This is the worst kind of reporting. Cheerleading failure while getting the story wrong.
The real story is that we are more than a decade past declaring a massive crisis, we still don't know how many people are desperate for the help we aren't providing, and Multnomah County isn't even close.
When I started at the county 8 years ago, we spent $70 million on homelessness and 79 people had died on the streets the past year. We lamented that 411 people had died in total since 2011, when we first started counting. Now the county's investing literally hundreds of millions each year and the county just released its report that 456 people died in 2023.
I didn't see the Oregonian covering the memorial last night where hundreds of people gathered to pay tribute to those who had died. No sign of county leadership either. Can't say I was surprised.
The Oregonian hasn't even begun to inform the public about what's really happening with the homeless situation in our city and county. It's just acted as a press release transcription service. There's no accountability because they only seem to care about the people issuing the press releases, not the people those press releases are supposed to be about. This article takes the cake.
https://t.co/cwz3DltpSL
Still can’t get over how many people on the right voluntarily went to bat for Matt Gaetz despite allegations of sex trafficking of a minor. Not only was it for nothing since the AG nomination failed… but now you’re forever on record advocating for an alleged statutory rapist.
@KristySwansonXO He was embarrassingly awkward. He doesn't have an empathetic bone in his body and is cognitively impaired. He obviously had no idea what to do. He is not equipped to be of any help. Just a fool.
@DE_AudreyS @AlexBWolverine Our entire resort community,. Windsor Palms, is without power. We all reported the outage when it happened and were recorded on the outage map. Then several hours ago our outage was marked resolved, but that is incorrect. The entire community is still dark.
As January 6th Committee presents its final report this week, let’s not forget Nancy Pelosi effectively took over as President that day because Trump failed to do his job. She made calls. She displayed true leadership. She kept democracy alive. Thank you, @SpeakerPelosi.
Local racist vigilante man of Milwaukee, WI grabbed a special needs boy by the neck & called the police over a bike stolen 2 days earlier from his neighbor that he admits he doesn't know what the bike actually looks like, & the person he's holding didn't steal it.
"We're talking about contraception here. It shouldn't be that controversial," President Joe Biden said while slamming "extremist" abortion rules appearing in the U.S.
How many Republicans complaining about student loan cancellation had their PPP loans forgiven? 🤔
Y’all know it’s all public record right?
Don’t have me pull the receipts 🧾 https://t.co/QBbGFkY0jl
Only one week before we leave for the Edinburgh Fringe with "Things We (never) Learned in Sex Ed." Are you going to be there? Come see us! #PortalTheatre#edfringe#thespaceuk
What a broken system! In order for CPS to justify taking these babies away from their parents, they will do everything they can to _prevent_ family reunification, and try to prove they were "correct."
My extended family has been thrown into a hellish nightmare. My nephew and his wife, who live in Boston, just had their two sons taken from them in the middle of the night by CPS. Their sons are 6 months old, and 3 1/2. A baby and a toddler, the baby still nursing.