Portland mayor abandons bike event as pro-Palestinian, anti-ICE protesters shout him down

Yup. Nowhere close! Of course, the deck is stacked against him:

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/portland-central-eastside-homeless-camp-parking-business/283-27570834-7a30-4671-badf-e787874333f9

"Us people on the streets, we have a different mindset — we just want to get our drugs and spend time with each other," she said. "It's just so, like, why are you getting mad about the money that you paid for a f---ing parking spot? An empty parking spot?"
. . .
"Though she's addicted to fentanyl, Elizabeth said she isn't interested in those services.

"Why would I want to become part of normal society, so I can complete counseling and treatment just to, f---ing, you know, be in a cell of life," she said."

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Didn't he get voted in on solving homelessness in a year?
- Yup. Nowhere close! Of course, the deck is stacked against him:
  https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/portland-central-eastside-homeless-camp-parking-business/283-27570834-7a30-4671-badf-e787874333f9
  "Us people on the streets, we have a different mindset — we just want to get our drugs and spend time with each other," she said. "It's just so, like, why are you getting mad about the money that you paid for a f---ing parking spot? An empty parking spot?"
  . . .
  "Though she's addicted to fentanyl, Elizabeth said she isn't interested in those services.
  "Why would I want to become part of normal society, so I can complete counseling and treatment just to, f---ing, you know, be in a cell of life," she said."
  
  She has a point.
Normally as a !fuckcars sort of guy I'd get annoyed about an event like this getting co-opted to be about some other issue, but in this case I'll stand in solidarity instead.