Portland Commissioner Nick Fish has formulated plans for homeless camps–ala Occupy– throughout the city. Fish’s proposal also allows City codes to be ignored. Sounds familiar, huh? Like the Occupy camp outs before them, taxpayers will get stuck with the water, garbage and other attendant tabs. That’s right, while the City sticks us with confiscatory water and garbage rates, taxpayers will also pay the tab for the camps. See below:
From the Smirkury:
The resolution, obtained by the Mercury, was crafted with input from Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s office, which runs the Bureau of Development Services (BDS). It would direct code inspectors “to not enforce code violations associated with these activities.” The pilot program would be managed by Fish’s housing bureau and be reviewed in a year.
words by the Victoria Taft Show and
“5th Listeners” Bryan and Kim and
Eric “The Great” Peterson
Nibbling on GREEN cake
We’re gettin’ so baked.
All of us in our hats of tin foil.
Could get a real job, if not for this fog
Hey, man, pass the patchouli oil.
Wastin’ away again in Obamaville
Got my dog and headin’ out to ‘spange
The GA says Wells Fargo’s to blame
Did my part, voted hope and change
I know the reason
I’ll stay here all season
Got no better place to go.
Here’s a new tattoo, on my left boob
A hammer and sickle drawn by the art crew
Wastin’ away again in Obamaville
Shoutin’ I’m the 99%!
Cuz I swear the ‘man’s’ to blame
But I know, it’s my college’s fault
I put up my tent
Beats paying real rent
The guy next door has an I-phone
But there’s pot in the pipe
And he’ll let me skype
To my three kids I left at home
Wastin’ away again in Obamaville
Got my dog and headin’ out to ‘spange
The GA says Wells Fargo’s to blame
Did my part, voted hope and change
We claim that corporations are to blame
And we know, it’s the one percent’s fault
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