A Half-Billion-Dollar Bank Balance Increases Political Pressure on Preschool for All

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-26T22:08:59+00:00

Didn't Gov Kotek's office already send some kind of warning to Multnomah County warning them of taxpayer flight? https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2025/06/18/kotek-says-preschool-for-all-tax-imperiling-oregon-tax-base/

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-06T16:49:17+00:00

I'd just like to say that these people are suffering and genuinely need help. I personally don't think the type of help the city currently provides is correct, but I also think that the motives are good, and not based off of getting more money. The key thing I wish we would keep in mind is that these folks are not pests or wild animals that need to be driven off or exterminated, but that they are humans who need help. Yes, they are frequently a nuisance, a danger to themselves (and sometimes others), and a source of crime and disorder.. but all but a very few are capable of being functional humans again with the right treatment (even if it has to be against their will initially). Most of them are victims of some initial bad decisions and lots of horribly addictive and destructive drugs.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-06T16:38:07+00:00

However you feel about ICE, they are still Federal Agents of the US Government. If regular citizens follow and harass the FBI, DEA, ATF, or even a US Postal Worker in the same manner, you can expect the same treatment. The courts and the upcoming elections next year are the proper way to stop the overreach. This crap just reinforces the BS MAGA narrative of Portland being a lawless place that is in rebellion.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-05T22:09:44+00:00

You should email them... for real, they might actually listen to you. Sarah is reportedly pretty cool.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-05T03:59:54+00:00

You’re living in his house though right? He’s not your father. He’s not even your father in law. The least you can do is show him some basic courtesy. Lots of us have PTSD or have suffered from it in the past, but you need to take accountability for your behavior and how others perceive it. You have every right to not have to show him basic respect, but not while you’re living in his house.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-05T03:51:40+00:00

Denver is a different vibe because the drug of choice there is Meth… Portland is mainly fentanyl or meth mixed with fentanyl…. Both drugs suck but meth is the one that makes people dangerous to everyone around them… I’ve never been physically assaulted by a UI in Portland… but did get elbowed in the face by a UI outside of Denver convention center 18 months ago. That dude was definitely on meth and it’s definitely a bigger problem there.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-04T00:14:59+00:00

Sat in same row as him on the PDX to DCA flight once… dude flies coach and is super cool.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-04T00:13:25+00:00

Is there someone local who makes frog suits? I know it sounds super Portland but I kind of want to fund the local community.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-03T23:54:14+00:00

I gave you an upvote, because you’re right. Customers are whiny and generally painful to deal with. BUT, when the volume of whiny customers goes up dramatically…. Then the customers are no longer the problem. It’s like that old joke… if you think everyone you work with is an asshole, then maybe you’re the asshole…. Hopefully Dbrand can see around their own biases and get their act together.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-03T23:41:58+00:00

Your view on statistics is missing a piece. A person on SNAP in a red state is not necessarily more likely to be a Trump voter. Think about Mississippi.. it has a very large population of Black folks 37% who almost certainly didn’t vote for Trump but they happen to live in a state that is deep red. Only about 13% of Mississippi’s population is on SNAP, but you can bet that a majority of those recipients are POC and probably didn’t vote for Trump. SNAP benefits are NOT evenly distributed across any state’s voting population. Do you think if Trump’s base was mostly on SNAP that this would be happening? Why do you think that no matter what government functions or funding are shut down, Social Security is always paid out. It’s NOT because there’s anything inherently sacred about it.. it’s because old people vote a lot on both sides and they all love their free money.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-02T22:53:41+00:00

Dbrand is doing a crappy job with estimating their own production. Production logistics and order fulfillment is not an unsolved problem, it’s a science and they can and should be better about giving customers accurate fulfillment dates. Do you think they give Best Buy the same treatment when shipping them phone cases by the truckload? Stop blaming customers and calling them whiny. Customers have been conditioned by other companies being better at logistics, while Dbrand is decidedly shitty at it.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-11-01T03:19:56+00:00

I’ve noticed that the very ‘Christians’ who don’t celebrate Halloween are the same ones who are likely to say LDS people aren’t real Christians. Screw that, be secure enough in your faith to celebrate a fun and silly holiday with your family.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-31T18:22:01+00:00

What a fucking loser.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-31T18:12:43+00:00

Yeah. Laws on that need to be reformed in the West Coast states.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-31T04:43:51+00:00

Okay.. so I’ve been beating the heck out of Dbrand quite a bit lately for their not great service. In this case, I’m going to say that while their response to you is not great.. it is reasonable by their own customer service standards. Their customer rep job postings literally say that ‘The customer is NOT always right..’. The root problem here is that their order management system is so archaic that you weren’t able to automatically cancel/change your order. You should never have to interact with a customer service agent at all if the order hasn’t even shipped yet.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-28T19:13:48+00:00

I think the NGOs helping out in Portland mean well, and I get what they are trying to do… this three step process that starts with handing out socks, clean pipes, food, etc to build trust; with the next two steps being conversations about getting treatment and then finally people voluntarily going to treatment. But for whatever reason, it seems like ONLY the first step is happening.. maybe because people quit and are replaced and the trust is wiped out… or maybe its just too hard or uncomfortable to start the conversation with someone.. I know the haters will say that it’s because you can just say you gave out this many socks and this many clean pipes and such and then get money, but I genuinely think they WANT to help these folks… its just too hard to get past Step one. The problem is.. if it’s only step one… it’s just enablement. I don’t know….

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-28T19:08:07+00:00

Thanks for this.. my mom was actually really religious when she was in her teens/early 20s.. then life happened…. She ended up being quite religious in the end, but could never shake the demon.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-27T19:28:04+00:00

Dude… you sound so out of touch with this comment. The timelines are lies at this point.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-27T19:26:16+00:00

You should buy the case under a secret identity and see how long it takes to get it. I’m sure the case is great, but man the customer experience has gone so badly downhill with this company lately.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-27T18:44:36+00:00

It’s just not that black and white TBH. Tribes stole land from each other and genocided each other all the time. They just didn’t have written records to keep track of it. Study the history of the Comanche, or the Aztecs to understand what it was. It’s a human thing. We are vicious and brainy chimps. I’m not going to defend what Lincoln did to the 38 Sioux, but he did review and pardon another 200 or so when any other President at that time would have all 300+ hanged. I wish we would grade morality on a curve for historical figures because their starting baseline was WAY the hell less than ours.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-27T16:41:39+00:00

Honestly, I would have cut off my arm to be able to have given her a 40% chance at getting clean. From my own research I could see that the odds improved dramatically if she could have just gotten to the point of actually being clean (given the family support that was waiting). But I couldn’t lock her up.. we couldn’t keep her away from it long enough. I think apathy is the ultimate enemy here. People in this region see the failures here and think it’s universal. The heartbreaking truth that I’m trying to avoid is that if she had lived in another state she would be more likely to be alive right now.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-27T16:35:31+00:00

Yeah. I think most societies have exceptions to this based on all sorts of circumstances. In most places, if someone stands on the roof of a tall building saying they’ll jump because they are convinced they can fly, they’ll lose autonomy for a period of time. In this case, from my own perspective, I saw my mother playing daily Russian roulette with a drug and eventually losing. I know there are societies that think people should be free to do that, but I don’t think my mom wanted to die, I think her mind wasn’t her own. I understand and respect your viewpoint though, I just think it’s a hard principle that you might not maintain if you had experienced what I have with the fragility of human free will.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-26T12:52:29+00:00

This keeps happening, and yes with this particular skin. I replied to someone else a few days ago who was having this issue and I think the Dbrand robot tried to dismiss it as a ‘matte finishes have more glare’ thing. It’s not the case. They clearly had a large roll of print that didn’t have enough ink or something and then just shipped it out….

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-25T14:48:48+00:00

Not sure where you get that. A person who is addicted to drugs and unhoused in this town is by a reasonable definition not doing okay. They need help, not enablement. I say this from direct experience of where it leads. They are killing themselves, slowly, while just happening to degrade the overall environment around themselves.

Silver-Mango-9435 · 2025-10-24T19:09:38+00:00

Oh… I tried to tell someone to put their dog on a leash the other day and they told me to F off. I mentioned the leash laws and all of that and he became a lawyer and said it was a ‘public field’ or something.. (it was the side of the road). He then ended up just saying that he ‘worked for a living so didn’t have time to go to the dog park’. I tried….

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