I was in Portland the other day and was horrified at the homelessness, the tents, the garbage. All along the Interstate 5 corridor there is a plethora of tents and garbage and if you drive down N.E. 33rd Avenue, it is disgusting.
I wrote to Mayor Wheeler to express my disgust and asked why nothing is being done about this problem. Not only is it ugly, it is dangerous and unsanitary.
I am also writing to the mayor of Vancouver, to express my concern that our city may befall the same fate. I hope there is something we can do before we look like Portland. In Forbes magazine, they wrote an article this year called “Death Of A City: The Portland Story?” (Forbes, Jan. 28). How can we keep our city clean and free of tents and garbage?
