“First of all, being out of office is great, I highly recommend it. There are bittersweet aspects of it, you know. I spent 4 years building some things. And we saw incredible growth in the DA’s office and built programs from scratch. And spent the last two years of my term essentially being put on my back foot… (meanwhile) during my tenure (crime dropped) precipitously. “
– Mike Schmidt (paraphrased)
Former Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt joins us to talk about his work as General Council at Urban League of Portland and his new podcast, The Schmidt Show PDX. Mike turned lemons into lemonade, turning the expensive negative campaign against him into promotion for a podcast that focuses on the forces for good in Portland. We also shoot the proverbial shit about the Current City Council, Portland Police Bureau, County politics, and more.
