Local Downtown Retailer Celebrates New Home

Well, this is great news for precisely one Portland resident, isn't it? Question. What does this have to do with fixing some pot-holes, or reigning-in out of control special interest like the Bicycle Transportation Alliance?

Since the Transportation office is so interested in keeping over-priced women's clothing available in Portland, where was Mr. Adams while another purveyor of women's fashion was being forcibly run out of the same zip-code by fanatic animal lovers?

If Transportation Commissioner Adams chooses now to demonstrate a commitment to Portland area small-business, then please explain the Ikea store by the Airport.

If aiding Portland residents, one resident at a time, is part of the Transportation Commissioner's job, then I for one would like to see people like James Chasse tapped for special consideration, instead of wealthy retailers already benefitting from years of sweetheart deals from the city.

You geniuses put train-tracks all over the full length and breadth of downtown Portland, and then want to turn around and talk bicycle safety. Perhaps this is because the Transportation Office is busy securing his constituency's ability to shop-till-they-drop. But hey, don't let your job as Transportation Commissioner stop you from campaigning for the Mayor's Office on the tax-payer's dime, Mr. Adams. More power to you, sir.

"Association of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations"

Since you feel inclined to provide Commissioner Adams with excuses, perhaps you could explain why the Portland Business Alliance (Technically a neighborhood association.) has made-off with the Portland City Chamber of Commerce; and hired their very own, "Pinkertons", to police public property?

"Higher Education Industry"

I was illegally detained on private property by private security personnel guarding the Portland State University campus, and issued an illegal trespass warning. What say you?

"Regional Arts and Culture Council"

Right. His bike buddies couldn't chain garbage bicycles, in huge, unsightly piles, all over the city, without Commissioner Adams' help. Thanks for that. Which raises the issue of advocating for bicycle special interest, and endorsing a plan to memorialize cyclists who have been killed, with spray-painted, "art", work at the scene of a family's tragedy.

Now, would you care if I posted Randall O'Toole's policy analysis, and re-pose the question about Sam Adams' commitment to small business? I thought not. This too, if public safety is on Commissioner Adams' plate, then why has he chosen to support privatizing the Portland Police? Hiring security guards to do the work of the Police directly undermines the Police union, and places untrained, and in many cases unqualified, rent-a-cops on our streets; and empowers them with carte blanche police authority.

I am a constituent of this city. I am of a legal voting age, and have paid every penny of every tax I've ever owed. Beason, ("I hope that clears up any misperception.") by my count, this is the third time you have been condescending to me, in your response to a comment of mine. Unlike Commissioner Adams and I, you are anonymous to me. In my ignorance, I've presumed you to be either a colleague, or worse yet, a professional colleague of Mr. Adams. I feel entitled to a personal tone with regard to my complaints, or praise for that matter, when criticizing an elected official. If you are indeed a representative of the Commissioner's, I take umbrage with your ridicule of my possible ignorance.