The race to the bottom continues......... You know you’re in Portland when the current mayor who has chased out countless businesses and allowed Antifa and BLM terrorists to destroy the city on a nightly basis for over four months straight is somehow not far enough to the left to appease the voter base. National laughingstock Ted Wheeler is now trailing in the polls for his re-election. But not against a candidate that promises to crack down on the rioters, promote businesses, and actually fix the roads. No, of course not. He’s losing to a candidate that’s even further to the left than he is. Plucky upstart Sarah Iannarone, who is best known for declaring “I am Antifa”, now picks up 41% of the vote to Wheeler’s 30%. Read more: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...te-leading-ted-wheeler-portland-mayoral-race/ https://www.wweek.com/news/city/202...iannarone-by-11-points-according-to-dhm-poll/
Outstanding. I have to see if I can't donate to this woman. It would be fantastic if she won so we can have a full-blown political experiment in real time.
Oregon likes feckless leftist former librarians for leaders. Its a shame. Though I would never live in Portland my family was among the founders and one of the streets and a bridge are named after them. Portland was starting to have quite a substantial tech base with hundreds of tech firms making the area home. My grandmother had proxy control of one of the utilities and would take the bus downtown (Caddy sat in the garage) to the shareholder meetings. I watched last night as the rioters rocked up to condo high-rise after condo high-rise screaming, beating drums and shining lasers and spotlights into the windows. After 5 months of anarchy in the streets at night you have to wonder what the future of Portland's economy will be. I personally could never stomach the place and preferred Bend but that went leftist too. Oregon is pretty much a write-off, like a tiny version of California without the sunshine and beautiful beaches. All the people from California who fled to Oregon brought their politics with them.