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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Almost forgot! Q3 lobbying data should be live by the end of the month

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Filters are now editable. Sorry it took so long.

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

To the ongoing surprise of the guy who built the thing, Big Blink PDX sees regular use as a research tool. Local political activists and journalists have mentioned using it, and so have people named in the official lobbying reports. There’s a new way to sift its haystack, metaphorically speaking:

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Lobbying data for 2026 Q2 is live, online, right now, at the City Auditor's site, and at the Big Blink has incorporated the data for its own lobbying-related purposes. Give it a click: bigblinkpdx.org?quarter=2026...

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Remixing lobbying data published by the City of Portland, Oregon · The Big Blink PDX

Lobbying activity according to data published by the City of Portland, Oregon

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yesterday, the City of Portland wrapped up the second quarter of 2026. As usual, lobbying entities have a week or two to get their Q2 reports filed with the Auditor’s Office. Updates should hit the website by the end of the month.

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Data for the first quarter of 2026 is live. Overall lobbying is up over the prior three quarters (and probably much higher than reported) while slightly down YoY. bigblinkpdx.org?quarter=2026...

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Remixing lobbying data published by the City of Portland, Oregon · The Big Blink PDX

Lobbying activity according to data published by the City of Portland, Oregon

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A small but long-planned update: Note the little light blue squiggle on the right side of the chart below. That's an estimated total of quarterly lobbying interactions since 2025 Q2. Estimates are presented in a select number of charts. You can interact with this one on bigblinkpdx.org/people/1069

A screenshot of bigblinkpdx.org showing the detail page for City Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Lobbying data for 2026 Q1 should be firmed up by the middle of next week 👀 and posted to Big Blink soon after

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Did you know the City of Portland’s relatively robust lobbying regulations rely on self-reporting? Lobbyists are expected to register with the City, maintain records of their interactions with officials, and submit their records to the City. Not everything you might consider lobbying gets reported!

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The City of Portland published its collection of 2025 Q4 lobbying reports, closing out the first full year of operation under the reformed City Charter. Q4 was a big quarter for lobbying and lobbyists and the Big Blink's back to help break it down. 🧵 bigblinkpdx.org/sources/97

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Data Sources · The Big Blink PDX

Activity from Lobbying Activity Report for Q4 2025 according to lobbying data published by the City of Portland, Oregon

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The term "revolving door" describes movement from the public sector to the private sector (and vice versa). Many Portlanders have walked through the revolving door and slowly, bit by bit, Big Blink PDX has been taking steps to surface the phenomenon as it exists in Portland City lobbying data.

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Q3 lobbying data is online! Overall lobbying is way down from the first two quarters … possibly. More on that in a bit. Big surprises? Nah. The Portland Business Alliance claimed responsibility for more than 40% of all entries, securing the org's #1 spot since 2014. bigblinkpdx.org?quarter=2025...

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Remixing lobbying data published by the City of Portland, Oregon · The Big Blink PDX

Lobbying activity according to data published by the City of Portland, Oregon

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Next Monday, Portland summer terms out 🍁 and City Hall’s lobbyists have eight more days to get their Q3 policy requests in. One month after that, we’ll be paging through another comma-separated snapshot showing who pushed what concern with whom. End of quarter + 1mo. Just setting expectations here.

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Thanks to a trove of City personnel data and two months of unobtrusive changes, Big Blink PDX can answer a question left unanswered by City lobbying reports: Who is this?? Wherever possible, Portland City officials are now identified by the position they held on the date of each lobbying incident.

Lobbying Incident

ENTITY:
Oregon Smart Growth

DATE:
June 25, 2025

TYPE:
Text Message

CATEGORY:
Housing and Community Development

TOPIC:
Temporary SDC Waiver

OFFICIALS:
Dan Ryan
Councilor for District 2

Kezia Wanner
Senior Council Aide for Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2)

LOBBYISTS: Amy Ruiz

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Not only was City budget season hectic. It overlapped with the first quarter (Q2) lobbyists were allowed to merge multiple lobbying interactions into a single entry. Q2 is online, with a teensy bundle of technical changes that couldn't have shipped before today. Numbers are down, but that's fine:

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Remixing lobbying data published by the City of Portland, Oregon · The Big Blink PDX

Lobbying activity according to data published by the City of Portland, Oregon

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Q2 data arrives sometime in the middle of next week! In the meantime, work is underway on the feature teased last month. Thanks to recently acquired personnel data, it’s possible to start identifying City officials by role. The lobbying records name names, but neglect to say who these people are.

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Quarterly top fives are now viewable in the site's Leaderboard, with totals and percentages representing for the selected quarter. Data for the most recent quarter (2025 Q1) is available at bigblinkpdx.org?quarter=2025..., with Q2 data expected to arrive at the end of the month.

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Next Monday, the 2nd quarter of 2025 wraps up, with new Portland lobbying data expected to follow on 7/30 … including a change to reporting requirements that may affect your enjoyment of the Big Blink PDX service. Starting in Q2, lobbying entities may combine multiple related lobbying incidents.

A screenshot from slide 28 of a presentation on the Portland City Auditor's 2025 lobbying disclosure regulations. Under the header:

Lobbying activity reports
New changes to help streamline reporting begin Q2 2025

appears a table showing columns for required lobbying incident details, including this text in the "Date" column:

*Upcoming Change:
Select one date/ date range for same subjects and actions of interest

and this text in the "Contact Type" column:

*Upcoming Change:
Select multiple methods

https://www.portland.gov/auditor/lobbyist/documents/lobbyist-training-2025-city-disclosure-requirements-notes/download

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Lil ish: City Hall expects lobbying entities to self-report their interactions with officials, so people can turn up in City records under different names and even spellings. It's fair play to go by "Dan" in one room and "Daniel" in another, tho software tends to want the same things to be the same.

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

To spare you a week of hitting reload … … although our first full quarter under Portland’s new form of government (!) wraps up this Monday, March 31, Q1 lobbying data is not expected to be released until April 30. Big Blink should be able to chew through that data in a couple three days. Early May?

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The Big Blink would have its work cut out for it if Multnomah County, Metro, and the City of Portland adopted uniform lobbyist registration and reporting requirements! Among local governments the City does the most — keeping track of lobbyists and their activity and publishing the data it collects.

wweek.com

Multnomah County Awards a Billion Dollars in Contracts Each Year Without Lobbying Rules

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Lobbying data for the last quarter of 2024 has been published by the City of Portland and added to bigblinkpdx.org. This data represents the last business conducted under Mayor Ted Wheeler and the outgoing City Council — and also marks the first appearance of Zenith Energy in City lobbying records.

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Remixing lobbying data published by the City of Portland, Oregon · The Big Blink PDX

Lobbying activity according to data published by the City of Portland, Oregon

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The Big Blink @bigblinkpdx.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The City of Portland published lobbying data for Q3 2024 on October 30, including 360 lobbying incidents reported by 14 entities. The Portland Business Alliance logged 193 (54%) of those incidents, more than 3x the combined total claimed by proponents of a new Central Eastside entertainment venue

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Data Sources · The Big Blink PDX

Activity from Lobbying Activity Report for Q3 2024 according to lobbying data published by the City of Portland, Oregon

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