Just found your stuff. Great piece. I’m a nurse that works at a low barrier detox and just recently had to call the cops on someone (we don’t have security) to be escorted out after he was threatening to punch staff and calling me a bitch. THATS who’s back on the streets, as you said. Or how about the guys that leave the facility during last years severe ice storm?
I wish Sophie would’ve gone way harder, but the good news to me is…if we make the DSA mainstream, more and more Portlanders will know who not to vote for next go around. Also, most ppl didn’t understand RCV or STV, I know I didn’t
And where are the other two overnight homeless shelters? That's right: places where it's relatively slim pickings for would-be criminals: Old Town (30 SW 2nd Ave) and North Portland (5325 N. Williams Ave). In contrast, people with deep pockets pay dearly to live within casing distance of the proposed Pearl District shelter at 1435 NW Northrup Street. Let the Hunger Games begin!
Media in Portland always lies. This is not surprising at all. And those "statistics" of lower crime near homeless shelters are a JOKE. Anyone with half a brain knows that is absolute BULL crap. My prediction about these "leaders" who won by the skin of their teeth, like Angie, (who talks about penis size) and Candy, (who weeps about things that never impacted her) with this new corrupt voting system will be One Hit Wonders. Just like Chloe and JoAnn. Hope they're saving their pennies. The fun will be over sooner than they think. LOL...
This gives me hope. Candace and Dumpy are in til 2028, but if we get those other one hit wonders out, they can be put in there place
I just look at these clowns and then i remember Portland actually didn’t vote for them. The unions and activists did who make up a very small portion of Pdx
Exactly. They didn't win by any normal process, and to win at only 25 percent? WOW. That is nothing to brag about. Also, "Dumpy..." I love that. Stealin' ... LOL...
Theresa, I wish I could agree with you. Candace helped designed the system that elected her, Angelita and many of the clowns on the City Council (at $133,000 salaries a year with inflation protection). All they need do is garner 25% of the vote+1 and they are in like Flynn. Chloe, Schmidt and JoAnn weren't reelected in city-wide contests where the threshold was 50%+1 in a two-way race. The bar is now so low that I fear that the DSA crowd is undefeatable because of how they play their Social Justice cards in their districts.
Candace, Tiffany, Jamie, Mitch and Angelita could NEVER have been elected in the first place under the old system.
I hope you are wrong! I think Portland didn’t know what they were getting themselves into. I’m hoping with oppo, voter education and it being an election year will get most of these MFs out
Worth noting that the shelter the mayor wants to put in the pearl won’t require the homeless to avoid drugs or alcohol. Would you want that in your neighborhood?
And it's congregate shelters, which have been proven to be extremely problematic. Assaults, rapes, thefts. The shit goes down when they're all crowded together, as opposed to the Pod shelters that have proven to be so successful. Keith really doesn't have a clue...
Just found your stuff. Great piece. I’m a nurse that works at a low barrier detox and just recently had to call the cops on someone (we don’t have security) to be escorted out after he was threatening to punch staff and calling me a bitch. THATS who’s back on the streets, as you said. Or how about the guys that leave the facility during last years severe ice storm?
I wish Sophie would’ve gone way harder, but the good news to me is…if we make the DSA mainstream, more and more Portlanders will know who not to vote for next go around. Also, most ppl didn’t understand RCV or STV, I know I didn’t
And where are the other two overnight homeless shelters? That's right: places where it's relatively slim pickings for would-be criminals: Old Town (30 SW 2nd Ave) and North Portland (5325 N. Williams Ave). In contrast, people with deep pockets pay dearly to live within casing distance of the proposed Pearl District shelter at 1435 NW Northrup Street. Let the Hunger Games begin!
Media in Portland always lies. This is not surprising at all. And those "statistics" of lower crime near homeless shelters are a JOKE. Anyone with half a brain knows that is absolute BULL crap. My prediction about these "leaders" who won by the skin of their teeth, like Angie, (who talks about penis size) and Candy, (who weeps about things that never impacted her) with this new corrupt voting system will be One Hit Wonders. Just like Chloe and JoAnn. Hope they're saving their pennies. The fun will be over sooner than they think. LOL...
This gives me hope. Candace and Dumpy are in til 2028, but if we get those other one hit wonders out, they can be put in there place
I just look at these clowns and then i remember Portland actually didn’t vote for them. The unions and activists did who make up a very small portion of Pdx
Exactly. They didn't win by any normal process, and to win at only 25 percent? WOW. That is nothing to brag about. Also, "Dumpy..." I love that. Stealin' ... LOL...
Not only 25%, but 25% of their district!! So what’s 25% of a quarter? Let’s just say it’s very small lol
Theresa, I wish I could agree with you. Candace helped designed the system that elected her, Angelita and many of the clowns on the City Council (at $133,000 salaries a year with inflation protection). All they need do is garner 25% of the vote+1 and they are in like Flynn. Chloe, Schmidt and JoAnn weren't reelected in city-wide contests where the threshold was 50%+1 in a two-way race. The bar is now so low that I fear that the DSA crowd is undefeatable because of how they play their Social Justice cards in their districts.
Candace, Tiffany, Jamie, Mitch and Angelita could NEVER have been elected in the first place under the old system.
I hope you are wrong! I think Portland didn’t know what they were getting themselves into. I’m hoping with oppo, voter education and it being an election year will get most of these MFs out
They’re crooked. Unstable. Biased. Uneducated and weak. Give it time. They’ll screw up in new and even more entertaining ways. LOL…
Worth noting that the shelter the mayor wants to put in the pearl won’t require the homeless to avoid drugs or alcohol. Would you want that in your neighborhood?
Pearl residents voted for these policies just like the rest of Portlanders, they can live with it like everyone else.
And it's congregate shelters, which have been proven to be extremely problematic. Assaults, rapes, thefts. The shit goes down when they're all crowded together, as opposed to the Pod shelters that have proven to be so successful. Keith really doesn't have a clue...