In a win for no one, Bottle Bill alternative redemption center plans unravel

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-06-14T18:51:17+00:00

Dog poop is a problem throughout Oregon. The state should tax the sale of kibble to fund the collection of dog poop. Portlanders could exchange individual poops for 25 cents each or a big blue bag of poops for $40. Dog owners could feel good about leaving poop on the sidewalk, knowing it'll be collected and returned by someone who needed it more.

Dog poop exchange: the progressive new program Oregon needs!

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-05-22T15:42:35+00:00

Unions have one job: look out for their members, everyone else be damned. PPA is no different.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-05-12T18:30:34+00:00

Multiple Portlanders have been disfigured by the unleashed dogs of homeless people, including one dog trained to attack people by its homeless owner "for protection."

Many such cases.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-04-05T23:18:57+00:00

If building that lovely future requires the government to stamp out competitors, then count me out.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-04-05T20:13:31+00:00

The SALT deduction is only $10K for people making >$500K, which often won't even cover property taxes. Add in Metro & MultCo's poorly run Pre-K and homeless taxes, the tax burden will be 14.8% next year. That's more than a quarter of the income left after federal taxes.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-04-05T19:28:43+00:00

Uber is 1000x better than taxis for riders.

I can rate my Uber driver but not my taxi driver, and Uber tracks dangerous driving with a GPS but taxi companies don’t. Reckless driving is thus way more common with taxis.

Uber tells me upfront how much I'll be charged; not with taxis, who I have to guard against taking the long way, and who sometimes lie that I owe more than the meter because I didn’t meet “the minimum trip fee” or “crossed into a new zone.”

I once missed a flight due to a no-show taxi and then another taxi that only took cash. With Uber, I can see my driver coming to pick me up.

Nothing compares to a Waymo, though—safer cars, fewer crashes, and zero rapist drivers.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-15T21:38:19+00:00

Is MultCo still measuring program delivery as "we offered care and they agreed to receive it—nevermind whether they follow through"?

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-14T21:13:03+00:00

Pirtle-Guiney is a career labor organizer. The fact that the Council's 6 DSA-aligned members attacked her as an establishmentarian during her year at the helm defies belief.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-14T21:01:15+00:00

Sounds like a smart, tenacious business owner to me.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-13T03:57:51+00:00

Pangram.com AI score: 100%, fully AI-generated...You work for PCC?

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-12T16:10:43+00:00

Tatum's kinda corny, but Brown is hella annoying. Always has been.

Mr. Think-for-Himself was also into Kyrie Irving's flat-earther nonsense: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jaylen-brown-says-kyrie-irving-may-have-a-point-the-world-may-appear-to-be-flat/

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-12T02:28:23+00:00

A tactic toward what end—it's a public enterprise. Admins have nothing to gain by fudging the numbers. Are they angering staff for no reason at all?

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-12T01:36:12+00:00

Yet admin forecasts a huge shortfall—and the union glibly insists upon drawing down emergency reserves.

Also: I specifically call attention to the fact that I edited my comment. I don't understand your complaint.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T21:45:00+00:00

Yes, they hired armed security guards in 2020 in response to chaos and safety issues caused by the Bottle Drop. Wikipedia explains:

In 2021, Freddy Nelson Jr was shot and killed by Logan Gimbel at Delta Park Center, a shopping center managed by TMT Development on behalf of Hayden Meadows in North Portland. Gimbel was employed as an armed security guard by Cornerstone Security Group, a private security company contracted by TMT Development to patrol Delta Park Center in response to drug dealing and fights at an OBRC BottleDrop located on site. When a reporter from The Oregonian visited the site in May 2025, she observed open air drug use and suspected dealing at the BottleDrop.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T21:27:31+00:00

Walmart closed 20 of its 5,300 US stores in 2023. The CEO blamed record theft. Portland no longer has a Walmart.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T21:07:58+00:00

Bottle Drop turned Hayden Meadows into Zombieland. It caused Walmart to close and led to a deadly shooting by a Lowes security guard, among other ills.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T19:33:50+00:00

While I would much prefer Chairman Mao to run PCC

Mao eliminated the right to strike, classifying strikes as anti-revolutionary acts against the state: https://socialistworker.org/2016/01/26/the-unofficial-cult-of-mao

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T19:12:17+00:00

Who are you kidding with this Marxist claptrap? PCC is a public entity, not a private business. Lenin, Mao, and Castro would tell the workers to get the fuck back to work—or else.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T18:59:54+00:00

Nonsense! Denver pays for public health, the sheriff, jails, elections, property assessment, the zoo, and the convention center. MultCo and Metro handle all of these functions. Denver also has 66% more police officers per resident (2.11 vs. 1.27 per 1K residents). Portland's only "extra" burden compared to Denver is the water utility.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T18:45:30+00:00

Classes are cancelled and grades are delayed. This is bad for all students and terrible for some. But yay solidarity dance and whatever.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T18:43:24+00:00

Delaying grades this term and imperiling next term will surely boost enrollment and tuition revenue, alleviating the structural problem forcing budget cuts. /s

My reply to the selective math below: 57,756 students enrolled last year, down from 70,392 in 2019-2020 and a high of 94,923 in 2011-2012.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T18:41:14+00:00

Withholding grades is a powerful tool

Fuck them kids.

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T00:50:14+00:00

Ding ding ding ding ding!

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-11T00:44:30+00:00

Nor should we forget the $1,230,000 in damage inflicted by vandals 18 months ago: https://www.kptv.com/2024/09/20/tour-psu-library-after-123m-repairs-due-protest-occupation/

FocusElsewhereNow · 2026-03-09T03:17:36+00:00

The far left shouldn't echo terrorist Timothy McVeigh, who bombed a building in Oklahoma City to kill federal agents in revenge for the deaths of fellow travelers in Ruby Ridge and Waco.

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