To those of you who are sooo in love with Portland’s favorite mom-and-pop shop independent bookstore, you need to wake yourself & shake yourself about what’s really going on with that place & how its impacted hundreds & maybe thousands of your friends & neighbors, & perhaps even your conscience or pocketbook.

First & foremost, that company was never held together by “duct tape & twine” as Emily Powell whined & cried crocodile tears about this past year to whomever would listen. More like 50+ million $$ per year for many years in sales, with management salaries up near six figures, with many waaay exceeding that amount.

It’s not a Fortune 500 company, it’s a bookstore—buy the books, shelve the books, sell the books...