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I'm mostly frustrated with the name calling on both sides - that's grade school stuff, just stop.  Debate intelligently or keep your mouth shut. 

I will support the new order, but expect them to come to the table with better ideas, not just a mind to repeal recent changes to health care, financial regulation, etc. - offer something better rather than simply going back to the way things were.

Get your work done, and you will be rewarded with my vote next time 'round.  Sit on your hands or spend your time pointing fingers, and you won't get my vote.

posted 1 year, 6 months ago
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Sometime walker, first time poster.  :)

I think there's a real need for some way to get across larger blvds that don't have "corners" per se - for example, Beaverton Hillsdale and Barbur Blvd in SW Portland.

During a few years spent in LA, larger avenues like these had a walk light that a pedestrian could activate, which would light up the crosswalk to indicate to drivers that there is a walker crossing.  Seems like a cheaper/less disruptive than a full on crosswalk light, and seemed to work well there.

Another note, living in Auckland New Zealand for a few years, I would see whole families huddled on the center line of a busy road waiting to cross, with traffic whizzing past on both sides!!  I've seen similar things on Barbur Blvd. - seems like an accident in the making.

posted 1 year, 6 months ago
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Hello,

My comment is more about gun rights in general, vs. concealed or not.

It would make me much more comfortable when seeing a weapon to know that the person carrying had a permit, had received initial and periodic training on using the weapon, and had the disposition to know when and when not to use it.

Can your guests or listeners comment on what education is required around gun ownership, and if ongoing education is required?

posted 2 years, 1 month ago
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Hello,

Two things that prevent me from biking as often as I might:

1)  Living in SW Portland, bike lanes disappearing in the middle of a route, and poor intersection layouts (I live in Hillsdale)

2)  Resources when I arrive at my destination - bike racks (rather than parking meters, light poles, etc.), showers, etc.

Also, I think biking in conjunction with mass transit is great, but with only two bikes able to fit on one bus, there's the possibility that I'll be late to work as both spaces in the rack are taken.

Finally, I think bike riders have the responsibility to follow normal road rules - stop at stop signs, signal to those behind you your intent, have and use lights, etc.

posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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