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Man Loses Job Over Gender
This is a story of a privileged male just now realizing there is still gender discrimination ["Men Need Not Apply," WW, March 2, 2016]. I'm sorry you lost your dream job. Join the club.
I gave up the career I loved after 13 years of being told I couldn't be promoted because I didn't have a penis or "know my place as a woman."
Every woman you know has lost a dream job. To a man. So because one man lost his, and finally realized things aren't equal, we should what? Parade? Protest? Weep?
—Gibson Jacobs
This article is about someone who has chosen to fight a battle he thinks is right. This isn't some BS "reverse-discrimination" whining from a person of privilege—this is an article about someone who sounds like a fantastic human being.
—"PDX97206"
A wise employer would reward performance rather than focus on genetics.
—"ChasJo"
Wheeler, Bailey and the CRC
Jules Bailey unambiguously voted to fund and build the Oregon-only version of the Columbia River Crossing ["Double Crossing," WW, March 2, 2016]. Even ignoring the huge environmental problems with that project, the Oregon-only proposal was extremely fiscally irresponsible.
But Ted Wheeler's hands are not very clean either, in terms of fiscal responsibility. He easily could have issued a stronger statement against the Oregon-only proposal. Instead, his attempt to straddle the issues meant that the CRC's proponents continued to spend tens of millions for several more months.
So take your pick—neither mayoral candidate is good on the environment on this issue. I won't vote for either man.
—"trees"
Wheeler, let me help you out right now. Leave the CRC alone—abandon it. Take up cleanup. Clean up the air pollution. Clean up the river banks. Clean up the out-of-control camping, garbage, used needles. Clean up the corruption among the City Council. Clean up the roads, fill in the potholes, and strengthen the bridges.
You do the cleanup first, then you tackle affordable housing.
—"Fracturelines"
Error Costs DEQ Land
Oops! Another taxpayer-funded state agency charged with protecting Oregonians drops the ball ["Toxic Waste," WW, March 2, 2016]. Disappointing but, sadly, not surprising.
Ask anyone who has sat in his car in long lines at a Department of Environmental Quality inspection facility in the past 10 years, watching the horseplay among employees in the alternating stations that have no customers at all.
There are long-standing accountability and oversight problems at DEQ.
—"FWIW"
Portland's Best Ceviche
I ate at Paiche recently. It was simply astounding ["Big Fish," WW, March 2, 2016]. We shared four dishes, a Pfriem and the smoothie. I cannot recommend the food here enough.
—Todd Norvell
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