Personal profile for Clackamas Co. Commissioner Ben West; Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Reserve Officer; Cardiology RN. I cherish classic liberalism and Western values.
Wilsonville, OR
Joined June 2012
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1/ @TinaKotek is the superintendent for Oregon Public Schools.
My son and I met her on Labor Day at a picnic, and she even used our picture in her Labor Day campaign ad. 😬
Pause at the 8 second mark to see us.
facebook.com/watch/?v=106114…
ALT A brave Oregon mom and her son ask the Oregon Superintendent of Schools for help.
BREAKING!
Brad O’Neil LIED to voters on discipline claims & faces an ethics complaint, while Chair Craig Roberts pushes false attacks about a 2019 demotion.
TRUTH:
Sheriff Rhodes opened his files: reviews show he excelled & records confirm it was a restructure, not discipline. – at Timberlake, VA
Read the full story here:
oregonlive.com/clackamascoun… – at Timberlake, VA
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I rarely write opinion pieces. I don't view that as my job.
But what happened to Braiden Bell — worthy of some thoughts written down.
Braiden Bell: Hired for the right reasons, fired for the wrong ones. thedesk.net/2026/10/braiden-…
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The Trail Blazers hired 29-year-old Braiden Bell as their new TV play-by-play announcer.
Hours later, they FIRED him over offensive tweets he posted as a teenager in 2012 and 2013.
@ClayTravis reacts to another case of old social media posts costing someone their career:
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"He was hired to be an NBA announcer... and these journalists are like 'Hmm, I wonder if he ever said anything problematic! I'll dig through his tweets from 2012!'"
"That's a psychotic impulse... You need to REPENT, in therapy."
My take on the bizarre Portland Trail Blazers witch hunt.
Out-of-touch government workers; a clear sense of entitlement. – at Versailles, France
Multnomah County workers took to the streets on Thursday to protest the county's new return-to-office mandate. katu.com/news/local/multnoma…
STUPID! Isn't social media vetting done before a job is offered and announced publicly?
The @trailblazers are embracing woke cancel culture. No one should be judged for comments made at 15, and no one was offended.
Would they hold their players to the same standard? I’ve been a lifelong fan, but the Blazers look like a clown car!
oregonlive.com/blazers/2026/… – at Versailles, France
We implemented a recovery-oriented system of care at @clackamascounty and achieved the best outcomes in the region. – at Paris, France
President Trump signed an order last year directing federal policy away from Housing First, which prioritizes providing permanent housing without requiring sobriety or treatment first. The order instead emphasizes recovery & addiction-support approaches.
katu.com/news/local/oregon-h…
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Portland Mayor Keith Wilson refuses to endorse city council candidates who support police abolition, viewing it as irresponsible policy that harms the community. kgw.com/article/news/local/s…
LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE! 🔥👖🔥👖
BRAD O'NEIL PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE NOW!
Brad, a candidate for Clackamas County Sheriff is a liar and we don't need another unethical liar as sheriff in Clackamas County! – at Wilsonville, OR
Why are we shocked? These are not new revelations. He believes in these extreme ideologies and is a proud member of the @PortlandDSA. Their platform openly calls for Police, prisons, and borders to be abolished. He just got caught saying the quiet part out loud. VOTE HIM OUT! – at Wilsonville, OR
Councilor Mitch Green countered that he and Portland police alike don't want to be judged for their conduct circa 2020. kgw.com/article/news/politic…
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Councilor Mitch Green countered that he and Portland police alike don't want to be judged for their conduct circa 2020. kgw.com/article/news/politic…
Resign Immediately! – at Wilsonville, OR
‘Deeply disturbed’: Portland officials speak out against Councilor Green’s ‘outrageous’ social media posts about police
koin.com/news/portland/deepl…
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🚨🚨🚨PORTLAND POLICE ASSOCIATION calls on PDX City Councilor MITCH GREEN TO RESIGN:
Portland Police Association Calls on Councilor Mitch Green to Resign
PPA President implores elected leaders to publicly repudiate Green’s statements
PORTLAND, OR— “Absolute monsters.” “Bastards.” “Infamously cowardly.”
Portland Councilor Mitch Green’s professed “pure hatred for the Portland police” is disqualifying, and shocking.
But he didn’t stop there. His words celebrating violence against business owners and calling for destruction of
private property demonstrate his deep, personal animus against first responders, their selfless work, and all ofPortland.
When people say who they are, we must believe them. Deleting tweets won’t erase his reckless, destructive, and
violent ideology. It’s more than just “not a good look,” as he said. His beliefs, expressed in his own words, are disqualifying for an elected official.
Any city employee, let alone a police officer, caught even muttering such virulent comments under their breath
Councilor Mitch Green, a @PortlandDSA member, openly hates police, skipped thousands in property taxes, and literally lit an illegal brush fire during a burn ban.
His motto: Rules for thee but not for me!
Portland cannot survive this level of incompetence and idiocy! – at Wilsonville, OR
