A brutal and intense production full of uncomfortable revelations juxtaposed with the occasional oasis of beauty.
Author: Justin Pot
Justin Pot is the founder of Hillsboro Signal, and covers City Council. By day he writes about technology for How To Geek.
You can’t browse the shelves, work at a desk, or even enter the building. What you can do is borrow books.
Hillsboro stores have less than a month to stop offering single use plastic bags, thanks to a policy passed by city council last November.
Comcast recently added a seven per cent “city license fee” to residents’ bills, even though the fee in question isn’t entirely new.
The city is asking for your grandest ideas. Need a little inspiration to spark your creativity? Here’s a few things my wife and I contributed.
Hillsboro is launching a nationwide search for a new city manager and plan on contracting are hiring Portland-based consultants Waldron HR to run it. City Council opted for the nationwide search, as opposed to an internal appointment or a regional search, during a city council meeting on Tuesday, February 6. Why should regular citizens care? Because the city manager essentially runs the city. Hillsboro’s elected city council and mayor are unpaid, outside of a small stipend, and the majority have full time jobs outside of politics. The city manager conducts the day-to-day affairs of the city. Policy decisions are ultimately made by city council, yes, but the government is run by the staff, and the city manager directs that staff.[…]
“I jumped into this year’s election to get a handle on what the whole process is about.”
“A person making minimum wage can’t get an apartment right now. That’s not okay.”
“The thing that I love about parks is they really are there forever.”
“I believe that service to my local community is more important than anything else.”