I have a beautiful desk. I rarely sit behind it. That's not where my job is. My job is in the community. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
Too often, the very institutions that are supposed to protect and serve our community have instead failed people of color, specifically our… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
If I cannot address the issue of visible homelessness and abject poverty on the streets of this community, I will not get… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
I believe my role as mayor is to be out in the community and as much as possible, I want my team… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
Again, when it comes to enforcement of our community standards, we support people's rights to demonstrate, but we don't care about who… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
I said I wanted to lay the foundation for my governance and that included building relations with the City Council, with bureau… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
Why are these things happening in Portland? In part, it's because we are a progressive community. Groups like Patriot Prayer and the… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
My privilege as a white man, my privilege as the mayor and the leader of the institutions of power in this community… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
We're going to send a unified message to the rest of this country, which is that we do not accept violence in… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
If we cannot create a beachhead, an anchor of affordability in our communities, in our urban areas, we will lose the people… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
We have an obligation at the local level to do everything we can with the resources we have. And we do those things. But… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
The City of Portland, our police bureau, and our employees do not cooperate with ICE. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
Is Portland worse off than other cities? Is Portland really 'Tent City U.S.A.?' I want to be clear: The answer is no. While the… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
We don't know what the trajectory of autonomous or linked vehicles will be, and we don't have a clear understanding on what that means… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
I certainly didn't see the mayor's withdrawal coming. I was looking for a highly contested mayoral campaign. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
Peaceful demonstrations are essential to our democratic system. Unfortunately, some individuals have engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity, including arson, rioting, looting, and damaging… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that's sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
Homelessness is an umbrella term for a lot of different problems that need separate solutions. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
There's no question that, in nearly seven weeks of nightly demonstrations, the police have done many things right, and they've done some things wrong… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
I was very clear that we'd invest much more in shelter space to get people off the streets, out of doorways, out from overpasses… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
