''Homeless Portlanders’ conversations about sweeps commonly progress to a particular source of ire: Rapid Response Bio Clean, a private, for-profit hazardous waste removal corporation contracted by the city of #Portland...''
#Portland created its so-called inclusionary housing program, requiring low-cost apartments to be mixed in with market rate ones, as an effort to address the city’s inadequate supply of affordable housing
There’s a bike policy ride this Saturday in #Beaverton where you can hear and ask questions about #Biking infrastructure projects to reduce car dependence in the city.
> Hearing you brag about your trip that cost thousands of dollars is classist as fuck. Must be nice to have a disposable income and unlimited time to be a dickhead. You're just a racist asshole annoying other people around the world so you can come back annoy people who have to hear how "spiritually enriching" your time in India was and now you only eat chicken tikka masala
> Daimler Truck North America said Friday it will spend $40 million to build a new electric vehicle engineering facility at its Swan Island headquarters, choosing Portland over two other sites it had considered. The company said it will also build a new $3 million Portland training facility.
Hey PDX folks! What local organization(s) do you think is/are doing the most effective job at combating homelessness? I'd like to donate a portion of my new raise.
"Portland Cider Company’s Original Gold Cider received the best-in-class trophy at the International Brewing and Cider Awards yesterday in London. This is the first time in the competition’s 136-year history that a U.S. cidery has won."
Quick story about a #PDX neighbor. Was walking my dog this morning and passed by a man slumped on top of a bicycle on the ground sleeping. Checked to make sure he was alive; he looked dehydrated. Went back to give him food and water, check on him again. Then PPB rolled up us cuz some other neighbor called the cops on him. He was getting up, said he was ok, didn’t need medical. Cop took off thankfully, seeing he had food and water from me and was alert and able to carry on.
I'm at a conference at the federal courthouse, and as I drove here l observed cops (not in riot gear) on every corner surrounding Portland State University (the urban campus downtown), and schoolbuses pulling up in front of the Schnitz and also backing up traffic on the freeway nearby. Looks like they're about to roust the antiwar encampment, and expecting multiple arrests. #Portland#PDX