Following this story, brought to light by the outstanding work of Mr. Stanford, I am ashamed to say I am a native of the state of Oregon. Even more sadly, little if anything has changed within the Oregon bureaucracies in a positive way since Franke's murder. My wife and I fled north to Vancouver a few years ago. Washington may not be anything near perfect, but it clearly far better than the shit storm of Oregon.
I agree - I was born and grew up in Portland as did my parents and my maternal grandma. In the 1960s my grandma talked about gambling, prostitution and abortions among the wealthy living on Council Crest and doing business downtown. When Phil Stanford published Portland Confidential I started to recall some things. And it's NEVER been allowed to change.
Things only change if/when truth comes out. When all the resources to investigate and prosecute are spent to cover up rather than expose the truth, you get what we have here. People still get away with murder.
Following this story, brought to light by the outstanding work of Mr. Stanford, I am ashamed to say I am a native of the state of Oregon. Even more sadly, little if anything has changed within the Oregon bureaucracies in a positive way since Franke's murder. My wife and I fled north to Vancouver a few years ago. Washington may not be anything near perfect, but it clearly far better than the shit storm of Oregon.
I agree - I was born and grew up in Portland as did my parents and my maternal grandma. In the 1960s my grandma talked about gambling, prostitution and abortions among the wealthy living on Council Crest and doing business downtown. When Phil Stanford published Portland Confidential I started to recall some things. And it's NEVER been allowed to change.
Things only change if/when truth comes out. When all the resources to investigate and prosecute are spent to cover up rather than expose the truth, you get what we have here. People still get away with murder.