>>>*After watching the situation in Portland, Le' and I are pretty glad we only had to stay up there a couple of days this trip.

There seems to be a few folks with what to them are real issues, it takes some searching to find them though.

What has happened is the homeless and street folks (of which Portland has an abundance) know a good deal when they see it and have moved in on the situation. There seems to be a good portion of predators also, hookers, drug dealers, the typical fringes of society all showing up in one place.

Easy to see why, the police are being kept with their hands off under the orders of the "mayor."

I doubt that except for a few that Wall street or major companies have much to do with it. Lots of signs though.

Dirty, smelly, messy place, now with reports of Scabies, even Whooping Cough?

One thing: nearly every single bush has been well...*uhh.."fertilized"... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> ....*EB