Ted Wheeler Quotes

I will not allow continued planned street violence between rival factions to take place on the streets of Portland.

Too often, the very institutions that are supposed to protect and serve our community have instead failed people of color, specifically our black community.

As mayor I don’t intend to be just a voice for Portland. I intend to be a voice for urban America.

There is definitely a balance that I have to strike both in terms of supporting the Police Bureau – making sure they have the tools and the resources they need to do their jobs effectively. But I also have an important role to play when it comes to oversight and accountability.

I certainly didn’t see the mayor’s withdrawal coming. I was looking for a highly contested mayoral campaign.

Oregon deserves a Governor who is fully focused on the duties of state.

Transitioning our households, businesses and government operations in Portland and Multnomah County to 100 percent clean energy by 2050 is achievable, but it will require strong policy guidance and innovative new sources of funding.

We don’t know what the trajectory of autonomous or linked vehicles will be, and we don’t have a clear understanding on what that means in terms of infrastructure and policy. But we know it’s coming.

If you intend to use our beautiful city to cause mayhem, disturb the peace, create fear and commit violence, you are not welcome here.

Is Portland worse off than other cities? Is Portland really ‘Tent City U.S.A.?’ I want to be clear: The answer is no. While the homeless situation in Portland is significant and unacceptable, it is not unique.

I don’t even recognize myself sometimes.

Imagine a safe city with all the affordable housing we need, a city that uses its resources to help lift the marginalized up and into stability. This is the Portland I imagine. This is the Portland I dream about every single day.

My fight isn’t with Charlie Hales. My fight is with the problems he has failed to address as mayor.

Washington, D.C., has for too long ignored the reality that if we do not invest in infrastructure in urban America we are doing so at the jeopardy of the economy.

Again, when it comes to enforcement of our community standards, we support people’s rights to demonstrate, but we don’t care about who you are or your politics are. If you engage in violence in this city, you will be held accountable.

I want to be clear: We can address safety and livability issues head-on without criminalizing homelessness. After all, people living on our streets are themselves vulnerable to crime and other hazards.

The tactics that the Trump administration are using on the streets of Portland are abhorrent. People are being literally scooped off the street into unmarked vans, rental cars, apparently. They are being denied probable cause. And they are denied due process. They don’t even know who’s pulling them into the vans.

I said I wanted to lay the foundation for my governance and that included building relations with the City Council, with bureau directors, making sure we had the right leaders in place, making sure we’re communicating with community groups that have an interest in of policymaking. I feel that we did that.

Opponents have claimed that regulating carbon will hurt the economy and businesses. The economies of California and British Columbia prove otherwise.

Clean energy provides a unique opportunity in rural and urban communities alike by training Oregonians with new skills for projects that must be built in our communities and can’t be outsourced.

I can not regulate Daryl Turner. He’s a union official.

It sends the wrong message to participate in hosted golf and other entertainment activities while thousands of Oregonians face foreclosure, unemployment or are simply struggling.

I see my role as police commissioner as providing strategic oversight, support and accountability for the bureau.

From Portland’s ban on large, fossil fuel terminals to Oregon’s Clean Fuels Standard and the Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Act, our local actions send ripples through the energy landscape nationwide.

The trading mechanism proposed in Clean Energy Jobs is based upon sound free-market principles. It will allow emitters to find the most cost-effective ways to meet emissions reduction goals.

I am a firm supporter of the First Amendment, no matter the views expressed.

I want Portland to be the cleanest city in America.

Peaceful demonstrations are essential to our democratic system. Unfortunately, some individuals have engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity, including arson, rioting, looting, and damaging public and private property.

The only way we are held accountable is if people know what government is doing.

While it’s generally easier to stay the course, it’s a bad idea if that course does not take us where we want to go.

The police should be addressing car break-ins and burglaries and things like that. And increasingly what they’re doing is providing social services. The majority of police are not trained in the provision of social services.

If you know me, you know I mutter quite a bit. Not one of my most redeeming qualities.

My top priority if elected mayor is matching Portland with economic opportunity.

If we cannot create a beachhead, an anchor of affordability in our communities, in our urban areas, we will lose the people who actually make the community what it is.

Violence is not and has never been a legitimate means to a political end.

If I cannot address the issue of visible homelessness and abject poverty on the streets of this community, I will not get re-elected in four years.

Portland needs a mayor who is going to take on the significant issues this city is facing.

I get up in the morning and by the time I’ve gone to bed there’s three or four or five new crises that weren’t there when I started the day. That’s what being mayor of Portland is about.

I was inspired to see leaders from Paris, New York City, San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C. rolling up their sleeves to create clean and safe transportation systems; make homes and buildings efficient, comfortable and affordable; and ensure more of our energy comes from clean sources like wind and solar.

In order to do the right thing and to provide the right long-term view for the city, it might mean you’re only in politics for a little while.

I have been humbled by my first two weeks in office.

My privilege as a white man, my privilege as the mayor and the leader of the institutions of power in this community I believe shielded me from time to time from the many difficult and uncomfortable truths about our history and about our society.

The City of Portland, our police bureau, and our employees do not cooperate with ICE.

This is part of the core media strategy out of Trump’s White House: to use federal troops to bolster his sagging poll data. And it is an absolute abuse of federal law enforcement officials.

The world‘s attention is increasingly focused on climate change. It threatens our economy, our environment and ultimately our families‘ health and livelihoods. For coastal states like Oregon, the stakes are even higher.

The most effective role for the Oregon Treasury is to continue to demand responsible business practices and use our influence to push for the development of profitable investment opportunities in the clean energy sector.

There is a national climate here. We’re seeing a rise in hate speech, in intolerance, in racism, in division.

I believe my role as mayor is to be out in the community and as much as possible, I want my team out in the community.

It is the mayor’s job to be the glue that holds everybody together.

Mike Marshman is a quality choice to fill the role of Portland Police Chief.

We must transition away from the dirtiest fossil fuels toward renewable sources of energy for the sake of our economy and our planet.

The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that’s sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.

At a time when leadership on climate protection and clean energy are more vital than ever, Portland and Oregon must step up and lead.

If people are expecting the mayor of Portland to solve the problem of homelessness they’re going to be sorely disappointed and that’s just the truth.

Portland took the lead on climate action more than 25 years ago when we became the first U.S. city to adopt a climate action plan.

As we double down on urgent issues of housing affordability, access, inequities and displacement, we must prioritize addressing climate change.

I’m going to rely upon the advice of affordable housing experts to make sure we meet the public’s expectations.

My residents don’t know who a federal officer is or a local police officer or a county deputy or a state patroller. They don’t know, and they don’t care. It’s all the same to them.

The Clean Energy Jobs legislation will provide predictability and certainty for large carbon emitters.

I am mindful of my responsibilities as state treasurer, and I will not shirk those responsibilities.

Portland has a long history of embracing the most important of American values. Those are the rights to assembly and the rights to free speech. And we’re proud of protecting those core American values.

We can’t simply dismiss the idea that autonomous vehicles are going to be a big part of our transportation system.

Portland has a proud history of protest.

My job is to protect the safety of everyone… protesters, counter-protesters, and bystanders alike.

It’s the job of the president to ensure the protection of liberty in the United States of America.

I’m willing to take criticism all day long from Fox News. But I’m not willing to accept criticism from Fox News of the men and women of the Portland Police Bureau.

Why are these things happening in Portland? In part, it’s because we are a progressive community. Groups like Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys… they come from the outside. They come here because they know that their message is not necessarily welcomed here. They’re trying to provoke a reaction.

I am committed to ensuring that, as Portland grows, the things we love about our city grow along with us.

I did not inherit a single dime from my father.

Wishful thinking did not give Oregonians the bottle bill. Wishful thinking did not give the public access to beaches. Nor can we expect wishful thinking to turn around a decades-long disinvestment in our higher education system.