Posted on 09/01/2020 7:37:16 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
In a letter that is belatedly making the rounds on social media today, Portland businessman Greg Goodman, co-President of the city’s Downtown Development Group, sent a letter last week to communist Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler and the communists who dominate the city council.
In the letter, Goodman details the decisions by many businesses to abandon the city, and slams the corrupt politicians for their support of the 97 nights of rioting in the city, for their failure to ensure basic safety, cleanliness and public order, and urges them to take responsibility and to “show some pride” in their city.
Here is the full text of the letter, as reported by KXLY in Spokane, Washington:
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Dear Mayor Wheeler and city council members;
I have attached an article from a recent Business Journal relating to Standard Insurance, the largest private business in downtown Portland, moving their employees to their Hillsboro campus for safety reasons. A larger number of businesses are moving out of or locating outside of the Central City. These companies include, Daimler Chrysler (subleasing 100k SF), Air B&B, Banana Republic, Microsoft (80k SF, plus permanently closing their retail store), Saucebox, etc. Google, who leased 90k SF in the Macy’s building has stopped construction of their improvements. The list goes on and on. If you know a retail or office broker, give them a call and ask them how many clients they have are trying to leave. The number is like nothing I have seen in 42 years of doing business in downtown.
Their departure has absolutely nothing to do with Black Life’s Matter movement (which has been a positive) but does have most everything to do with the lawlessness you are endorsing downtown. You are doing an excellent of enabling people who don’t know or care about George Floyd to ransack our city at the expense of the people you are trying to help. Think how many jobs have been lost by people of color in our city, not through protest, but from vandalism. I would make the case that your actions have hurt those you have intended to help.
I would encourage each of you to walk around downtown Portland in the morning. Name the time and I will give you a tour. You aren’t sweeping the streets, needles are all over the place, garbage cans are broken and left open, glass from car windows that have been broken out is all over the streets, parks are strewn with litter (their fountains turned off) weeds are taller than the plants in the planter boxes, graffiti is on sculptures, etc. You are willfully neglecting your duties as elected officials to keep our city safe and clean.
What outreach have you had to small business and retailers to tell them that you have their backs and are going to help them. Your actions, or lack thereof, have been to the contrary. You have shown them you don’t care and as a result a huge number of innocent and hardworking people have been victimized with some being placed on the street.
I suggest all of you walk downtown and when you see a shop or business that is open and not boarded up, stop in and talk to the owner or worker. Hear what they have to say. Ask what you can do for them. Let them know you care. As importantly, get going on cleaning things up. Get the streets swept, double down on sidewalk washing and cleaning, replace the burnt-out newspaper boxes, paint the light standards, get the parks in order, etc.
Most importantly, show some pride. Own the situation and make it better. If you lead, others will follow. They just want to know you care and are doing something about it. Let them know we will get through this together and this is how the city is going to lead.
Thanks for your consideration of my comments. Let me know how I can partner in your efforts.
Greg
[End] That is all.
“Their departure has absolutely nothing to do with Black Life’s Matter movement”
Bullshiite. It had everything to do with BLMafia.
Don’t question Ted’s pride in an election season. He’s likely to take to the streets in a rainbow unitard.
The vast majority of these business owners and employees have been voting commie for the last 40 years. I have no sympathy for them. none. They are getting what they voted for. And, this election cycle, I would bet they vote straight commie ticket again.
What a cucked loser. This guy voted for this crap and supports this crap, but wants this crap to stop affecting his bottom line somehow? This is the bed you made, tough guy. Time to lie in it.
“Their departure has absolutely nothing to do with Black Life’s Matter movement (which has been a positive)…..”
Oops. Had to stop reading there. Even made it past where we are supposed to feel bad about Google fleeing...
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“The vast majority of these business owners and employees have been voting commie for the last 40 years.”
Perhaps justice would be served if a judge were to force the business owners to remain at their Portland locations, keep open, and continue to invest even as their businesses are destroyed.
Business owners, and consumers, in Portland are responsible for the mess there. They have voted the problems into being. It is actually irresponsible to allow them to escape to another community and mess up there too.
Really...I think that matter is settled. My only question is: “Who takes over after they’re eliminated....CornPOP?”
“ensure basic safety, cleanliness and public order”
I believe those are all oppressive white racist European values that have to be supplanted.
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