Exploring the complicated legacy of former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Charismatic, super smart and politically savvy. These are the words colleagues used to describe former Oregon governor Neil Goldschmidt, a Portland city commissioner in the early 1970s, before being elected as Portland's 45th mayor from 1973 to 1979. He remains Portland's youngest mayor in history at age 33. Goldschmidt was also Oregon's 33rd governor for one term starting in 1987.

Goldschmidt died June 12. He was 83.

Former Oregon governor Barbara...