Sam:

No matter the cost, I hope the mentally ill, the addicted, the homeless, and the street families appreciate these improvements as much as the counseling, the jail beds, the addiction treatment, homeless shelters, and other community services that receive inadequate funding and political support.

But that's somebody else's job, right?

I have an idea: now that the City has their own "Streetcar Development Office" maybe you could persuade Tri-Met to establish a "Drug/Alcohol Treatment Program" in the back of every bus?

If we're getting into their business, they might as well return the favor.

Cheers!