Photo illustration: Axios Visuals. Photo: courtesy of Friends of Jamie Dunphy
Twelve new city council members will take their seats in Portland's overhauled government structure as the legislative branch next month.
The latest: Axios Portland reached out to the incoming commissioners to understand their policy priorities and learn one fun fact about them.
Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Jamie Dunphy, District 1
Policy priority: Repealing Portland's noise code
What he's saying: "This policy empowers police with subjective law enforcement abilities, allowing an officer to determine something is 'plainly audible' and shut it down without recourse or accountability," Dunphy told Axios in an emailed statement, adding that this was also his aim as a member of the board of directors for MusicPortland.
"It is disproportionately used on professional music businesses that are heavier in bass and drums, and tend to have Black and brown audiences."
🦸 Fun fact: Dunphy is a self-described nerd and cosplayer, who creates "reproductions of helmets and movie props" that he posts on "an Instagram account that almost no one follows."
