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Good morning, Portland! The last few days have been cloudier than our nation’s moral judgement, so consider this a seasonal reminder to pull your SAD lamp out of storage.
Here are the headlines!
Hardcore: The National Rifle Association (NRA) is suing the city of San Francisco, because the city’s Board of Supervisors recently voted to designate the NRA as a domestic terrorist organization. Portland, we’ve got some work to do if we want to maintain our questionable reputation as the Craziest Lefty West Coast City.
Unhealthy: New Census Bureau data shows that the share of uninsured Americans grew last year, the first time this has happened since the Affordable Care Act went into full effect. Per the New York Times, “experts said it was at least partly the result of the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine that law.”
Fifteen at Freddy’s: A possible strike of Oregon grocery store workers is looming, and Fred Meyer is actively seeking replacement workers. Those replacement workers are being offered more than some longtime Fred Meyer employees currently make.
New Blood: Commissioner Chloe Eudaly has another 2020 challenger for her Portland City Council seat. Mingus Mapps, a political professor, was recently fired from his job at the Office of Community and Civic Life—an office Eudaly oversees as commissioner—and says he has concerns about her leadership.
End of an Era: Greyhound has left its Portland bus station on NW 6th, in favor of a curbside pickup spot nearby. That piece of now-available real estate has a lot of potential—read more in the Oregonian.
Public Resignation: Ginger McCall, Oregon’s first public records advocate, resigned yesterday. It was an unexpected move, and she’s making it clear that she does not think Gov. Kate Brown’s office shares her ideals.
Hey, the Next Debate Is Thursday: And there’s only going to be one night and 10 candidates this time. Including, somehow, Andrew Yang.
Sentence of the Day: “It’s a challenging work—two people walked out of the performance I attended—but if you give it a chance, My Ass has a lot to say about the weariness of building impermanent connections, borders, and boundaries.”
Hardcore: Maybe Portland can designate auto manufacturers as a terrorist group since their products are marketed in the same way and kill as many people. Let’s see SF top that.