Posted on 11/27/2022 6:05:16 AM PST by george76
PORTLAND, Ore. — Marcy Landolfo is at her breaking point. This week marked the 15th break-in at Rains PDX within a year and a half.
Landolfo said most of those repairs at the Northeast Portland location were paid for out of pocket. Other times, she just left the windows boarded up.
"It’s just too much with the losses that are not covered by insurance, the damages, everything. It’s just not sustainable," Landolfo said.
KATU asked why Landolfo decided to close now, instead of keeping doors open through the holiday shopping season.
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The owner at Rains tells me after five break-ins in about three weeks, she made the sudden decision to permanently close. Staff here are putting pressure on the city to look after small businesses dealing with ongoing challenges with crime.
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"The products that are being targeted are the very expensive winter products and I just felt like the minute I get those in the store they’re going to get stolen," she said.
Landolfo said she's worried about her employees, and no longer sees this location as a feasible business model.
"The problem is, as small businesses, we cannot sustain those types of losses and stay in business. I won’t even go into the numbers of how much has been out of pocket," she said.
When Rains was broken into in late October, KATU reached out to Mayor Ted Wheeler's office.
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His team said they're working to increase funding for business repair grants through Prosper Portland. Landolfo said that's not enough.
"Paying for glass that’s great, but that is so surface and does nothing for the root cause of the problem, so it’s never going to change," she said.
The mayor's office also said they participated in a retail safety summit in October, and cited recent efforts to streamline the permitting process for things like storefront lighting.
KATU asked how that work is going, and we're still waiting to hear back at this time.
It’s what they vote for and voted for.
“... It’s just not sustainable,…”
New use of “sustainable “.
Soon Oregon will only be found in History books
Wouldn’t surprise me if the owner gets a huge fine for “not staying open so that the oppressed can take what they need”
This Nation is rushing headlong into anarchy. The lawlessness at all levels is breathtaking.
E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come.
What the corrupt and inept leftists said: “The mayor’s office also said they participated in a retail safety summit in October, and cited recent efforts to streamline the permitting process for things like storefront lighting.”
What they should say: “The major’s office has tasked the police force with doubling in size, finding, arresting and incarcerating the low-life SOB slime that damaged the businesses.”
This will not stop until we take care of the left. I leave “take care” to each city. Hopefully, it will NOT be nice to the left. Not nice at all.
Portland police leave 911 calls on hold for hours, then closed them without response.. Jan. 2021
As this store closes it pushes the thieves into a smaller pool of possibles. The theft rate increases for the remaining stores and the ball starts rolling towards others businesses leaving
“The mayor’s office also said they participated in a retail safety summit in October, and cited recent efforts to streamline the permitting process for things like storefront lighting.”
Muzzle flash provides very good storefront lighting....
Just sayin’...
But how many hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars went to sending these idiots to a ‘retail safety summit’ and paying for their transportation, food, travel and per diem.
Dumbasses.
That’s correct. They should embrace the suck, they voted for it. My well of sympathy has run dry.
Portland should offer a “Rooftop Korean” grant.
The Pacific northwest coast is a magnet for schizophrenics.
Reality wins!
Violation of Directive 10-289
Everyone knows what the crime issue in every city is, but can’t/won’t say it.
Hell, most here won’t even say it.
Portland Demographics White: 75.32% Asian: 8.65% Two or more races: 6.37% Black or African American: 5.89% Other race: 2.31% Native American: 0.80% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.66% Portland, Oregon Population 2022
The powers that be won’t fix this because they can’t. They are pure ideologues. They don’t have (and don’t seem to need) even the old fashioned politicians instinct to survive.
This company sells $500 coats.......if that business model is sustainable in this economy they shoulda cut their losses and moved after the 1st break-in.
Also a Portland coffee company founded in 1900 is eaving Oregon for Texas.
Sounds like a real a jailbreak
https://www.opb.org/news/article/boyd-coffee-portland-move-texas/
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