[GOPJ]

For those interested in digging deeper, here is full-frontal on Portland's 'grand scheme', "Portland is a PR machine for light rail & streetcar. Here are Some Facts About Portland Oregon", and that's only a drop in the bucket. Summary: It's not all about race...it's mostly about the "good-ol-boys" network of Progressives & the ongoing land games within the UGB...making this about race would be a mistake...

Being able to use race as a bludgeon is far easier than making a case for a set of views... Thanks for some needed insights.

[logi_cal869]

Thanks for some needed insights.

Thanks. Just trying to offer a bit of clarity on a very, very complicated local issue gamed by local Progressive power-brokers via infested City government.

Addendum: I neglected the link to the NYT piece, "Racial Shift in a Progressive City Spurs Talks", where I referenced

...and here's a pre-PAALF article on Portland's 'gentrification' (barf alert...NYT & lots of 'Progressive-relative discussion, but important if you care to understand what the Trader Joe's controversy is all about).

discussing the 'gentrification' which, again, is only a very small part of it. Only <7% of Portland is Black...the 'land-game' is a City-wide problem. The race issue is a distraction, and the ironic thing is that Portland still doesn't have enough $$ to fix potholes, but Million$$ to build Bioswales & anti-car HDH-subsidized developments...