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Re: “Sisters of the Road Cafe”
good Atmosphere, good community building, good food, Sisters Of The Road provides all of these things. Sisters is a true gem in the heart of our downtown community.
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Re: “Mercury News Team: We Would Never Block the Bike Lane With Our Giant Ass News Van”
I am stunned... I did not know that Smirk knew the word f word
Re: “BREAKING: City Claims Controversial New Defense In Chasse Death, of “Excited Delirium.””
so...
let me get this straight... 16 blows to the head (allegedly?)... 16 ribs, most of them broken multiple times... and he died from "excited delirium"?
my first thought when I saw this headline was that that must mean "feeding frenzy" by the police...
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Patrick
Re: “Hall Monitor”
"I say "bizarrely," because Saltzman is a staunch supporter of Portland Patrol, Inc., "
As someone who has gone in to speak to him about the private security thing and PPI, I was wondering about his anti water stance as well... Portland Patrol Inc, Portland Patrol Services, Securitas and a few others either are armed or wear similar uniforms to police or both...
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Patrick
Re: “Standing Tall”
I know a couple of the staffers there, and a few members. I must say I am always proud of any association I have had with SEIU 49. a wonderful group of people. it saddens me that this happened to their great building.
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Patrick
Re: “When Do Bus Drivers Pee?”
Without robot bathrooms someone may steal our precious bodily fluids (Dr Strangelove, sorry...)
Agreed, I have always kind of wondered why we do not have more public restrooms... or honestly, why we have businesses all over town that are so insistent on non customers not using their restroom... there is one restaurant that I don't go in to because I was walking by one time and asked to use the restroom and they refused... never mind that I had probably been in the restaurant a dozen times before...
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Patrick
Re: “Apathy or Discrimination?”
"Matt D."
first, let me say that "Yea, because somebody who is too lazy, drunk or high to keep a job should be listed as a protected class." does not really solve anything, or even contribute anything to the conversation. 20 years ago that hogwash might have flown. 20 years ago when there _may_ have been a case for the average homeless person being there because of bad choices on his own part. more and more, we can look at bad choices on our government's part and greed as the reasons for homelessness in America. According to our government, the fastest growing segment of the homeless population is families with children, not people who should be "sleeping it off in the drunk tank"... you should check out http://www.wraphome.org/ for their free downloadable book, "Without Housing" about the cuts to our affordable housing budget so people who own a house can get a mortgage on a second...
as for your using the name "Matt D." on a paper with an editor named Matt Davis. I will assume you are using it as some sort of attack or way to be cute... to paraphrase Lloyd Bentson. I know Matt Davis, I am friends with Matt Davis, and "Matt D." you are no Matt Davis. (of course if your name is Matt Donaldson, I am going to look like a jerk... well, a bit at least)
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Patrick
Re: “Apathy or Discrimination?”
my mistake, that should read "Seattle and Los Angeles". my apologies.
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