Explore popular quotes and sayings by a politician Steve Novick.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Steven "Steve" Novick is a former politician in the U.S. state of Oregon and a lawyer and political activist. Most recently he served a four-year term as a Portland City Commissioner โ a member of the City Council of Portland โ from January 2013 to January 2017. He was elected in May 2012 and assumed office on January 1, 2013. In 2008, he ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for the United States Senate, for the seat then held by Republican Gordon Smith, but narrowly lost to Oregon House speaker Jeff Merkley. On the Portland city council, he was in charge of the city's transportation department, among other responsibilities. Novick ran for re-election to the city council in 2016 but lost to Chloe Eudaly. Starting in 2018, he works as an attorney for Oregon Department of Justice.
The cost of health care and the cost of cars and fuel are huge burdens on families and businesses. We can reduce health care costs NOW by promoting biking, walking and transit.
The next time The Oregonian runs a misleading headline saying that it's because of bike lanes that people aren't having their streets paved, I want all of you to march down Broadway and occupy The Oregonian!