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Sarah Iannarone

@sarahforpdx.bsky.social

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Fighting for people who walk, bike, roll, and depend on transit to get around war-ravaged Portland, Oregon. Fmly ran a global urban best practices exchange at Portland State. Recovered chef & restaurateur. #TacticalOptimist #EverydayAntifascist

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 12d

This morning, Rep. Mark Gamba and I have an op-ed in the @oregonian.com responding to the bare bones transpo funding bill #OrLEg passed Mon. We need significant, strategic investment in our infrastructure - it's critical both for safety and to support our economy.

www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Oregon needs strategic transportation investments, not stopgaps

While legislators authorized some new funding for transportation, the need for more significant, strategic investment in our infrastructure is critical both for safety and to support our economy, writ...

www.oregonlive.com

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 3h

We soon shall find out.

Intense turnover here, another corner lot at 60thish and Reedway they're pouring foundations this week.

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The Street Trust @thestreettrust.org · 11h

Thursday's the big day. Get your tickets to the Alice Awards: Safe Streets Party before we close registration this week and you miss out on the fun!

Whether you're joining us or not, you can still take home a unique piece of Portland cycling art from our Great Streets Silent Art Auction...

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, I'm fine with the infill, fine with density if it means we get better bus service on the #10 ... def not NIMBYing anything, but would like to see affordability in our neighborhood preserved. I have concerns that many of these new homes are going to cost a lot.

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, I think I understand your view now, thanks for taking time out of your day to explain it to me.

(P.S. Good report, enjoyed reading, thanks for sharing.)

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 9h

Ah, so I misread the tone of your OP. You weren't cheerleading the possibility, just stating a fact. Thanks for clarifying, because seems like a mixed bag from my view.

I know passing RIP required big tradeoffs, but damn if these per/sq ft prices aren't pretty damn high for buyers.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 9h

What I'm getting at is: what guarantee is there that if we took the REACH properties out of the affordable market, up-developed them & put them back on the market that anything resulting would be affordable? Are there covenants in place or something?

(Forgive, I've been in transpo too long lol)

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 9h

What I'm seeing in my n'hood corner (now split) R2.5 lots: 1 BIG main house w ADU attached + 2 sm houses. Here's one example. (Main houses on 6481 & 6491 are bigger than 6471.) That's 12 units: are any affordable? (This was previously one big ole house.)

www.portlandmaps.com/detail/prope...

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 10h

Do you have data that the infill is preserving affordability? If so, where can I find it? Thank you for your advocacy!

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 12h

Never doubt us.
#TacticalOptimism

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 17h

what the hell, they arrested the clarinet player?! rude as hell, clarinet players have enough problems

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From the Portland community on Reddit: Clarinetist from local marching band detained

Explore this post and more from the Portland community

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 15h

Guessing it's the frog suits, but outsiders are too glib about our conviviality.

Fascism & white supremacy are politics of hatred, disconnection. We fight back with community as a weapon.

My heart is so full for the countless organizers who sustain this work all year when no cameras are on them.

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 16h

Portland is good at antifascism because we have always had to fight against homegrown fascists. Let's not forget that, or sugar-coat it.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 16h

Me, watching Portland swing from global darling to dumpster fire to global darling because of outsiders gazing at us through the keyhole once or twice a decade.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 16h

It's not all shits & giggles here; opposite, in fact.

The last decade has been incredibly hard. We struggle w/ housing shortage, poverty, homelessness, addiction. Crumbling infrastructure. Federal disinvestment & broken tax structure. And the business lobby turns on community at every opportunity.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 16h

We don't have a football team, so we do this every Sunday in the fall.

But srsly, People need to read more about Portland, OR: we've been doing conservation, participatory democracy, antifascism for decades.

Hard work building civic infrastructure is why we're capable of resistance like this.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18h

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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Friends of Portland Street Response @friendsofpsr.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Help spread the word! 📣

PSR was built with community, for our community.

Now you have a chance to help grow PSR so they can provide a compassionate first response citywide, 24/7 by becoming a volunteer for the PSR Community Committee!

Learn more and apply to volunteer at bit.ly/growpsr

Graphic includes a photo of 2 people volunteering next to a sign that says "We need Portland Street Response" Text on graphic reads: " Help PSR Grow! Join the Portland Street Response Community Advisory Committee. Learn More & Apply: bit.ly/growpsr Please share with your friends and networks!

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Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney @councilorepg.bsky.social · 1d

 “Our City Council is not sitting back. In Portland, we protect each other. We stand up for each other. And we will fight together to uphold the constitutional rights that belong to everyone in our community.”  

@counciloravalos.bsky.social

www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: Portland City Council stands ready to meet this moment

While the 12 city councilors representing four districts may disagree on various matters, they are united in their commitment to protect Portland, write City Councilor Candace Avalos and City Council ...

www.oregonlive.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

That said, TST Action Fund endorsed Mayor Hu for his council seat in 2022, so I'll remain optimistic.

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

His predecessor Mayor Lueb was one of the loudest multimodal/complete streets champions in the state and it's a great loss to our movement. I'm told the new mayor is already deprioritizing safety investments on Hall Blvd.

Policies & priorities are as important as commute mode, dig a little deeper.

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 1d

ERO/ICE agents crossed the street into the crowd to grab this protester. Agents on the roof shot pepper balls at the crowd.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

No fear, fight fascism.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Portlanders bring brass bands in banana suits and bicyclists in birthday suits.

Trump's occupying forces respond by shooting at the crowd with so-called "less lethal" projectiles, which are actually very harmful to humans.

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents in South Portland cleared the facility driveway for no discernible reason. Agents on the roof shot pepper balls at protesters.

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Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

#CultHero #EverydayAntifascist

Sarah Iannarone @sarahforpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Ole milkshake face, fash-chaser And* Ng* has been scrambling for relevance since he was working on the Portland State newspaper and renting a room in a ranch house at the base of Mt Tabor, don't let his fake Essex accent fool you.

Total loser, all day every day.

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