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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Snowstorm Shows Taxpayers the City of Portland’s Dystopian Side
Description: Full-text: Last week’s snowstorm was more than a snow-pocalypse, it was a dystopian scene of the decline of Portland civil society.
The storm snuck up on all of us. Because it came so quickly and so hard, many drivers had to abandon their vehicles on the side of the road. In response, the City of Portland announced not only would it tow those cars, they’d also ticket the owners for abandoning them. The city made some people’s worst day even worse.
The next day, I went out to walk my dog in 11 inches...