Call me a conspiracy theorist but whats the easiest way to remove those pesky neighborhood thugs from Lents? Close down Marshall High School and bus in kids from more affluent parts of town.

Oh wait? What was Marshall High School? Only one of Portland's most diverse high schools 4 years back with some of the lowest tests scores in town.

The New Copper Penny is now older, than the old, Copper Penny.

Could the writer be responsible for Gentrification?

You mean gentrification as a whole? Or gentrification in Lents, which doesn't exist?

You are to blame for the gentrification that will be. Everywhere. Stop being so white, Mark.