I find it ironic that Mayor Sam Adams of Portland has issued a statement that he is closing down Occupy Portland - yet - Sam Adams the "Founding Father" was an important leader in the American Revolution
Ironic huh?
History: Seems I recall the American Revolution being rather "bloody" ... as the Brits wanted to arrest Sam Adams for causing a "rebellion" against Parliament.
Current Events: Mayor Sam Adams claims that Occupy Portland has too many "homeless" people who are "drug addicts" so ... he wants to close down Occupy Portland to protect ???? ... Who?
Look, if Mayor Sam Adams has identified "homeless drug addicts" within Occupy Portland, why doesn't he, as Mayor, help those "homeless drug addicts" by taking them to a shelter, giving them food and/or medical attention to help them overcome their drug addictions?
Hmmm ... Why would Mayor Sam Adams want to let those "homeless drug addicts" wander around his City by closing down Occupy?
Hmmm ... Occupy Portland is currently in view of: Portland Justice Center, County Court House and City Hall - meaning - the "homeless drug addicts" are in full view and easily apprehended. But, if Occupy is closed down, those "homeless drug addicts" will scatter around the City causing "havoc" outside of the view of law enforcement.
So, rather than narrow down "who" those drug addicted homeless people are so they may seek medical help and other things the "homeless" people require ... Mayor Sam Adams is just going to close down Occupy Portland and let his "homeless drug addict" population meander about the City - hmmm ...
Ok, I think any casual observer can figure out that Mayor Sam Adams is being intellectually dishonest
Seems Mayor Sam Adam's goal is not to "help" the "homeless" who live in his City & who he claims has infiltrated Occupy, no, no, no, ....
Mayor Sam Adam's goal is to CLOSE DOWN Occupy with a Bull Sh*t story that appears to be reasonable.
So I wonder ... What would American Revolution Leader, Sam Adams, do if he were part of Occupy Portland ...
... and what would Mayor Sam Adams do to American Revolution Leader, Sam Adams, if he did not vacate Occupy Portland at 12:01am Sunday morning?
hmm ...
Let me be more blunt than I've already been in this Diary.
Any Mayor - who was worth being Mayor - and who thought he had a "crowd" of homeless drug addicts right smack in front of his office (City Hall) every day would send City Social Workers into Occupy to get the "homeless drug addicts" off the streets and into medical help.
Adding to Mayor Sam Adam's irony is this: The City of Portland actually has a written Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. And, Mayor Sam Adams is doing the exact opposite of what his City's, Portland's, Ten Year Plan To End Homelessness requires him to do ... yeah, opposite.
Here's what Portland Oregan's Written Ten Year Plan To END Homelessness says City Hall is supposed to do to end homelessness in Portland:
This 10-year plan is built on three principles:
1. Focus on the most chronically homeless populations.
(um ... right now Mayor Sam Adams says that's Occupy Portland)
2. Streamline access to existing services in order to prevent and reduce other homelessness.
(um ... you don't "streamline access" by scattering those who you've identified
as "homeless drug addicts" around your City.)
3. Concentrate resources on programs that offer measurable results. These principles emphasize a “housing first” methodology for ending chronic homelessness and focus on shortening the length of homelessness experienced by anyone in our community.
The Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in Portland goes on to say,
"Housing will come in the form of permanent supportive housing, which offers social and clinical services to residents depending upon their level of need. These needs include medical care, mental health services, rent assistance, or other kinds of support."
Well, there ya go Mayor Sam Adams, number 1 on your written Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness is right now, according to you, in front of your office every day and all you have to do is go down, or send a Social Worker down there, and put them in the required medical facility for help.
Also, Mayor Adams, seems like number 2 is being handed to you on a plate: you may now go down to Occupy and "Streamline access for the homeless to existing services ... include medical care, mental health services,"
But - that's not really your goal in closing Occupy, is it Mayor Sam Adams. Your goal is not to "help" the homeless - your goal is to end Occupy Portland.
In the Section: "Steps By Which We [Portland] Will End Homelessness" of "Portland's Ten Year Plan To End Homelessness" Mayor Sam Adams is violating Number 2.
"Steps By Which We Will End Homelessness"
2. Stop discharging people into homelessness.
Psssst ... Mayor Sam Adams, that means, you don't just End Occupy and discharge your homeless drug addicts population to wander around your City.
Yeah, I guess by now, anyone who reads this can figure out I am calling "Bull Sh*t" on Mayor Sam Adam's excuse for ending Occupy Portland.
To Mayor Sam Adams: You see Mayor Sam Adams, if your reasons for closing Occupy were truthful, you would do exactly what "Portland's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness" calls for ... you would go down and pluck the "homeless drug addicts" out of Occupy and put them in a "form of permanent supportive housing, which offers social and clinical services to residents depending upon their level of need ... include medical care, mental health services, rent assistance, or other kinds of support."
What you would not do, as Mayor, is scatter and "discharge" people you claim are "homeless drug addicts" around your City.
These reasons I gave is exactly how I know your sole goal is to END Occupy with a Bull Sh*t story that "appears" to be reasonable.
Too bad Mayor Sam Adams cannot live up to the name: Sam Adams.
Good Luck Occupy ... everywhere.