Meet Steve Novick, your new city councilor
PORTLAND, Ore. - Steve Novick is well known as a liberal crusader and a Portland character, a four-foot-nine tower of power who has shepherded controversial tax measures to victory and won landmark environmental cases in court.
His record as an elected official is a book that is just now being written.
A day in the life: Get to know Mr. Novick
Novick is taking office as an elected official for the first time at the age of 50. He moves into his new role as a city commissioner at a time of profound change, with health care, criminal justice and education all clamoring for reform. He has plenty of ideas on all of those topics. The challenge is keeping up with him as he reels through his ideas.
No one doubts that Novick has the brains for the job. This is a guy who earned his law degree from Harvard at the age of 21.
Does he have the patience?
Does he have the focus?
What will he accomplish?
My story in tomorrow's print edition of the Business Journal will address those questions and others. In the meantime, click through the slide show above, shot by PBJ photographer Cathy Cheney with a bonus big-hair photo submitted by Novick.
Little Beruit will eventually self-destruct, financially. Mr. Novick should be able to hasten the process.
While I admire Mr. Novick's tenacity in overcoming physical disabilities, and his sense of humor. Make no mistake, there is nothing quite as terrifying as a Harvard-educated liberal swooping down to pick your pockets. You will be inundated with a barrage of "new ideas" to generate "additional revenues" to fund ever increasing squadrons of bureaucrats to enforce these "liberal" edicts. At least the ignorant bull-headed oaf Leonard could be contained by the more moderate elements on the City Council (Saltzman, Fish) when he exceeded the bounds of reason, not now. Liberal Portlanders proudly regress backwards to addititional city-sponsored socialism. Meanwhile, the exodous of private sector job creators continues along with their contributions to the tax base..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpYxNtI2goI&feature=youtu.be
And now we're proud to present... Randy Newman!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NvgLkuEtkA
Just another liberal who will waste money on stupid projects.
I have a feeling that Portland is about to get a lot weirder.
i like the pose.
"four-foot-nine"
Wow, Portland will literally elect ANYONE.
@JTesla so, size does matter?