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"Voters in Portland will consider a question on June 10 that deals with the future of local parks.Question 1 on election day asks residents if they favor having the right to vote on any proposal that would allow the city to sell a public park. June 10 is also a primary day for candidates for a variety of offices.Former Portland Mayor Ann Pringle spoke at Post Office Park on Thursday as part of the local group called \"Protect Portland Parks.\" She said they gathered more than 4,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot.The group formed after the city sold two-thirds of Congress Square Park to a private developer for the expansion of the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel, formerly known as the Eastland Hotal.\"I finally came out because I am distressed by the representation that our major parks are all, quote, 'protected.' As my remarks said, I don't think they are protected\u00A0\u00A0 to the degree in which the city is representing,\" Pringle said.\"I definitely, strongly disagree with Anne on that point, and I think our corporate counsel has clearly demonstrated that there are a number of different protections for park in the city of Portland,\" Portland Mayor Michael Brennan said.The citizen group said Portland's park system has 60 public spaces."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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