Kinda catchy
An alert reader notes that the abrupt departure of REI from the retail scene in the City of Portland has one silver lining: It's provided the perfect slogan for the mayor's re-election campaign!
Comments
Post a Comment
The platform used for this blog is awfully wonky when it comes to comments. It may work for you, it may not. It's a Google thing, and beyond my control. Apologies if you can't get through. You can email me a comment at jackbogsblog@comcast.net, and if it's appropriate, I can post it here for you.
I don’t think Ted is mentally agile enough to come up with that phrase. Like too many political figures, in current office, he relies of his staff to put words in his mouth.
ReplyDeleteOf course, their friends in the media will run with it.
A new city motto might be an old saying from the 70's 'We are all Bozos on this Bus.
ReplyDeleteWhoever is writing headlines at KGW is carrying a lot of water for the mayor's office. Sometimes in a negotiation, it's just time to walk away. The city was in no hurry to fix a terrible situation. It shouldn't take going to the media to get things to change. I wonder how many similar conversations are taking place with the city.
ReplyDelete'Beyond Maddening' is the fact that the City of Portland's simply doesn't have the political capacity to address any of its significant problems. In fact, the only skills most of the current Councilors seem to possess are creating new problems and making existing ones even worse.
ReplyDelete“The City That Jerks”
ReplyDeleteBlindsided? Not according to this article. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/records-show-rei-frustration-with-portland-officials-as-closure-loomed/
ReplyDelete