Fed up with Portland's vandalism, crime and fees, business owner moves to Tigard

[@shawnm6621]

People complain and complain, but keep on voting in these useless politicians.

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

Oregon elections are rigged.

[@geot4647]

Or they vote for morons on the other side, e.g. Trump, and cycle of bad behavior on both sides never ends.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I find much of the problem is people that rent. They think all the great giveaways by the government are free and vote for them and then complain about seeing their rent raised. It used to be only people that actually owned property and paid property taxes could vote.

[@thomasmacon6661]

From both shitty sides.

[@prdubi]

@@geot4647 Where are the republicans?? There isn't any in Portland. Democrats run everything including the state and federal. Where are they?? Be honest and get real.

[@party4keeps28]

The city's statement was basically, "You think that's bad! It's way worse everywhere else in the city."

[@bettybrooks6555]

@party4keeps28 That's a cop out - no pun intended funny. Talk about turning a blind eye. We haven't seen any serious endeavors to tackle any of the disastrous problems in Portland. The so-called "mayor" Wheeler should be demoted to garbage collector!

[@billmoran3219]

Yeah like he should feel lucky, there are far worse things so suck it up !

[@VinceYoutubr]

They are comparing shit holes while they did nothing lol

[@justforviewing2]

Exactly- and it's fallacious reasoning as a way to distract from the truth- the 'It could be worse" fallacy.

[@bobbarker9556]

Keep voting blue no matter what they do

[@ronjenkin3461]

Stop electing idiots!

[@harrycrazy46]

stop watching stupid right wing bullshit

[@CytoplasmicGoo]

They’re all idiots. Two sides of the same coin.

[@kitchenerleslie6177]

Don't vote for a fascist cult in China made red hats.

[@josephmadpdx]

We need to vote differently. This once beautiful city sucks now. It's a gamble driving anywhere in the city. Too many non plated and probably not insured cars that drive like they just stole it. Then to see the trash and graffiti. And the homeless encampments everywhere. I don't know what the answer is but I do know the definition of insanity is. So with that, we need a change in leadership

[@jasonlarsen3515]

@@josephmadpdx but that might impact shallow relationships people have that may cause judgement from those they don’t really know

[@hellsfirefreedomtube6984]

Stop voting Democrat

[@tomjohnson6036]

That change is needed at the state level as well. Even in conservative cities in Oregon the states politicians and judges are tying the hands of those trying to make it livable.

[@mikeg3439]

Let me guess: "a different Democrat Socialist", right? Because that's all you guys ever do when you want something to change. You effectively do the same damned things. God help you if you vote for a conservative, they might actually hire police and allow them to arrest people for crime! [gasps, fainting, pearl clutching]. Your city is a rolling dumpster fire and I don't really see any hope for it, sorry.

[@mattburrito]

vote trump than

[@rr8960]

Outrageous property taxes, homeless parking in the neighborhood, and a mayor who has the backbone of jello, caused us last year to say goodbye to a city we used to love.

[@geot4647]

One of the funniest descriptions of Wheeler I've heard is "profoundly beta."

[@Jewels-Xo]

Why leave? Oregon voted for Biden! Stand on it!

[@thebeasters]

It's a free country and if you're parked illegally on a road, you have more than a right to be there. Nobody knows anything about the creation of this country

[@thebeasters]

​@@Jewels-Xowe do you traitors

[@geot4647]

@@thebeasters "Nobody knows anything about the creation of this country" - Old squatting & homesteading liberties went away when the country got too crowded. Now, it's just smug criminals who think laws are meaningless and bad/greedy behavior never needs to be controlled. Parking laws are just a small aspect of keeping selfish people in line (whining about rights w/o responsibilities). Go to a mostly lawless country and preach your woke gospel, if you stay alive long enough.

[@Aminuts2009]

Stop voting for the madness.

[@JBM425]

THIS! ✅

[@XenaphobeJoe-n1j]

Trump caused this mess with his MASSIVE job loss

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

😂 they are not smart enough to figure out they are the problem

[@catacocamping874]

And people say all cities are like this but don’t hear people leaving those cities

[@RudyRude-wp8ep]

But but but orange man bad, so we must submit to our democrat overlords who want the same control over people they had over the slaves.....TDS is still rampant

[@jeanetteh.9240]

I don't live in Portland proper so I cannot vote in Portland city elections, but I support this business owner 100%. The sympathy for homeless drug users is not doing them or anyone else any good.

[@agnome3777]

Business owner: "We've been vandalized, set on fire, defecated on and more by local out of control transient crime." Mayor Wheeler: "Hush, the area you are in is not a hotspot, it's way worse nearby."

[@reuveng1960]

Typical Mayor answer... hilarious.

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Homelessness should be criminalized, but there is too much money to be made off of these people.

[@Piano_Castle]

Was it "mostly peaceful" defecation, though?

[@sonofrobert]

Mayor, quiet! Nothing to see here. Imagine it's not happening and it will go away. Rainbows and Unicorns..lol Mayor Poop Wheeler, trust fund baby.

[@sonofrobert]

​@@TVHouseHistorianTrue. It's a profitable industry now. Ask Metro and Mult County..lol

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

My buddy lives in a duplex and his neighbor was stealing power from his house. They used multiple extension cords about 6' a piece, across the yard to plug into his house . My buddy stole two of their extension cords and the problem stopped. He uses the extension cords at work now.

[@geot4647]

But if he's still living there, he's got to be miserable.

[@darrellhagan6124]

He's lucky that they didn't start a fire with those cords. An overloaded extension cord can easily start a fire long before (if ever) tripping a breaker or blowing a fuse.

[@julielindholme9584]

We no longer urban walk , or go into Portland unless required. Our anger at the allowed destruction by the Mayor, City council, the DA, and judges is sick! I’m surprised any business in Portland can get any insurance!

[@alvajjoe]

Be mad at the idiots that keep voting in the same people in over and over. Also whoever came up with the design for Division street needs to have their crayon taken away. I grew up in the Centennial area and what a fucking disgrace.

[@geot4647]

Local media like the Portland Mercury & Willamette Week keep trying to put the main anti-crime candidate (Gonzalez) in the spotlight for any sign of campaign violations. It's as if they enjoy seeing crime fester, figuring some "oppressed" whoever is getting overdue reparations. Sick to the core.

[@mikeg3439]

so... what, vote for a new Democrat Socialist?

[@Letnothinggotowaste]

If you voted Democrat, you have only ourselves to blame. Portland used to be a Jewell. Now, it's a giant toilet due to virtue signaling of resident voters...

[@mtwain1674]

I won’t go anywhere near Portland.

[@davidslater1063]

This business owner like many in Portland are "fed" up with "Spineless" Mayor Ted Wheeler and his band of worthless city officials. From PBOT to the Portland Water Bureau they all get paid "great" salaries and do nothing to "fix" things. The City of Portland used to be a city that many were proud to show off to their friends and families but not anymore. It's a city that has become synonymous with urban decay which includes high crimes, rampant homelessness and unfriendly towards businesses. Wheeler and the city officials sit in their offices looking at "hot spot" charts? No small wonder nothing get done or corrected? Portland mirrors what's wrong with the State of Oregon and it's problems.

[@bettybrooks6555]

What a joke Wheeler is. Do something! We need help!!!!!!!

[@Chris-fq4xz]

Same thing goes on in Seattle.

[@teglaprbambaluftlaurvafhen5449]

This dude thinks he has it so bad.....imaging justifying the garbage by blaming the victums.....screw Portland

[@azroseazlang9995]

it's His / Your Fault Fault is Democrat in Judges D.A. Moving ha ha Crime will be there in less then one year Illegals will be right behind you .. Dude Your the cause of the Decline 20 yrs VOTING THE Same way your fault

[@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul]

But wasnt Spineless Ted re-elected ... twice?

[@Piano_Castle]

Dems: "Keep Portland unliveable."

[@sveronih5376]

Exactly!!

[@faustinreeder1075]

Liberals destroy everything they touch.

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

The folks who grift off all the tax dollars find it livable .

[@bendingoverandpickingthingsup]

I’m a Dem and a Multnomah county resident. I repeatedly vote against this bs. I don’t know anyone Dem over the age of 27 who isn’t die-hard on the side of enforcement. If using our tax dollars to enable drug addicts worked, we wouldn’t be here. At this point I think the problem is not Dem v Rep, but narcissistic millennials who don’t own homes, businesses, or common sense, versus the rest of us.

[@bencastro921]

@@bendingoverandpickingthingsupnah it’s liberal policies

[@DannyS.-qv4sr]

Poor Portland ….. oh wait , they voted this and allowed this to happen ! They get no sympathy from me !

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

Your assumption that all people living in or near Portland are Democrats or worse is beyond ignorant.

[@Me97202]

You act like this doesn’t happen in republican controlled places. It does.

[@angiespradlin1029]

​@@Me97202no it does not...please name one place

[@takeitzenman7894]

​@@Me97202Right? This happens everywhere. The govt has done an amazing job making people really believe their "team" doesn't have crimes like the other "team". This is the main reason things are like this in this country: People are divided along these silly political labels. I have NEVER met a citizen in any crime-ridden area that VOTED for crime. Those yelling they voted for this or that...stay plugged into the matrix. It must be fun to blindly follow.

[@piecetrain9767]

⁠@@takeitzenman7894explain how this was not voted for. Results are predictable. Individuals were voted in with the mentality of accessibility, softer on crime, defund the police, tax businesses at higher rates or regulations, and similar ideas. This didn’t happen in a vacuum and it has been progressively heading this way for years. Every city has issues. The question with Portland and similar cities is did those policies contribute to the escalated problems. The answer is self evident.

[@wishihadanickel]

The city is defending itself? I think they missed the point...

[@iseewood]

Portlanders, vote for anti-crime hardliners this November. Don’t put up with enabler politicians.

[@MarvinThiessen]

Mayor Ted has upped his game. Better denial, deflection, and improved stats for some areas., but not for this business owner. If "homeless camping" is now illegal, why are there so many newbies adjacent to his building? More businesses are fleeing Portland, but Ted insists things are getting better. For who? East of 82nd Av. are two smaller cities, "Tweakerville", and "Fentanyl Flats".

[@JeffPutnam-i1v]

There are many democrat politicians that lie like Ted.

[@geot4647]

"Fentanyl Flats" used to be plain old "Felony Flats," so that's edgy progress in the minds of bleeding-hearts!

[@virginiacochran7104]

Felony Flats

[@connieschied9188]

Why the hell are these people not voted out?

[@davidzimmerman3778]

That’s what happens when you defund the police and post no bail for criminals

[@corsairsofnarshaddaa]

That's giving someone Tylenol for a cultural, societal cancer of the entire body.

[@glitchmagnet2246]

librulz huh? durk drukkka

[@yorinov2001]

but their police have not been defunded.... it isn't a police issue it is government lack of enforcement and judges turning them loose.

[@tvdinner325]

Who defunded the police? Cite your source? (Facebook or FOX doesn't count!)

[@martinmallett3298]

How can any business survive in that horrible city?

[@tonyidle7813]

I am 65y/o , grew up in Portland my whole life. grew-up in S.E. worked on Hawthorne blvd, bought a house. at the age of 60y/o I had enough , moved to Wilsonville. love it here , slow pace, no crime , very little traffic. kind of like Mayberry.

[@George-vf7ss]

😜👍

[@RoseanneSeason7]

It will someday be invaded

[@tonyidle7813]

hopefully by that time I will be "DUST IN THE WIND" shout-out "KANSAS". @@RoseanneSeason7

[@juicyjules7409]

Lucky you 😊

[@AlessandroVene]

I got the same kind of response from a smaller city in Oregon, like be happy that it isn't worst... what a joke

[@yamiyo6050]

What city

[@maestrovso]

Mayor Wheeler said this area is far from the worst, so what is this guy complaining about? 😂 I moved out of the border of Washington County and Portland into the country where there is next to no crime or "unhoused". I am grateful for living through the best eras in the City of Portland. Sadly that time has forever gone for this once one of the most liveable cities in the US.

[@ntsejfamyaj]

WTF is unhoused? You mean homeless mofos?

[@Geoffthegayrobotroomate]

Wa co is crap, you were misled.

[@tazmod7272]

I am so glad I moved out of Portland.

[@IdeologyPill]

Us too. Everyday , it’s a blessing to wake up in a new city…

[@xrrrismickey]

That place has always sucked

[@danros6530]

Yep!

[@tazmod7272]

@@xrrrismickey : I moved to Portland in ‘78 from Eugene do to job changes. Even back then Portland had problems but the city covered it up. A friend drove taxi. He would not pickup clients in certain locations in town because it was too dangerous.

[@Sammy-il1qf]

I just looked up distance between Tigard & Portland. Only 10 miles! Hard to believe the homeless/crime crisis hasn't spilled into Tigard.

[@RoseanneSeason7]

It will. No corner of the USA will be safe soon

[@danw2112]

There's homeless in Tigard. Just the city government and law enforcement handles them better.

[@RoseanneSeason7]

@@craigs1437 the rich will just move out of the country. Most of them have second homes overseas

[@forklift385]

10 miles yet so far away

[@madmax8620]

The suburbs of Portland are only just a couple of years behind of always mirroring portland...he'll have to move out of Tigard next soon...

[@anthonygross1963]

Welcome to Wheelerville.

[@IdeologyPill]

Blame one man , that’s really ignorant

[@geot4647]

@@IdeologyPill The blame falls on overly permissive leftists, plus a general decay of society, with Portland as a drug magnet.

[@bettybrooks6555]

@@anthonygross1963 And where does Wheeler live? Need to know if his neighborhood is safe & clean. We are in a war zone.

[@SeeCSeesCC]

Wow. Out of touch government is going to put people out of their governance.

[@titaniumterri9233]

Just back from spending time in Portland; I live in Los Angeles the homeless capitol of America! Looks the same there as here….and btw did a drive through of Grants Pass which also looks like here especially folks under the influence. If only we could see actual accountability for the taxes and other fees we pay to solve this problem.

[@AerialEscape]

You get what you vote for.

[@sandovalperry2895]

This is so typical of cities across the country. Small businesses are being driven out by criminals. The city’s responses are also the same blame the owners. Portland’s unique-if you think you have it bad it’s worse down the road.

[@kevinjogoo8730]

Really it’s unique to Portland, Chicago. NYC and a few others. Mainly just the blue cities deflect and gaslight

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Haha, right? Who responds its worse a few blocks away

[@ponolovefarms3926]

Naw the west coast is in its own league

[@ericschwarz5392]

A swing and a miss. That is not true at ALL.

[@jabreck1934]

@@ponolovefarms3926 Yeah, we have a functioning shipping port!😎👍

[@ludovician]

El Salvador found great success with a 40,000 unit prison. Anyway we can work with that?

[@BamBusinessman]

Your intelligent.

[@ludovician]

@@BamBusinessman You are*

[@a.a.a.8365]

Trump must follow that country.

[@df6580]

Damage control by the city, just covering themselves. This businessman is level headed and very articulate.

[@TimothyBrunner]

Thank you. The city actually buried themselves if people are smart enough to realize. My location isn’t even the “hot spot.” Imagine how bad it is just west of us along the I-205 corridor. That was kid of my point. This is what it is like for us, imagine homeowners and businesses at the “hot spot.”

[@elcajoia619]

Everybody knows, the lie just doesn't work anymore.

[@SkippyLaRonge]

Obviously the people voting democrat don't know.

[@RoseanneSeason7]

Watching portlandia is crazy cause Portland was such a cool city back when that show was on

[@alfredenewman795]

You should Sue Portland, this is unacceptable

[@lutomson3496]

government enables the homeless lifestyle

[@df6580]

Poor guy, I am truly sympathetic. Portland and the governor don’t want to fix the homeless problem.

[@KittyS-gg5gd]

We have inside valves in the basement we installed so we can turn off the outside taps. We did this for winterization. Did the same for our outside electrical outlets. We keep everything turned off unless we sre using it. We did this 10 years ago.

[@mrmja50]

Just a sad thing and nothing seems to be getting done. Towns all around Portland are getting bigger as folks leave Portlands dumpster fire.

[@weirdshibainu]

Yeah, but they still vote blue

[@sonofrobert]

I predicted that PDX aka Dumptown will make the downtown buildings, a giant homeless camp that the whole country and illegals can live in, paid for what's left of the taxpayers of PDX, in the name of wokism.

[@xrrrismickey]

Where the hell do these people get boats and all this junk?

[@Gfysimpletons]

Meth is awful

[@GR3YD3ATH]

theft...

[@Geema2004]

And, how did they get the car without a motor there?

[@jasonlarsen3515]

😂 this dude probably voted for all of it

[@RoseanneSeason7]

Yup

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

He definitely voted for all of it . He will vote Harris in and bring this madness to the rest of the USA .

[@TimothyBrunner]

Your comments are ridiculous. I never voted for this. I’ve tried to be a part of the solution. Impossible when the city leaders fail us.

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

@@TimothyBrunner your leader ran on being soft on crime . They ran on no bail , they ran on no punishment and consequences for breaking the law . You all made your bed …..

[@TimothyBrunner]

@@BuckieBoy-l2r nice. They voted for it…. It’s funny because we are probably on the same side here and your comments make it sound like you know me and how I vote. Keep your comments focused on the issue. You have missed the point of the segment. That’s the problem with people now a days. Quick to judge without knowing anything. So sad. Yes you are correct about how people have voted, but you clearly missed the last part of my segment.

[@forgottenman8629]

had businesses a couple days ago directly across from the downtown library, plenty of street parking on the south side of the library 'but' there were a couple dozen of the usual trolls all along the sidewalk; bums, druggies, and the garden variety of criminals, drove around and parked 2 blocks away...

[@MossMini]

Portland mayor stated crimes are down and economy is booming.

[@jamesdalton7191]

Isn't Portland Oregon Democrat?

[@gailmiller6333]

@jamesdalton7191 Yes, 10,000%.

[@danw2112]

The last Republican mayor of Portland was 1980.

[@AerialEscape]

The entire west coast is, which is why the entire west coast is failing faster than Rome

[@jasonwillings3231]

​@@danw2112it's high time we change that so we can get are city's and are state back to what thay use to be.

[@williamwelborn4555]

Vote for something different! Portland is no longer the Rose City. Now it is Garbage City.

[@billmoran3219]

Guy wasn’t vandalized he was terrorized !

[@donaldgeorge3717]

Congrats to all sensible people waking up and taking actions to help potland wake up.

[@maryd253]

I sold my business and property in Portland in 2021….hard to believe any business is still there…..

[@Idontcare-g1n]

It's not the location it's the actual people there that are the problem

[@danros6530]

Yes! Portlanders ARE the problem!

[@youtubeblockscomments]

Only a matter of time before this creeps more into Tigard and Beaverton

[@JBM425]

True; if these people who relocate to the burbs vote in the same kind of politicians and their appointees who created the problems in Portlandia, those towns will look like that within a decade (maybe less).

[@madmax8620]

Ive had a business in Beaverton for 30 years...Beaverton is always just a couple of years behind portland in the worst ways, and I've seen the cancer grow here, and its too late now... same exact policies adopted from portland, the local government ignores crime, the local government is corrupt and criminal itself(the previous mayor is currently in Prison now, again), the Cartel has infiltrated and established business all over including immediately in front of City Halls footsteps...multiple times every single week, i am targeted for theft and breakins now... so I am no longer waiting around for this to be exactly where portland is now, and i am exiting the country. My wife already left this month.

[@valeriebrown7946]

I feel absolutely NOTHING and have NO compassion for the homeless and thieves. NONE!!!!

[@ntsejfamyaj]

I'm also looking to sell and move for the same reason. I'm just waiting for interest rates to drop. I visited Washington Co. recently and there is like a night and day difference in how society operates there. Anyone who says otherwise is straight face lying.

[@sonofrobert]

Yes, Hillsboro is still nice even though, PDX crap has crept out here on the max.

[@erictoulon5946]

It’s too bad about Portland it used to be such a pretty place. I’ve seen a few communities in Washington under siege by the lawlessness going on.

[@JessIstTheBestNW]

This is EXACTLY why we had to leave my beloved hometown. Just keep voting Democrats in and sit back and watch it continue. If you're smart get out while you can. We were blessed. It still 💔 though. The city of roses is now a cesspool of drugs, crime and homelessness.

[@evonne315]

He probably got those rocks for cutting off the electric supply and water outside. They were punishing him.

[@patrickahaus6570]

They voted for this!!

[@douglaswesson2458]

I moved across the river almost 10 years ago. The best Portland mayor I saw was Vera Katz. It's just been going progressively downhill from there.

[@rickyius8682]

It started the downward tailspin with Katz and her stupid MAX Train ! It was just a delivery system for drugs , and she was hell bent on turning Portland into her chit hole New York ! So you better think twice before you say she was the best mayor ! She was a pos like all the democrap mayors Portland had

[@gmccloud]

Well Tim keep voting blue and this is what you get sir.

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

Ignorant comment. Conservative voters live in Portland. They’re outnumbered by the crazies.

[@TimothyBrunner]

Nice assumption . I have only voted for people with the opposite plan and they never get voted in. I did have one person I supported get voted into Mult. co. Then in her term she changed parties and went to all of the opposite views. It was incredible. It’s too bad that wasn’t a story. I think it was the plan of how to get someone into office representing east county. This is what the people in Portland and Multnomah County want. They vote in fear of proper change.

[@George-vf7ss]

They voted for this, and now they're getting it good and hard.

[@MrRb9999]

Absolutely love the outcome of voting for communists.

[@joec.9591]

This is why I left Seattle. Same problems, same safety issues, same refusal to enforce the law, same inaction on the part of the city to do anything about it. And the cost of living for that nightmare just kept rising. I moved out and never looked back. Seattle used to be a great place to live. Now I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. So sorry to hear Portland is headed in the same direction.

[@mazzith]

While Tacoma was never as bad as Portland, the homeless and the crime they bring forced us to move out of the state to the Midwest. Cheaper housing, WAY less crime and 1/1000 the homeless population and surprisingly the wages for jobs are very close to living out there. Sucks that people keep electing politicans who hand string police from doing their jobs.

[@MA-ie6hl]

“ We are moving to Portland with like minded people and together we are going to change the world “

[@danros6530]

Bwahahahaha!

[@sonofrobert]

Boguan shree rashneesh..lol

[@07181127]

When you want this type of people in your state and vote it in LIVE WITH IT!

[@rebeldoherty5432]

Portland, city of the doomed.

[@Cali.Bedlam]

A window was smashed on our truck when we visited Portland a couple of weeks ago. We lived in Portland in the 90s and only returned now because of a wedding for a loved one. Left the city feeling frustrated but not surprised. I did spend the time to fill out the cumbersome police report online so it’s at least another data point.

[@amstock5512]

Wow, I’m sorry.

[@Cali.Bedlam]

@@amstock5512 Thank you 😞

[@shaggydogsales]

I finally got fed up living in portland for 55+ years and moved to arizona. i have great memories of a clean and vibrant city while growing up and working. Now it's a government subsidized homeless camp.

[@IdeologyPill]

Move Out Of Dysfunctional Portland.. We sure did… Many awesome suburbs, like Happy Valley

[@BruthaNuthaMutha]

Yes, Happy Valley, where you're fair game for a predatory fiduciary like Tiffany & O'Shea!

[@zludz7487]

Good for you guys! You have to keep yourself and employees safe! Keep your business afloat in order to provide for your families. Best of luck for everyone! 🤙

[@WallyTony]

I laugh at these new Visit Portland ads when the reality of the city is horrible.

[@utrich31]

It sounds like Mr. Brunner has a unique way of coping with his situation! Sarcasm can be a great tool for humor, especially in tough circumstances.

[@Richard-hp2fh]

You should be able to sue the city to get a refund on your taxes and fees because they're not taking care of the businesses we all know that you gotta take the money away from them then they might get their act together

[@Sketchcook81]

All the business owners who have closed shop due to the state government's idiocy should join together and sue.

[@joshkeitz2990]

Theyre gonna have to outlaw businesses moving away like this so the city wont run out of tax income

[@ericschwarz5392]

Congrats! You got exactly what you voted for!

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

Another ignorant troll. You don’t know how he voted. I own property in Portland. I’ve NEVER voted for or supported Democrats or Leftist crap. Many of us are battling this radical regime trying to stop the madness. Reading comments like yours really sucks.

[@direwolf4981]

Yet this same guy will vote Democratic again and again

[@reuveng1960]

Yep, do the same thing and expect different outcome...

[@TheyCallMeGayJesus]

So when Portland was beautiful and ran by Democrats it was because of Republicans? Bad politicians and policies exist in both parties.

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

How do you know that? He grew up in the area and started a business. Portland used to be a nice place. I bought my home in the same area in 1993. It was a fine area then. Portland had yet to become a Leftist shithole. I’m trying to get out too.

[@chrisp.frye-noodles8761]

How do you know how he votes?

[@TimothyBrunner]

Your comment is ignorant. You don’t know how I vote. I certainly have never voted for this. The problem is the people of portland and Multnomah county vote in fear. They are afraid to do anything different. They would never vote for someone who could make change because of ignorance and fear.

[@charlesalden9167]

Ted Wheeler and his city council are a fricken joke. Their Portland Oregon biggest embarrassment to America

[@henryfreab960]

Tigard is still portland metro, just one big hell hole in oregon. It will catch up in Willamette valley. Other cities just not as news worthy.

[@wsidechris]

I wish I were as chill as this guy. I’d be in jail for fighting back.

[@clarkwall5368]

All Democratic cities are in the same boat we need Trump to fix America

[@just-looking430]

That is hilarious.....he is unable to fix anything, except try to fix an election

[@allouttabubblegum1984]

​@@just-looking430your TDS is what's wrong with society.

[@treelover1050]

TRUMP IS LIAR AND A TRAITOR. TRUMP BELONGS IN PRISON AFTER HIS PROSECUTIONS.

[@clarkwall5368]

@@just-looking430 so says the guy in Mama's basement

[@curtcollett2893]

Likely there was a fee to the news station for contacting the mayor’s office, a fee for the statement, and a high volume day of the week fee for both.

[@FredSmith-s5t]

I used to live in southern commifornia. I had moved there in 1962. When I stopped working in 2014 I chose to move to a different state in a semi rural small town. There were many many advantages to doing this. I was ghosted by people I thought were friends so I'll NEVER go back. I don't need them anymore.

[@norwegianblue2017]

My wife and I went to Portland for the first and last time in 2015 as part of a PNW anniversary trip. For years we heard what a great town it was, and it seemed like everyone was moving there, so why not check it out? I had never seen so many drug addicts and aggressive panhandlers before COVID. The parks were filled with them and the place just did not feel safe after dark. Not what I was expecting at all. You could tell the city had good bones and infrastructure and could potentially be a wonderful place to live. But that was now outweighed by the freak show on the streets and insane politics. I can only imagine how it is today, post-COVID.

[@westgorge]

Lived in Portland my entire life. After experiencing a steady decline in livability, we left the State after we retired.

[@TeachAManToAngle]

I’m moving out of multnomah county asap but urge my liberal neighbors to start electing different people.

[@adensmore100]

i would try to get a federal agency in to audit the city. it seems like they always raise “fees” but nothing ever gets done. where is the money going?

[@darkwolfe6986]

I feel for ya. I live in the same area and want to move out of here too. Never enough police for all the bad things happening around here these days

[@willbmcl]

i moved out of portland 5-years ago and it only got worse since. every time that i have to go into the city, it is like entering a third world country.

[@maryd253]

Business owners do NOT VOTE IN THE COUNTY/CITY they have a business in. Just the residents. That’s what did it for me. Sold everything in 2021.

[@Gfy69ytb]

He could always pay higher taxes to help house the newly homeless families since the pandemic

[@anonymousmc7727]

They voted for this😂😂😂😂he loves it

[@michaelgoonan7353]

It’s not gonna stop more. People are getting poor by the day.

[@geebopbaluba1591]

Get these idiots out of office immediately and replace them with competent leaders and stop these homeless people from vandalizing the city!!! It’s plain and simple Portland!!!

[@hotshotfx3502]

Geez. I went to parkrose high school in the early to mid 90s , it was such cool place then zero homeless and no crime . It was like 50s america in the 90s . I no longer live in Oregon always want to go back , but I constantly see this just sad what the East side of Portland has become...

[@darrellhagan6124]

This is just yet another result of a much bigger underlying problem - homelessness. Thing is, no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to think of a workable solution. I honestly don't think that it can be fixed.....

[@rwbettger791]

Which is exactly one of the reasons we have no desire for light rail.

[@chrismoseley4828]

Lol, best part is you know he voted for this and he'll vote for it where hes moving. If you shit where you live you shouldn't be allowed to spread it to my neighborhood.

[@PalmBeachDog]

So he votes emotionally to show that he’s a good person. But has a problem with the fact that others aren’t.

[@momsterzz]

Let me repeat: You get what you vote for!!!

[@thedripdrop9826]

Seattle, LA, Portland, New York, Chicago, San Fransisco. What do all these places have in common?

[@CosmosNut]

sad that our city is a medal of stupidity, voters have no choice as its a choice between dumb and dumber. Ruin...

[@bernardbuster6617]

You vote for the folks that do this to your city, then you complain. What did you think would happen?