I left Portland in May 1970 and swore to never cross the state line again, and have not.
Scott and 25 other kids had been robbed at gun point, for their lunch money, on the way to school........
for dope.
The police caught the man, he and his already serving time were in the same jail.
His mother, came to court and said it wasn't his fault, he had been on dope all night at a party and needed money for more, "yes, I am sure, as I was there the whole time".........
Bill had remembered it as it was in the 1930's and 40's, thought it would be a good place for teenagers.......it was not.
You would enjoy the program on 850koa.com, I get it on the radio, the host Jon Caldera is inviting calls on how to fix the Denver Police Department.
You can listen on the internet.
I can't blame you for leaving. I still love this state, and it kills me to see the crypto-communists running it into the ground. However, there's still a strong undercurrent of individualism here. Last year we passed Ballot Measure 37 by a strong margin. It basically said that if the government rezones your land or restricts you from using it in any way, they have to pay you for your losses. Of course, the goal of the measure was not to have landowners paid, it was to get the government to stop stealing our land through "green" laws, urban growth boundaries, and that other crap. Well, guess what happened to the measure? A black-robed tyrant recently declared the measure unconstitutional. However, people aren't laying down to take it. There's a well-organized campaign to recall the judge who made the ruling. I really hope this happens so that we can put a tiny amount of fear into King Court.