Episode 38: Mark Douglass- Addiction Counselor and Program Manager
“What I’ve seen and what I kind of trust about people is that when they are given the opportunity to connect to other human beings, when they feel safe, when
“What I’ve seen and what I kind of trust about people is that when they are given the opportunity to connect to other human beings, when they feel safe, when
“Sometimes people want obviously some good news, and even if the good news is literally just ‘oh there are other people with the same emotions as you have and you
“A New Hope” – George Lucas (I assume) On December 19th, Kip and I attended the official swearing in of the new Portland City Council, Mayor, and Auditor. We were
“Anyone who’s ever filled in a circle and answered a multiple choice question can fucking handle ranked choice voting… Having 20 – 30 candidates running for office in each district
“Our Public Safety Budget is $560 million dollar and the violence prevention budget is $5 million, so I advocate for doubling that- it’s really only a drop in the bucket
“When (over) 80% of people experiencing homelessness clearly have something else going on, then we have to ask ourselves why they didn’t want to go to a congregate shelter- (bad