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Portland's subsidization of irresponsibility knows no boundaries.
Hands up for how many of you think the mentally ill armies will line up to surrender their shopping carts?

Now someone tell me what the f*c+ a city sponsored 'Shakedown cruise' is ?!
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$36K seems cheap compared to paying police to break up petty beefs on the street over homeless-on-homeless theft.

Not to mention the spillover cost of thefts which turn violent and then negatively impact downtown business and tourism. No wonder the normally conservative Portland Business Alliance kicked in a few ducats.
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@D
My guess would be that these would be most beneficial to the working homeless and the ones looking for work.

A shakedown cruise is another way of saying a practice run. A trial period to work out any problems.
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Ah, thank you.

lew - do you think that $36K spent to attract homeless people to Portland will stop petty street fights?
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A totally fair question, D.

And no, I don't think $36K worth of lockers will do a thing to attract additional homeless to downtown Portland. ("Hey, I was gonna hop a train to Santa Cruz this winter...but then I heard Portland has lockers!" - quoth a homeless guy)

Conversely, would having a cheap locker make being homeless so attractive to you that you'd quit your job to ride out that sweet, cushy locker-filled homeless life on the streets?
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@lew archer
I used to live in Santa Cruz. Was homeless there too for a time. The downtown business association wasn't nearly as draconian in Santa Cruz. Many more trust fund collage kids begging for change there than here. Winters are more mild there. Overall it seems like it would be much harder to get yourself back on your feet there due to insane cost of living and lack of community resources.

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