The news out of Portland just keeps getting better and better.
First it was this:
74% of voters in Multnomah County voted in favor of decriminalization. Around 80% of Multnomah County residents are in Portland.
Then this:
The state was forced to recriminalize drugs at this point.
And who could forget this story from back in the George Floyd days:
Fast-forward to today, and now we have this:
The "proud liberal city"? Portland, Oregon.
We've come full circle, folks!
In a sign of either hope or desperation, Rose City voters decided to throw out their entire government structure and replace it with a weaker mayor, expanded City Council and ranked choice voting.
A major driving factor was the passage of 'Measure 110' decriminalizing all drugs in 2020, which was backed by 74 percent of Multnomah County's residents. Voters couldn't — or at least didn't — anticipate how this policy change would reshape a city already strapped for money, dealing with a public health crisis and confronting rising rates of homelessness and fentanyl abuse.
Drug use shot up, homelessness worsened and taxpayers fled.
Portland has been experimenting with far-Left politics for years, and now they've decided enough is enough. Though they'll likely still hire a bunch of liberal nincompoops since all the normies have gotten the heck out of town.
I mean, look at this:
Nearly 12,000 people moved out of Multnomah County between 2020 and 2023, per data from Portland State University. The exodus between 2020 and 2021 alone took nearly $1.1 billion in taxable income out of the city, according to data analyzed by the Economic Innovation Group.
And like I said, they're going to go right back down the same road, except this time they'll have a bunch of new hipsters to lead the way.
There are 19 people running for mayor and 98 people seeking seats on the City Council. They're nearly all campaigning on left-of-center platforms …
Most eyes in the mayor's race are on four candidates. Three of the city's four current council members are running: Gonzalez is striving for the law and order vote; Rubio is selling a vision of pragmatic progressivism; and Mingus Mapps focuses on mental health services and economic revitalization. The dark horse candidate is Keith Wilson, a self-made CEO who started a nonprofit aimed at ending homelessness in Portland.
Of course, the law and order candidate, Rene Gonzalez, is in the lead, but with a "weaker mayor" in this new government of theirs it's hard to say he'll accomplish law and order with a council made up of Portland's finest.
It's only a matter of time before Portland completely fails and conservatives have to come in and rebuild the city from the ground up.
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