If I cannot address the issue of visible homelessness and abject poverty on the streets of this community, I will not get re-elected in four years. — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
I get up in the morning and by the time I've gone to bed there's three or four or five new crises that weren't there when I started the day. That's what being mayor of Portland is about. — 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
