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Thaddius the Large posted:maybe I’m misinformed but bog standard Reagan Democrats don’t seem to have much a future anywhere If you were paying attention to this last election cycle in Seattle, this is just what the Democrats are now (or what they've always been but have been able to conceal due to the lack of left challenges). Our former Dem governors endorsed a Republican for city attorney to prevent an abolitionist being elected. And don't even get me started on Bruce Harrell. https://twitter.com/UrbanistOrg/status/1478452280600924164?s=20
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Thanatosian posted:I had no idea Nicholas Kristof was running for Oregon governor. quote:Asked by the state elections office to prove he met this requirement, Kristof has argued that his family farm in Yamhill County has always been his home. In a 100-page letter sent Monday to elections officials, Kristof's lawyers wrote that his longtime property investment and summer vacations in Oregon should be enough to prove that their client is a true Oregonian. His lawyers also argued that, if the state denied his explanation, it would be upholding the state's racist history of such residency requirements. Thaddius the Large posted:Johnson actually doesn’t worry me a huge amount, maybe I’m misinformed but bog standard Reagan Democrats don’t seem to have much a future anywhere, I feel like the people who those arguments work for are just voting Republican at this point and wouldn’t have bothered with any of the Dem nominees regardless I think where Johnson hurts the Democrat, whoever it may be, is like I said out in Clackamas and rural Washco. We know Portland/Eugene isn’t quite enough to put a statewide candidate over the finish line, just get them almost there. So eating into conservative Democrat margins could actually be a very big deal
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# ? Jan 6, 2022 22:58 |
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I actually had clicked through and read the whole PM article, I just didn't see taxes mentioned anywhere in there, so was wondering if anyone had brighter them up. The whole "it's racist to require residency" thing is... Interesting? It sounds like complete bullshit, and I don't think state residency requirements are particularly racist...? Like, you should probably have to live someplace for at least a little while before you represent/run that place? And I really don't think a vacation home should count. Is it me, am I the racist?
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# ? Jan 6, 2022 23:07 |
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Thanatosian posted:I actually had clicked through and read the whole PM article, I just didn't see taxes mentioned anywhere in there, so was wondering if anyone had brighter them up. I dont know you, friend, so I can’t answer that. But at least based on this particular data point? No. You are not. It’s a really odd argument for a wealthy white dude to put out there, too “You’re discriminating against me just because my land is for extracting rents and vacations!” is a hell of an argument. It kind of starts intersecting uncomfortably with “land should vote” rural conservative rhetoric Edit: it occurs to me that the fact that he’s not making a point of paying income taxes probably means he isn’t. Seems like a very good point to bring up if it were the case HashtagGirlboss fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 6, 2022 |
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Whew boy. There wasn't much you could do to get me actively supporting Tina Kotek but run her against Betsy Johnson was one of those very few things.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:Whew boy. There wasn't much you could do to get me actively supporting Tina Kotek but run her against Betsy Johnson was one of those very few things. She is very much the quintessential Portland liberal and I think she’ll struggle if she’s the nominee Also Nick https://mobile.twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1479190758511067142?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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The Oldest Man posted:If you were paying attention to this last election cycle in Seattle, this is just what the Democrats are now (or what they've always been but have been able to conceal due to the lack of left challenges). Our former Dem governors endorsed a Republican for city attorney to prevent an abolitionist being elected. That’s what establishment Dems are, but Johnson is eschewing even them in favor of a rightward turn, which is where I think she’s in especially dead waters, nobody to the right wants to come to her, they’ll just go further right. HashtagGirlboss posted:I think where Johnson hurts the Democrat, whoever it may be, is like I said out in Clackamas and rural Washco. We know Portland/Eugene isn’t quite enough to put a statewide candidate over the finish line, just get them almost there. So eating into conservative Democrat margins could actually be a very big deal I mean, yeah, that’s the risk, I just don’t think her stance is even popular enough for those folks, maybe I’m being reductive but my read is there’s no room for independents unless you’re playing to the extremes
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HashtagGirlboss posted:She is very much the quintessential Portland liberal and I think she’ll struggle if she’s the nominee You think? To me she's Kate Brown just 20 years younger. Maybe simply being from Portland is enough brand poison statewide to sink her chances. I was hoping Shemia Fagan would make her move this cycle. I assume she, rightly, decided it was too early. The Puppy Bowl fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jan 7, 2022 |
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HashtagGirlboss posted:She is very much the quintessential Portland liberal and I think she’ll struggle if she’s the nominee it would be extremely funny if this rich idiot managed to kill residency requirements, though it seems unlikely it's not hard to actually establish residency in a state, but owning property certainly doesn't do it
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The Puppy Bowl posted:You think? To me she's Kate Brown just 20 years younger. Maybe simply being from Portland is enough brand poison statewide to sink her chances. I like Shemia a lot but it’s definitely smart for her to sit tight another cycle. Tina and Kate Brown are definitely cut from the same cloth, for better or worse. They’re tied to stuff like cap and trade, corporate activity tax, up zoning, etc. and definitely very cozy with business interests. They are both LGBT. These are things that are generally popular in Portland but less so once you move out into the suburbs and beyond. I think Tina has a good shot at winning the primary because any democratic primary in Oregon goes through Portland and also Tobias Read is really loving boring from what little I’ve seen, and nobody else seems to be getting any media (all that could change of course). Thaddius the Large posted:I mean, yeah, that’s the risk, I just don’t think her stance is even popular enough for those folks, maybe I’m being reductive but my read is there’s no room for independents unless you’re playing to the extremes I think if Kotek is the nominee she’ll struggle with more conservative democrats outside Portland. If the republicans manage to nominate somebody relatively sane (big if) that doesn’t scare these same voters then I could see Betsy being a spoiler and soaking up protest votes from the kind of people who think kotek is “too left” (which lmao but there are people who think that)
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# ? Jan 7, 2022 01:06 |
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Kristof should just become a LEO. In state residency where they work is expressly discouraged.
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Relevant Tangent posted:it would be extremely funny if this rich idiot managed to kill residency requirements, though it seems unlikely the only thing left for rich people to squander their money on now is achievements. if you secure governorship of a state you don't meet the residency requirements for, you get a 100 rich people point achievement. simultaneous governance of washington oregon and california is worth 800rpp
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This came across my Google News feed today: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/24/nick-kristof-governor-campaign-oregon-527606 It's long, and covers a lot of what we already talked about, but I grabbed what I consider the highlights: quote:In his book, Kristof recounted growing up on a 73-acre farm with his parents, both college professors at Portland State University. He called Yamhill kids like himself “escape artists” who managed to move away and succeed. Kristof earned degrees at Harvard and Oxford before joining the Times in 1984. He's trying to present himself as the son of farmers, but the "farmers" in question were full-time college professors. And apparently he doesn't want to disclose his income taxes. Which I bet if I went looking, I could find some commentary regarding his feelings on Trump not disclosing his income tax records.
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Ham Equity posted:This came across my Google News feed today: This was a three-second Google search, of course: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/opinion/sunday/trump-taxes.html
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# ? Jan 25, 2022 06:31 |
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We should get a ruling soon. Both Kristoff and Fagan have submitted their briefs and there isn’t a plan to have oral arguments. I’m having trouble seeing how he wins but influence peddling works in odd and unexpected ways sometimes
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In other news, this poo poo feels really promising to me.quote:To recap, the bill would make the following changes: Also, environmental reviews are skipped.
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Solkanar512 posted:Also, environmental reviews are skipped. But now how can we debate if planting trees that infringe on my view are bad for the environment?
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Kaal posted:But now how can we debate if planting trees that infringe on my view are bad for the environment? Also, if folks would plant more cultivar japanese maples and fewer bullshit arborvitae, we wouldn't be having these fights.
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# ? Jan 25, 2022 21:21 |
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Crossposting from the Seattle thread: Remember this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjF1V403cBs Anyway, he died of COVID (PDF) https://www.wsp.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chiefs-Statement-Regarding-Death-of-Former-Trooper.pdf I'm sure we're all very saddened at the passing of this piece of poo poo pig motherfucker. Thank you, Robert LaMay, for making the world a better place today.
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# ? Jan 29, 2022 03:46 |
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Turns out that the thin blue line is right next to a thin pink one.
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# ? Jan 29, 2022 04:46 |
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Oregon State Supreme Court has rolled Kristof is out.
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Haha sucker
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I have to say....this wasn't an article I thought I would see on my phone. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/business/economy/spokane-housing-expensive-cities.html But not totally unexpected given the ever-increasing housing costs in Washington state. With regards to duplexes and triplexes... It's a start. I think high rise housing is preferred to see the economics of scale work out. 4-5 story high non-luxury condos built of concrete and steel. Or even taller buildings. The last place I saw offering a new duplex for sale, wanted 250k. This wasn't in the Seattle area mind you, this was on the East side, of the state, pre-covid. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Senor P. fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Feb 21, 2022 |
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Senor P. posted:I have to say....this wasn't an article I thought I would see on my phone. Spokane is a loving shithole. People are just going to have to migrate eastward until they find survivable financial conditions I guess.
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Senor P. posted:I have to say....this wasn't an article I thought I would see on my phone. Just out of curiosity, how big and new was this duplex? I'm asking because I now own a share in a recently-constructed duplex in the Spokane area (even though I didn't play an active role in obtaining it). Sodomy Hussein posted:Spokane is a loving shithole. People are just going to have to migrate eastward until they find survivable financial conditions I guess.
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Senor P. posted:I think high rise housing is preferred to see the economics of scale work out. Are 4-5 story concrete and steel residential buildings even a thing these days? I mean, I agree, but with the amount of wooden buildings going up I imagine that’s pretty much cookie cutter these days.
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I don't think I've ever seen a 5-over-1 that wasn't built with a wood frame. I just want to see more mid to high rise residential housing in general. gently caress 5-over-1s.
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# ? Feb 21, 2022 18:42 |
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The 5 in a 5-over-1 refers specifically to the 5 wood stories over the 1 concrete story.
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pseudorandom name posted:The 5 in a 5-over-1 refers specifically to the 5 wood stories over the 1 concrete story. Incorrect, it refers to type 5 construction according to the International Building Code over IBC type 1 construction. https://archive.curbed.com/2018/12/4/18125536/real-estate-modern-apartment-architecture https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC2015P4/chapter-6-types-of-construction
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# ? Feb 22, 2022 01:37 |
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The problem with that explanation of the name is the upper 5 stories can also be type 3 and there's also 5-over-2 which is 5 type 3 or type 5 stories over 2 type 1 stories.
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# ? Feb 22, 2022 03:26 |
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People started using the term "5-over-1" incorrectly, and that misconception feels like an obvious idea so that usage spread faster and farther than the original, more technical/jargony usage.
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# ? Feb 22, 2022 03:29 |
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I think most people don't claim to know or even care what code or material is used for which floors, they are referring to the style as it appears outwardly: 5 identical residential floors on top of a different styled bottom floor with a different purpose (often commercial).
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# ? Feb 22, 2022 06:32 |
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halokiller posted:I don't think I've ever seen a 5-over-1 that wasn't built with a wood frame. I just want to see more mid to high rise residential housing in general. gently caress 5-over-1s. Hell, even Tokyo isn't as high-rise crazy as is often believed. Most Tokyo buildings even in 'central' areas aren't very tall.
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https://www.portlandmercury.com/blo...nformation-leakquote:Hunzeker formerly served as the president of the Portland Police Bureau's (PPB) rank-and-file union, the Portland Police Association (PPA). Hunzeker stepped down from that role in late March 2021, shortly after PPB leaked information to the Oregonian and online conservative media outlets that falsely accused Hardesty of committing a hit-and-run. Though, suppose capitulating on his reinstatement will save time, since he's inevitable going to be reinstated with back pay on appeal, since nobody ever explicitly told him that doing that one specific thing is bad.
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LOL “We didn’t expect accountability to come with punishments for bad behavior. No fair!”
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It's a little weird that "deep blue" Oregon could end up with a Trump Republican governor next year and nobody seems to be talking about it. Since Kate Brown is term limited we have a completely open race and, as usual, the Dems are putting up lovely centrists and the state GOP has an entire clown car of Trump lovers competing for the nomination but what makes this year special is that Phil Knight and a bunch of Portland business owners are dumping millions of dollars into "independent" Betsy Johnson's campaign hoping to siphon off just enough moderate dem votes to get a Republican governor elected.
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# ? May 9, 2022 17:57 |
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naw, we'll protest outside somebody's house if it comes to that
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# ? May 9, 2022 18:18 |
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These campaign ads are the shittiest things I’ve ever seen in my life.
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punk rebel ecks posted:These campaign ads are the shittiest things I’ve ever seen in my life.
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