Posted on 11/18/2018 3:12:50 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Being mayor of Portland, Ore., may have gotten to Ted Wheeler.
On Thursday, after finishing a speech at the Oregon Health Forum in which he was heckled, Wheeler mumbled, “I can’t wait for the next 24 months to be over,” indicating he may not seek re-election, the Oregonian reported.
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"If you know me, you know I mutter quite a bit,” Wheeler said in a statement issued later in the day. “Not one of my most redeeming qualities. I will make a decision next year with my family if I am running for re-election."
In previous media interviews, Wheeler has complained about the job, calling it “no fun.”
The comment came a day after the City Council rejected his proposal to expand his powers to regulate protests. At the same meeting, the first-term mayor criticized a half-dozen people who regularly attended the meetings and subjected Wheeler to taunts and jeers.
Last month, Wheeler faced harsh criticism from a union that represents personnel from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding his handling of a 38-day protest in the city last summer by a group calling itself Occupy ICE.
The National ICE Council sent letters to state Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking them to look into whether Wheeler committed misconduct when he directed the city's police officers to not respond to certain calls for service during the protest in front of the local ICE field office, the Oregonian reported.
In July, the city drew negative attention after the Occupy ICE protesters were forced to vacate their camp because they left piles of trash and debris behind.
That same month, the leader of Portland's police union slammed Wheeler for his response to the city's homelessness crisis....
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Can’t take the heat.
I’ve worked for 18 companies as a contractor. In a couple of them I was pretty incompetent but kept them on charm (no, I’m not kidding), and they had golden handcuffs. But I was not happy.
When you suck at your job it makes you miserable.
....leave today azzhole...
Me thinks the Mayor of Portland is trying to do what the voters want him to do. His problem is that the Portland voters are insane and as such are driving him crazy. Although crazy and insane are not exactly the same thing, the difference between the two concepts is causing the Mayor to have doubts about the condition that his condition is in.
I’ve been to Portland Oregon.
What a drug infested crap hole.
Drug treatment centers all over, garbage all over, and homeless drunks all over.
Not worth going to EVER.
Can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Resignation is an option anytime.
And the city council would probably cheerfully accept your resignation, few questions asked.
But once you have acted, move quickly upon departure. Those stuck doorknobs can HURT.
A lot.
Portland, beautiful area, moronic people...
When you do NOT enforce the simplest laws on the books, you get more people breaking the laws.
No different than any backward country in Africa.
Typical screwed up Democrat.
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