A fire was set yesterday at the base of Asa Flats, a 16-story residential building. Drew no response, either from fire department or the management company.
These reports brings out all the latent skepticism and frustration that the City and County governments of Portlandia will ever do the right thing and take Public Safety seriously. Our new form of Government and the Bolsheviks dominating it don’t appear to be helping the situation.
I share your frustration with the City Council and the Mayor (and I identify as very left of center in ideology), but calling them "Bolsheviks" isn't helpful. A more specific critique would be.
I use the term Bolshevik in its historical context. The Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution, nefariously usurped the power of the Menshevik government trying to fashion the new nation. I see analogies between that event and the DSA’s activities on the City Council right now. Of course no real revolution will actually take place locally, but driving away an intact taxpayer base from Multnomah County likely will. I do not underestimate the damage they can do to our neighborhoods in the name of “Social Justice”.
OK. I understand your use of "Bolshevik" now, but i doubt most readers know the historical context. I definitely agree with your last sentence, however.
This is EXACTLY what I was afraid would happen! A lot of lip service, and NO ACTION. A bunch of "look what a great person I am" - eye roll - To Mayor Wilson: I don't care how great YOU are! Save everyone outside of your building. Congrats. How about those outside of the facilities you pushed on our/ my nieghborhood???? LIVE HERE! DEAL WITH THIS!!!
Exactly. If we don't keep reporting, the city and councilors will become complacent and assume all is good. All is NOT good. Today I saw no fewer than 12 drug users doing deals around the Safeway, 3 sleepers within a block of the new shelter (!). NONE of that is supposed to be happening, according the mayor. And yet we see it every single day.
If we do not receive a response in the new year from Wilson/city, we will have to consider orchestrating a demonstration outside city hall. LET'S MARCH!
At some point this stops being “policy choice” and starts looking like gross negligence.
When a mayor and city council refuse to enforce basic public safety laws—allowing open fires and open drug use to continue despite obvious harm—that’s not leadership. It’s willful neglect of duty - we’ve been putting up with this for too long and the outcomes are impacting every facet of Portland at this point.
Discretion has limits. Ignoring foreseeable danger crosses the line.
Accountability matters:
- Keep pressure on the current elects - they work for us and this is unacceptable
Get ready for the Oregon Burn Center to be full with the homeless again! And all on the tax payer’s dime. This is a shit show waiting to happen. Im sure the Stop the Sweeps crew is being placated, all while they hand out more tents and fire supplies. It’s just more of the same bs.
Even though my wife and I moved from the Pearl District to Clackamas County two years ago, I still have great affection for the Portland I recall moving to from San Diego in 2009, only to see that dream begin to dissipate beginning around 2015 when Charlie Hales was Mayor. So a full decade later, our old neighborhood is still experiencing the same BS we did in the North Park Blocks and elsewhere in the NW area some 10 years ago, and yet for reasons that completely escape me, the City and its governing structure still fail to grasp that the kind of things that Linda Witt and other vigilant community volunteers report are simply NOT ACCEPTABLE civic behavior. Portlanders are required to pay the highest aggregate state/county/city taxes of any major city in America — for WHAT? Underfunded police? Underfunded fire and ET? Underfunded or non-funded graffiti removal? Inadequate mental health services? How much should Portland residents take before saying “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?” I shake my head in amazement at how Portlanders have normalized inept and inadequate municipal services on all fronts. The City and County keep raising taxes and assessments, and yet things don’t get any better on any front. At what point does Portland begin seeing a genuine turnaround? So far, I just don’t see it, and I visit the City each week, and see little improvement downtown or in the Pearl.
Many thanks to my Pearl neighbors who are staying on top of this situation.
Just sent a complaint letter to Mayor Wilson.
A fire was set yesterday at the base of Asa Flats, a 16-story residential building. Drew no response, either from fire department or the management company.
These reports brings out all the latent skepticism and frustration that the City and County governments of Portlandia will ever do the right thing and take Public Safety seriously. Our new form of Government and the Bolsheviks dominating it don’t appear to be helping the situation.
I share your frustration with the City Council and the Mayor (and I identify as very left of center in ideology), but calling them "Bolsheviks" isn't helpful. A more specific critique would be.
I use the term Bolshevik in its historical context. The Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution, nefariously usurped the power of the Menshevik government trying to fashion the new nation. I see analogies between that event and the DSA’s activities on the City Council right now. Of course no real revolution will actually take place locally, but driving away an intact taxpayer base from Multnomah County likely will. I do not underestimate the damage they can do to our neighborhoods in the name of “Social Justice”.
OK. I understand your use of "Bolshevik" now, but i doubt most readers know the historical context. I definitely agree with your last sentence, however.
Thank you for reporting this!
This is EXACTLY what I was afraid would happen! A lot of lip service, and NO ACTION. A bunch of "look what a great person I am" - eye roll - To Mayor Wilson: I don't care how great YOU are! Save everyone outside of your building. Congrats. How about those outside of the facilities you pushed on our/ my nieghborhood???? LIVE HERE! DEAL WITH THIS!!!
We have got to keep reporting with pictures and letters to district 4 councilors and Wilson's office TENFOLD!!!
Exactly. If we don't keep reporting, the city and councilors will become complacent and assume all is good. All is NOT good. Today I saw no fewer than 12 drug users doing deals around the Safeway, 3 sleepers within a block of the new shelter (!). NONE of that is supposed to be happening, according the mayor. And yet we see it every single day.
If we do not receive a response in the new year from Wilson/city, we will have to consider orchestrating a demonstration outside city hall. LET'S MARCH!
I was thinking the same thing.
At some point this stops being “policy choice” and starts looking like gross negligence.
When a mayor and city council refuse to enforce basic public safety laws—allowing open fires and open drug use to continue despite obvious harm—that’s not leadership. It’s willful neglect of duty - we’ve been putting up with this for too long and the outcomes are impacting every facet of Portland at this point.
Discretion has limits. Ignoring foreseeable danger crosses the line.
Accountability matters:
- Keep pressure on the current elects - they work for us and this is unacceptable
- Vote in local elections
-Support challengers
-Recall is an option under Oregon law
Get ready for the Oregon Burn Center to be full with the homeless again! And all on the tax payer’s dime. This is a shit show waiting to happen. Im sure the Stop the Sweeps crew is being placated, all while they hand out more tents and fire supplies. It’s just more of the same bs.
Even though my wife and I moved from the Pearl District to Clackamas County two years ago, I still have great affection for the Portland I recall moving to from San Diego in 2009, only to see that dream begin to dissipate beginning around 2015 when Charlie Hales was Mayor. So a full decade later, our old neighborhood is still experiencing the same BS we did in the North Park Blocks and elsewhere in the NW area some 10 years ago, and yet for reasons that completely escape me, the City and its governing structure still fail to grasp that the kind of things that Linda Witt and other vigilant community volunteers report are simply NOT ACCEPTABLE civic behavior. Portlanders are required to pay the highest aggregate state/county/city taxes of any major city in America — for WHAT? Underfunded police? Underfunded fire and ET? Underfunded or non-funded graffiti removal? Inadequate mental health services? How much should Portland residents take before saying “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH?” I shake my head in amazement at how Portlanders have normalized inept and inadequate municipal services on all fronts. The City and County keep raising taxes and assessments, and yet things don’t get any better on any front. At what point does Portland begin seeing a genuine turnaround? So far, I just don’t see it, and I visit the City each week, and see little improvement downtown or in the Pearl.