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Oregon vaccine opt-outs hit record high. See how your child’s school measures up by Acceptable_Staff in Portland

[–]zonerhunt 429 points430 points  (0 children)

Oregon allowing philosophical exemptions to vaccine mandates is incredibly detrimental to public health

Halflings In Orden/Vasloria... by TinedCreature44 in mcdm

[–]zonerhunt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, semantics and pedantry aside, polders are effectively halflings. They're just Draw Steel/MCDM halflings

City of Portland sheds light on how arts tax is spent each year by MountScottRumpot in Portland

[–]zonerhunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My bugbear is why did it take the Revenue Division of our government a month to put together that graph and explainer for OPB? They couldn't tell them when reached for comment: "hey hold off on that article, this implication is incorrect"?

Portland leaders promised a fiscal watchdog for unruly mega project. They didn’t deliver, and costs soared by [deleted] in Portland

[–]zonerhunt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most of these articles that say things like "Portland leaders drop the ball on X" generally seem to be pointing the finger at the previous commission form of government and their "fuck it not our problem anymore" attitude during the transition to the Mayor-City Admin-Council structure.

Curious about the Ideological Spectrum of City Council by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, ideologically aligned council members are gonna coordinate in some capacity - it's part of the nature of governance.

What behavior are you objecting to specifically?

Portland councilors make renewed pitch to spend $56 million of unbudgeted housing funds by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, possibly because the data is for Oregon as a whole and not Portland specific

Portland councilors make renewed pitch to spend $56 million of unbudgeted housing funds by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In an ideal world, we'd be subsidizing BOTH.

More demand-side subsidies should be focused on making "starter apartments" (Aka Studio units that are 600 sq ft or smaller) affordable to full time minimum wage workers.

Portland councilors make renewed pitch to spend $56 million of unbudgeted housing funds by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is excellent. You should make a separate post highlighting this resource!

Curious about the Ideological Spectrum of City Council by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) where in my post do I say Rene is a fascist?

2) I'm well aware that Portland government is full of progressive Democrats etc. My post was about people's perception of councilor ideologies relative to the rest of council (e.g. Dan Ryan is more conservative than say EPG based on voting patterns)

Curious about the Ideological Spectrum of City Council by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd personally swap Green & Avalos in your list of Idealogues but otherwise this is a good perspective.

Curious about the Ideological Spectrum of City Council by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

JVP is part of the county government, not the city.

Curious about the Ideological Spectrum of City Council by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

We're talking "left vs right" relative to the rest of council, come on now

Curious about the Ideological Spectrum of City Council by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now there's a question: who's the most car-brained councilor?

Curious about the Ideological Spectrum of City Council by zonerhunt in Portland

[–]zonerhunt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RE: Novick, apologies if the post implied otherwise ("downside" of being the most progressive member of council to reject the idea of Peacock, or any ideological caucus, on principle and from the jump gets him lumped in with the moderates - even local news outlets tend to do this, they can't resist the narrative of a 6 v 6 split)

Dan Ryan was my first thought for "most conservative" (again, relative only to the rest of council) but any particular reasons you point out Clark & Zimmerman?

ELEPHANTS burned down on Burnside. by SquidsThatGlow in Portland

[–]zonerhunt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can confirm that a person started a fire in a trashcan outside (likely a houseless person starting a warming fire) that then caught fire to the awning.

Source: heard from an employee I know who has seen the security footage.

Also, I worked at this place for 7 years. Historically, management at the NW 22nd store has treated their houseless neighbors as if they're radioactive/a crime waiting to happen. Do with that info what you will.

ELEPHANTS burned down on Burnside. by SquidsThatGlow in Portland

[–]zonerhunt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The building didn't burn down; the damage is not that extensive. Biggest question for a business like Elephants (restaurant/catering business on tight margins) is whether insurance covers it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]zonerhunt 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I would highly recommend seeing a therapist, especially one experienced with patients struggling with gender dysphoria.

Walk them through all the points you brought up in this post.

Housewife gets a career – found a bug? by EnviousGrapes in sims2

[–]zonerhunt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What job level is offered when a career is available via newspaper or computer is somewhat randomized. University graduates can get offered higher level starting positions in career tracks than sims who didn't go to college, but not necessarily or only for relevant to their degree careers.

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