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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Portlanders are fed up with homelessness, crime, and their elected officials
Description: Full Text: A recent poll by the Portland Business Alliance found that 88% of voters believe their quality of life is getting worse. This is up significantly from 2017, when less than half of voters said the same thing. It’s not hard to understand why; all you need to do is step outside.
Tents and trash line our sidewalks, shootings are rising, and more cars are being stolen.
According to the poll, “voters overwhelmingly support requiring people currently living outside to sleep in shelters or designated camping areas” and 83% of voters support funding to hire and train...