Portland agency leader under investigation over alleged ‘inappropriate communications’ on work trip

Portland’s economic development agency has hired an outside law firm to investigate allegations that its brand new executive director made “inappropriate communications to a city staffer.”

Cornell Wesley, who assumed Prosper Portland’s top post in August, forcefully denied the allegations.

The city’s Human Resources Bureau received a complaint from a city staffer Oct. 3 regarding Wesley’s discourse during a recent out-of-state trip, Prosper Portland Board Chair Tavo Cruz confirmed in a statement Tuesday…

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