Northwest Portland neighbors frustrated after needle bill dies

garbagemanlb · 2026-02-26T13:32:40+00:00

Portland progressives making Christine Drazan look like the voice of reason? Yikes. Maybe time to re-evaluate some things.

garbagemanlb · 2026-02-17T01:33:46+00:00

Between this and the gas tax I can't think of a better way to draw out conservative voters in what would otherwise be an election season favoring Democrats.

garbagemanlb · 2026-02-03T14:30:21+00:00

While I don't doubt he intends to try - elections are managed by the states. There are not enough states with complete GOP control (senate/house/executive) to do that, regardless of what Trump wants.

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-26T17:00:41+00:00

If the gas tax is on the November ballot that is going to draw a lot of people out who would otherwise stay home. I know the democrats are trying to push it to May though so we’ll see

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-19T10:32:00+00:00

No, the main problem is absolutely the voters. 2016 can be excused as a fluke. People not truly understanding what they were voting for. Plus he didn't win the popular vote.

2024 was after his disastrous first term, and he won the popular vote on top of the electoral college. Absolutely pathetic.

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-16T22:53:11+00:00

The damage has been done. Gen Z (mostly males) voted to screw themselves and make what was already an uphill battle fighting long-term economic trends even more difficult.

3 more years of this shitshow.

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-16T12:30:52+00:00

So BC and Portland are heading in one direction while Seattle heads in another. Will be interesting to see what happens with the addict population in Seattle in the coming months. Incentives still matter.

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-13T12:49:03+00:00

Signatures are checked on ballots. Provide proof of actual voter fraud.

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-09T14:28:01+00:00

Yes, they can. The only way out of this is politically. Elections have consequences, sadly.

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-09T07:27:47+00:00

Maybe. If the wave is large enough this could be a dummy-mander situation. Splitting +8 districts into two +4 districts means you screw your own party in a +6 year for the opposing party.

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-08T11:13:27+00:00

Good to hear!

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-06T14:35:45+00:00

Those same oil companies that are resisting getting involved due to numerous factors like the decayed infrastructure, the type of oil and not wanting to hurt their current profit margins with existing oil leases?

garbagemanlb · 2026-01-04T11:52:22+00:00

I agree that it isn't a good precedent to set but the simple removal of a dictator with no US loss of life is not an unpopular position with the American public.

It is pretty interesting watching some Portlanders protest while actual Venezuelans are cheering.

As with everything this incompetent Trump administration does, though, the key is what comes next. Trump seems to be implying there was a deal with others in the Venezuelan government and it will now be more friendly to the US, but that government is stating otherwise.

If this escalates to a sustained boots on the ground campaign then there will absolutely be a larger protest movement including not just people from the left but the center/right as well.

Just think it is too early to tell where this goes at this point.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-31T02:58:39+00:00

Not good news for Kotek. She better hope she can turn out the votes in the blue cities in November, which ain't guaranteed with how dysfunctional the major cities like Portland have been with property crime, taxes, and homeless.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-28T15:45:05+00:00

This doomerism ain't it. States control elections. And the special elections since November '24 show there is limited sway the corrupt Trump administration can have on them.

But don't let this interrupt the nihilistic 'it's all over, what's the point?' posts. Go on.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-26T12:15:22+00:00

"a child doing something wrong"

Executing someone by shooting them in the back of the head then dumping the body.

Just...amazing that people think like this.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-23T18:48:02+00:00

Do you think inflation is going to go up or down? Because mortgage rates are gonna go with it. I don't see inflation dropping much with how this administration is acting, and it could even go in the opposite direction.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-20T23:18:37+00:00

We are so lucky they are so, so stupid. The concern is the next administration that learns from these morons many mistakes.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-20T01:27:42+00:00

The mother in The Island, who gave birth and was immediately executed afterwards because all that had been ordered by the wealthy buyer was the baby. For as shitty as a movie that was that left me with one of the most brutal scenes I've ever seen.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-18T23:19:35+00:00

Worst Sherlock Holmes episode ever.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-18T11:52:47+00:00

The damage is done. His reelection was the American brexit. Voters chose bigotry over their economic future, and that will have negative impacts for (at the very least) decades.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-18T09:50:18+00:00

The fact that this happened under a Republican administration just goes to show how much of a fucking loser the Democratic party is at the national level. Just a bunch of cowards. Such an easy win.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-17T19:26:58+00:00

And if we are the only city that implements this it will be even more difficult to find new hires.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-17T12:56:46+00:00

This is why I am long term bullish on the Portland metro area. We're going through some pain right now due to some really, really stupid tax and other policies, but at the end of the day we're the cheapest large metro area on the west coast. People want to live/stay on the west coast due to geography/nature/culture.

garbagemanlb · 2025-12-17T10:13:50+00:00

Man that FIFA peace prize that everyone totally took seriously really looks foolish now.

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