Justice
Portland's Mayoral Race Is Full of Delightful Oddballs
Could Oregon's largest city be helmed by a tree-climbing arsonist, a man who holds proof of God's existence, or the guitar genius behind the tweaker anthem, "Mobile Crank Lab"?
Could Portland's next mayor run the city while perched 50 feet high in a tree?
This is the strange question a voter might find herself mulling when casting a ballot in the Oregon city's upcoming May mayoral primary. Among the candidates is Tre Arrow, aka Michael Scarpitti, a convicted arsonist who has a habit of scampering up firs and oaks. In 2001, while protesting a logging site, Arrow fell out of a hemlock from about 60 feet up and sustained a broken pelvis and concussion.