Ardy’sMay 17, 2024

County Commissioner Candidate Saw More Than $40K Funneled to Her Husband by a Board She Oversees - Portland Mercury

#pdx #portland #orpol #farright #maga #JessieBurke #sadism #cruelty https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/05/16/47206194/county-commissioner-candidate-saw-more-than-40k-funneled-to-her-husband-by-a-board-she-oversees

County Commissioner Candidate Saw More Than $40K Funneled to Her Husband by a Board She Oversees

A candidate running for the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners is defending lucrative contracts awarded to her husband by a community organization they both oversee. Jessie Burke, owner of the Society Hotel in downtown Portland, and previously Posies Café in North Portland, is a Multnomah County Commissioner candidate, as well as the board chair of the Old Town Community Association (OTCA). Her husband, Jonathan Cohen, serves as the treasurer for OTCA’s board. Last February, the...

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Ardy’sSep 22, 2023

sort of hard to tell whether #SocietyHotel owner Jessie Burke is intentionally doing a bad-faith reactionary operation, or if she's just a remarkably incurious liberal useful idiot to the ghoulish far-right ratfuckers of #PeopleForPortland

Burke said her removal was “inappropriate.” “Adults are capable of differentiation,” she said Wednesday. “I am here to speak about small businesses. I am capable of differentiating between small businesses and running a campaign, just as I expect Mike is capable of differentiating between working as district attorney and running for office.”

come ON...

#PDX #Portland #ORpol #Oregon #TinaKotek #JessieBurke

Portland business owner says Gov. Tina Kotek kicked her off public-safety panel over her ties to candidate ch

"I am capable of differentiating between small businesses and running a campaign, just as I expect Mike is capable of differentiating between working as district attorney and running for office," said Jessie Burke.

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