All three major Portland mayoral candidates agree it is time to set a deadline to end the Occupy Portland protest camp.
All three major Portland mayoral candidates agree it is time to set a deadline to end the Occupy Portland protest camp.
They disagree on how soon the city should act.
Former City Commissioner Charlie Hales says Mayor Sam Adams should give protesters two or three days to leave the parks they have occupied for almost three weeks. Hales said the Portland Police Bureau, which Adams oversees, should then enforce the deadline.
New Seasons co-founder Eileen Brady and state Rep. Jefferson Smith both say the city should talk to protesters about closing the camps in the near future. They are not willing to set any specific deadline, but say the city should be negotiating an end game at this time.
Read more at The Portland Tribune.
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