Saltzman Proposes Lowering Flags to Honor Crime Victims Who Are Children

By BETH SLOVIC

March 04, 2009 at 5:09 am PST

But Saltzman said this morning his idea would be to lower the Portland flag (pictured below) at City Hall, the Portland Building, Pioneer Square and other city-owned locations whenever a Portlander, 18 and younger, died as a result of violence, abuse or neglect.

It's difficult to be cynical about honoring dead children

poodle named Pepe,

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