I have been up late these nights writing code and fixing virus infected computers.  It is kinda of a nice relief from this summer.

The past 10 days here in Portland have not been all that great.  The water bureau drops the ball on E-coli and no leadership is found to solve the Police issue we are having.  I find more an more the city that the city I looked for so long to call  home is coming apart at the seams.

We have a city council race where Nick Fish and Dan Saltzman are up for re-election… yet from the looks of it no viable candidate is going to run against them.  If only to ask them about their voting record and support of the collective insanity known as Sam and Randy.  Really, someone has to keep them in check.  I look around and talk to many Portanders who see the city falling into decay, yet are overwhelmed with trying to keep their homes and jobs that prevent them for the unthinkable of  running for office.  We can do so much better… if only people would step up.

Hence, this is how we get the government that we have… which is not a very good one.

For example… the mayor is trying to slip by eminate domain ( aka. condemnation ) of property this week, of course it is on the concent agenda.

I was about to finish this blog when I found this gem:

Adams want to have all Portlanders cellphone numbers… and will fine you for not giving him it

“But this weekend’s E. coli scare prompted Mayor Sam Adams to propose a new idea that’s sure to be controversial: creating a mandatory database of all Portlanders’ cell phone numbers, so that the city could contact all citizens immediately in an emergency.”

the Mayor said the city must create a secure database of citizen cell phone numbers so everyone in Portland could be contacted quickly. “This changeover has to happen. This event and last year’s inclement weather event shows for the need for us all to do that.” Noting that many Portlanders would go out of their way to sign up for a voluntary database, Adams suggested fines of other penalties for people who don’t let the city put their numbers on file.

[Adams] added that the idea also stems from cut backs in media that make city reliance on TV and print reporters widespread publicity of city announcements less feasible.

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the council reacts to this?  That is if they react to this?

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