On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea are back for a New-Year-news-roundup. We cover Rene Gonzalez and Mike Schmidt writing bureaucratic disses in the form of PowerPoint, the Portland Mercado fire (and the community rallying to support!), Central City Concern building new substance use treatment beds in our neighborhood and the dang electric bill is going up!
Then, for our community question, we ask the listeners for their help in deciding on our THEME OF THE YEAR! It follows Tammy's brilliant and prescient themes of years past, with 2022 being "Someone's getting sued," and 2023 being "Get it down in writing!" What will the theme of 2024 be? You help us decide!
Note: In this episode, Tammy and Althea explore the metaphorical (NOT LITERAL) meaning of being in escrow quite a bit. And if you have a problem with that, you can stay in escrow about it!
References:
In Two Lengthy Documents, Leading Portland Officials Point Fingers Over Who or What Caused a Crime Spike
Portland Mercado fire - How to help
‘This is a real win’: 70 new treatment beds in the works for Portland's central city
Electric Bills are going up!
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