City of Roses or City of Homeless? Portland's human tragedy

Portland has struggled and failed to solve its homeless problem.

[simdoughnut]

I promise you, if these politicians had to take in a homeless person until they can resolve the issue, they would figure it out in a week.

[pauljaeger]

Portland needs a completely new government and city council

[saras.]

Failed to mention drug use is pretty much legal there now. And shelters dont tolerate drug use so alot of homeless in Portland would rather get their next fix then live by rules.

[stevepitzing]

Thank you New 6 for being an actual news channel, reporting the truth and presenting it with no bias. Like the good old days.

[rickshaw]

Every time I listen to Ted Wheeler talk I think to myself, "Portland is screwed."

[calamityjenn]

Our once beautiful city has politicians who are as weak as water and as corrupt as they come. How they can manage to sleep at night is well beyond me.

[glendellhamlin]

We don't talk about where the money went. Millions of dollars they have had only a few beds. They spent enough to build them all a new home, but only a few beds.

[AB-qtdj]

When compassion manifest itself into enabling.

[SmokefromtheJay]

The rest of Oregon wants to detach from Portland and Salem.

[blmrocksb]

Put all the homeless people next to Wheeler's house, Portland City Councils homes, Brown's homes.

[davetindall]

Portland skipped going to third world conditions and went to 4th

[MarkRVillano]

Wheeler talks about his tax increase, claiming that it will bring in an additional $100 million dollars to address the homeless crisis. What he fails to mention is that the vast majority of that will be eaten up by study groups, consultants, attorneys, and bureaucrats. The homeless will get the left-overs. What he also fails to address is how this money will be generated when businesses are leaving the city by the droves.

[NWdegree]

I tried defending my home city saying it was media hype. I can no longer do this. Portland was always right behind Seattle in policy and it shows. An embarrassment to those who knew the real and good Portland we were once proud of.

[robinw]

What the 'activists' have been allowed to do in downtown, all the damage to the businesses and the courthouse is just insane.

[sacedive]

I went to downtown seattle and there are a lot of homeless there but portland is on another level.

[fishinghappiness]

Government Solution: Increase state income tax to 10.3% and become the 3rd highest tax state to give the government more funds to make bad decisions.

[txduck]

“Successful programs like he hasn’t seen what Austin is dealing with now. FYI it’s starting to look a whole lot like Portland.

[spearfish]

I can't think of a US city I'd want to live in less than Portland

[estellepatella]

Maybe if they hadn't invited BLM/Antifa in, they wouldn't be in such a mess.

[turtlebeartactical]

The high class people who make up our state and city councils are so far removed from the issue that i do not see it getting solved until they are out. And politics being the dirty game it is leads me to believe that even if we got some new faces by the time they have the ability to enact change their integrity will be compromised.