The Portland Immigrant Of The Year Plaque Is A Little Out Of Date

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Just pointing this out, not making any judgements. 

In the low retaining wall in front of The Portland Immigrant, there's a few polished granite slabs inset with the title of the work, credits as to who supported it, and, on the far right of this, a part where the Portland Immigrant Of the Year is listed. Here it is.

I imagine the social, political, and pandemical climate of the last three years has made keeping the tradition a bit problematical because, for whatever reason, there are three years that need names.

Notably, 2013's was Sho Dozono, who is a prominent Japanese-American businessman who is famous for owning Azumano Travel and ran for mayor in 2008, losing to Sam Adams, and 2016's was Som Subedi, who is familiar to anyone on Portland Facebook as a fairly fierce advocate for immigrants in the social media sphere.