Jeff Helfrich: Practicing Practical Politics
Tempers get raised. Lawmakers dig into opposing positions. The stakes feel enormous, immediate. Then local State Rep. Jeff Helfrich, from the experience of more than two decades in the Portland Police Bureau, calmly puts things in perspective: “There are no dead bodies.” It isn’t the sort of thing most people expect to hear in the […]
Clackamas County breaks ground on innovative approach to homelessness and addiction
The new Recovery Campus will provide a broad range of health and supportive services designed to help break the cycle of addiction, dependency, and homelessness By MIKE WILEY Publisher FOR Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West, the ceremonial shovels that turned dirt July 29 at the future Clackamas County Recovery Campus represented much more than the […]