Sotomayor: what about cities without compassion. Where are they supposed to sleep? Are they supposed to kill themselves?

Homelessness in Oregon is in the national spotlight today with the #GrantsPassVJohnson case.

For a primer on the origins of Oregon's homeless crisis and possible solutions, here's something I pulled together last year:

opb.org/article/2023/1…

A trusted source on Oregon's houselessness crisis, looking forward to following your coverage from DC, jeremiah hayden

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Isaiah The Oregonian This election, it's progressive future vs. conservative past. Fauxgressives co-opt our language because they lack viable policies to address what they call progressivism's failures. They'd rather dismantle Clean Energy Fund, Preschool 4 All, Street Response, Police Oversight etc.

'Why does Oregon need a Future Transportation Caucus? Simple: Because our future demands it.' Our Executive Director sarah iannarone (she/her) explains how this can help us win better transportation investments to #MoveOregonForward in 2025 and beyond...

But her skirt! *clutches pearls*

If appreciating pop art in fashion makes me wrong, I don't want to be right. 👗✨

When Bob Day was appointed interim police chief last fall, he said he uninterested in serving as Portland's police chief for the long term (And Mayor Wheeler agreed that it wasn't the right move).

Six months later:

opb.org/article/2024/0…

You guys hear about the eclipse?

My shots from downtown Akron

If money were no object, and you could live in any neighborhood in the world, which would you choose and why?

Watching that goofy Blackberry movie on Hulu and it's bringing me back. Was that device truly the last in-pocket that made my life simpler, not more complicated... or is that nostalgia effect kicking in? In any case, I loved that machine at the time.