I really enjoy Pho and we are fortunate to have a lot of Vietnamese restaurants in Portland. That bowl of Pho is a little bit on the high fat side for me. I like it lean and I put enough chilis in it to heat it up.

He is actually slalom water skiing on Lake Merwyn.

I agree with your point. However I don’t consider it good governance to allow infrastructure to degrade while doing frilly projects. The street maintenance backlog was reported to be at 4.4 billion dollars by the Portland Auditors Office in November of 2022. When I retired in 2012 the backlog was at 975 Million and rising. I retired early to get away from the insanity of our Mayor and City Council.

I spent a 32 year career in public works at a major P.N.W. city. I can tell you that the electeds were told many times by many people like me that you can’t ignore infrastructure maintenance.I can tell you that city now has major issues with their streets, underground pipes (water and sewer) and most of their concrete structures. The City Council continues to create new bikeways, bike paths and other niceties while the pavement rots. Elect smarter people Portland.

Civil Engineering. We are always going to need infrastructure designed and built.

“ Lighten up Francis” Staff Sergeant Hulka. Lol. Thanks for the fond memory.

Seeing the tape on the pipe and everything else my inspection would start under the bathroom floor to determine what else may be lurking out of sight for leaks and damaged structure. Then if it looks decent I would start t working the problem upstairs. Then at some point I might call my brother-in-law for his opinion. He will show up, get down on his knees to look more closely, show his incessant plumbers crack and ruin my entire day. Lol.

As an Oregonian I can tell you this is political theater. The decision was made long ago that the death sentence will not be used in Oregon.

It was the quintessential protest song of the Vietnam era.