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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: The Era of DIY Government Won't End Well
Description: Last week, a Craigslist post brought it home—we’re in the era of Do It Yourself Government.
The Craigslist post offered $50 an hour to so-called “real men” to monitor police scanners and to “find the troublemakers” vandalizing downtown Portland. It brought home the fact that many residents have lost confidence in their local government and are doing the jobs that government won’t or can’t do anymore.
They believe they’ve been abandoned. They’ve been abandoned by the police. They’re on their own to protect themselves and their property. They’ve been abandoned by the pu...