PM:
Portland‘s Public Safety Commissioner slammed Multnomah County’s proposed budget of $4 billion because of its allocation of more than $5 million for syringes and nearly $2 million for tents.
Rene Gonzalez wrote a letter to the Multnomah County Chair and Board of Commissioners, requesting them to rethink these two budget items before approving the 2025 budget, per KATU. Gonzalez noted that not only are taxpayers funding the tents and syringes, but they’re also paying for the city’s cleanup of the mess, which is a never-ending vicious cycle all at the cost of taxpayers.
Portland’s Public Safety Commissioner explained that “taxpayers should be paying attention” to the budget because “they’re paying on both ends.” At an anticipated cost of $1.7 million, the first program, called “Safety on the Streets,” would provide sleeping bags, tarps, and tents to homeless individuals. more
You get the government you vote for. Enjoy, kiddies.
Holy moly, that’s a lot of syringes.
That some first class money laundering right there.
How many $BILLION worth of drugs will go through 5,000,000 syringes?
Remember when syringe needles were presciption only because of the potential for abuse?
You can buy a box of 100 syringes on Amazon for less than 15 buks…that’s $.15 per syringe. My calculator blew up….
That doesn’t allow for guvmint overhead (grift) tho.
So how much are they setting aside to give free needles to diabetics who actually WILL die if they don’t have any?
Sorry, those are without needle. With needle it’s $16.99/100…..
Portland’s mayor to San Francisco’s mayor “hold my beer.” Super majority of Portland voters don’t know, don’t care. Free-shitters, drug addicts, and bums are attracted to Multnomah County’s bum magnets.
That kind of money they must be buying mil spec syringes.
Build it and the druggies and homeless will come.
Portland is a-hole.
Nothing they give homeless people doesn’t end up as trash on the streets.
They didn’t buy it and they don’t have to clean it up, they Don’t Care and they hate you that you don’t do enough for them.
Life lesson- caring for somebody that doesn’t care about themselves is a waste of your time/taxes and resources.