My advice to Jessica Vega Pederson is to start learning to LISTEN to what Portlanders REALLY want. Before she destroys any chance of going forward with her political career, ala MIKE SCHMIDT.
And STOP LYING, Jessica. Stop LYING. Portlanders KNOW BETTER!
Portlanders do NOT want TWO MILLION more tents handed out to drug addicts so they can fester in their own filth on the streets of Portland, dying WEEKLY! Portlanders do NOT want FIVE MILLION syringes handed out to addicts!
We want reliable Ambulance service for ALL Portlanders and NOT just the drug addicts!!
We want safe streets, where business owners and their employees are NOT beaten and robbed!!
We want drug addicted criminals to be held accountable & agree to get clean and sober or go to jail!!
We want our CHILDREN to be protected from SEX TRAFFICKERS and RAPISTS who get them addicted to Fentanyl and thusly enslaved!!
We want ECONOMIC GROWTH, Sister!!
And remember, VOTE FOR SAM ADAMS! Only Sam Adams can clean up this mess. Show him your support!! Lets get Sam back into Portland politics. We need someone competent and smart, who can turn things around!!
Note: Street Fentanyl contains a chemical called xylazine Which causes severe wounds from general necrosis-the rotting of human tissue - which may lead to severe infection, and amputation.
~Theresa Griffin Kennedy
Jessica Vega Pederson does NOT CARE about chronic addicts! She's willing to help addicts kill themselves! SHAME on YOU Jessica Vega Pederson!