realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Democrats have run Salem for over a decade. Governor, House, Senate, the works. Nobody's blocking them. Yet homelessness is up 19%, most juniors can't read at grade level, and unemployment's a point above the country. At some point you have to ask if the ideas are the problem. 120 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026A socialist advocates socialism because he is fully convinced that the supreme dictator of the socialist commonwealth will be reasonable from his—the individual socialist’s—point of view… 200 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The problems you suffer from are not the failure of free markets. They are the places where the market has already been replaced by the state. And the solution you're being offered is more of the same. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026@tinakotek.bsky.social at the debate: "I believe we need a moratorium" on data centers, and "we have to stop being a cheap date." Good line. Here's her record this year, all from OPB. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I don't care if it's funding, teachers, curriculum, whatever. Most Oregon high school juniors can't read at grade level and 4 in 5 aren't proficient in math. The state's answer was to stop checking before handing out diplomas. Anyone defending that isn't defending kids. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 12/10/20261/ At the debate @tinakotek.bsky.social said "graduation rates are up" and "more students are reading at third grade reading level." The plain truth: 58.5% of Oregon third graders can't read at grade level. 200 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Measure 26-267 puts 2% of the general fund, about $16M a year, into the city charter. The funding source, vetting, voting rules and even who can vote all get decided after it passes. The backers say that's intentional. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 11/10/20261/ On SNAP, @tinakotek.bsky.social said at the debate: "that red tape is coming from President Trump." Part of that is fair, the new federal work rules are real. But Oregon's costliest SNAP problem is run out of Salem. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026@councilormorillo.bsky.social says "we don't have to do new construction, we can purchase existing buildings." That sounds efficient. It isn't, because it adds no homes. 300 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 10/10/20261/ At the debate @tinakotek.bsky.social said "We don't have to raise taxes." The same night she defended SB 1507, which she signed in April. OPB reported it functionally raises taxes by more than $300 million. Pick one. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Rents tell builders where homes are needed most. High rent says "build here." When the city forces a share of units below market without paying for it, the math on new buildings stops working, so fewer get built. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 10/10/20261/ @councilorgreen.bsky.social calls Fair Share a tax on inequality. Look at how it's measured: CEO pay divided by the median employee's pay. That median is set mostly by who a company hires, not how well it pays them. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 10/10/20261/ Malcolm Gladwell said something on Brian Lehrer's show that stuck with me. "Police violence is a response to being overwhelmed." His point is that when there aren't enough cops, they lean on force instead of time and patience. If you care about misconduct, that's worth sitting with. 210 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Gov. Kotek means well. It hasn't worked. Nearly four years in, homelessness is up 19% in the latest federal count, housing permits are under half her goal, unemployment is a full point above the nation, and only 30% of 8th graders are proficient in math. @tinakotek.bsky.social 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Gov. Kotek sat on her transportation tax bill for more than a month. OPB reported she made little secret she was delaying so opponents would have less time to refer it to voters. Oregonians gathered 163,451 valid signatures anyway, more than double what was needed. @tinakotek.bsky.social 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026OPB's September poll: fewer than 30% of likely Oregon voters think the state is headed in the right direction, and 58% say wrong track. Gov. Kotek's favorable rating is 38%. Voters' top worries are cost of living, housing, taxes, homelessness and leadership. @tinakotek.bsky.social 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/20261/ At Wednesday's debate @tinakotek.bsky.social said Oregon housing starts are up 11% and "we're bucking the national trend" on "new starter homes for people to buy." I checked the Census Bureau's permit files. The starter home part is backwards. 200 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In Oregon the governor is also the state schools chief. Under Gov. Kotek, 58.5% of 3rd graders can't read at grade level and 70% of 8th graders aren't proficient in math. Only three states scored lower in 4th grade reading on the national test. That's failure. @tinakotek.bsky.social 200 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Fair Share is pitched as a tax on CEOs. But a business doesn't pay a tax the way a person does. It's a pool of money that goes to workers, customers and owners. When you tax it, the question is which of those three gives up the money. 200 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Nearly four years into Gov. Kotek's term, Oregon's unemployment rate is 5.1%. The national rate is 4.1%. Oregon has been stuck between 5.0% and 5.3% for 18 months, and the state lost 10,900 jobs over the past year, including 6,800 in manufacturing. @tinakotek.bsky.social 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Auditors said Oregon's housing agency couldn't verify $426M in pandemic rent aid reached eligible people. They warned rent aid under Gov. Kotek's emergency had the same risk: self-reported income and $85M to spend in 8 months. Her office said she had confidence in the agency. @tinakotek.bsky.social 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/20261/ @councilorgreen.bsky.social's Fair Share page promises $72M a year. The city economist's forecast, printed in the ordinance's own impact statement, is about $33M a year net for FY2030 to 2032. Less than half. Here's what else the page leaves out. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Gov. Kotek's health agency launched OHP Bridge in 2024. State auditors gave it an adverse opinion, the harshest finding they issue. Eligibility errors put up to $15 million in payments in question, and the fix plans run to December 2028. @tinakotek.bsky.social 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Gov. Kotek signed a 6-cent gas tax hike, higher title and registration fees, and a temporary doubling of the transit payroll tax. Oregonians were already stretched. In May, more than 83% voted to repeal those increases. Even in the Portland metro, 75% said no. @tinakotek.bsky.social 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In 2023 Gov. Kotek set a goal of 36,000 new homes a year. Oregon permitted fewer than 15,000 in each of the last two years. The target has since been lowered twice, to 29,359. Even that is about double what Oregon is on pace to permit this year. @tinakotek.bsky.social 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Gov. Kotek declared a homelessness emergency on her first day in 2023 and has extended it three times. In the latest federal count, Oregon homelessness rose 19% in one year while the nation fell 3%. That was the second biggest increase of any state. 200 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026@tinakotek.bsky.social continues to admit that she’s running the state into the ground. Don’t you get it? We bear the cost of her decisions. Anything the government touches becomes more and more expensive. Oregon’s government budget has doubled in the last decade. Can you do the math? 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Same crew that rewrote the Arts Tax without a public vote now wants Fair Share jammed through committee. Tax hike first. Secrecy second. Voters get neither a say nor daylight. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Archive posts of pure hatred for cops. Police union calling for resignation. Debates he only shows for when he picks the cast. That's not accountability. That's Peacock theater. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Tonight City Club finally puts @councilorgreen.bsky.social on a stage he couldn't stack. Ask him why he blew up the neighborhood paper debate after saying yes. Voters deserve answers, not conditions. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Together, we can take power back from retards like @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social And @counciloravalos.bsky.social The results speak for themselves. Allow them to continue to be in power and continue this unmitigated distasteful. Rational people must reject them. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026D3 Peacock incumbents fight Clean & Safe and push Fair Share tax hikes. Working people need jobs and safe streets, not caucus theater. Kellie Torres is the common-sense pick. 010 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Peacock's six run a private message thread coordinating during hearings. Not illegal. Just secret. Voters deserve open debate, not a caucus treating the chamber like a side chat. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@councilorgreen.bsky.social left a property tax bill unpaid, then lit a backyard brush fire during a city burn ban. Firefighters responded. He calls it a mistake. Peacock rules for thee, not for me. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Portland's police chief says he no longer has confidence in @councilorgreen.bsky.social after old deleted posts resurfaced. You cannot run public safety on contempt for the people who answer 911. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026About $47k in office money sent @councilorgreen.bsky.social, Avalos, and Dunphy to Vienna for a housing junket. Morillo and @councilortkl.bsky.social did not go. Multnomah still counts nearly 9,000 unsheltered. Study tours do not house people. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Before taking office, @councilorgreen.bsky.social, @councilormorillo.bsky.social, @councilortkl.bsky.social, and Kanal pushed to stall Clean & Safe, downtown's cleanup and graffiti crew. Businesses keep citing safety as they close. Ideology first, damn the results. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oct 8 is Peacock's Fair Share vote. @councilorgreen.bsky.social and @councilormorillo.bsky.social want a bigger CEO-ratio tax take on firms that do business here. They call it fair. It is a tax hike. Portland already taxes. Fix results first. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026City faces a $160M shortfall. Council still funded offices near $1.5M. @councilorgreen.bsky.social spent nearly $84k of that office budget on Eyes & Ears for videos and talking points. Oregonian. Messaging money, not results. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@councilorgreen.bsky.social forgot ~$7,300 in property taxes for months (paid after Oregonian called). Then lit a backyard brush fire during layered burn bans. He'll lecture you on "fair share." Start with his own bills and his own yard. 100 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Peacock six: @counciloravalos.bsky.social @councilordunphy.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social @councilorkanal.bsky.social @councilortkl.bsky.social @councilormorillo.bsky.social. Four DSA. Chat logs, office ledgers, questionnaires exist. Rank accordingly. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A property manager testified. @councilormorillo.bsky.social's private take, per WW: nothing. "she just cries every time she testifies in front of women of color." That's not solidarity. That's contempt for the public record you showed up to speak into. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@councilorgreen.bsky.social + @councilormorillo.bsky.social's Fair Share Tax hits Finance & Governance Committee of the Whole Oct 8. Mega-corp CEO-ratio surtax expansion; they say ~$72M. After office-budget theater and a nine-figure city shortfall, watch who pays and who poses. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@councilorgreen.bsky.social deleted thousands of old tweets before running. Archives didn't. Police Chief Bob Day says he no longer has confidence Green can judge the bureau objectively. Green confirmed the posts were his. Still that guy, just with a gavel. 010 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sep 2025: @councilorgreen.bsky.social's office put roughly $12k toward a Vienna "social housing" junket (@counciloravalos.bsky.social & @councilordunphy.bsky.social offices also went; ~$47.5k total). Morillo and Koyama Lane did not go. Budget crisis at home. Research trip abroad. Cool. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026First big act of the new council: jack up their own office budgets to ~$1.5M apiece while telling the city to live with cuts. Then @councilorgreen.bsky.social spends ~$84k on messaging. Priorities aren't mysterious. They're in the ledger. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@councilorgreen.bsky.social's office spent nearly $84,000 of your office budget on Eyes & Ears, a DSA colleague's video shop doing press, talking points, and social video. Not a campaign check. Public money for the brand. (Oregonian, Sep 13, 2026) 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@councilorgreen.bsky.social (Dec 17 2020) on landlords chasing COVID checks: hoped people remember "5.56 rounds are still selling for a bout $1 a piece for a reason," then said he was "not advocating shooting landlords on this website." Thinly veiled. Still your D4 councilor. 000 0
realpdx.bsky.social @realpdx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@councilorgreen.bsky.social, Jun 10 2021, on graffiti cleanup: "It's high time that business owners stopped leeching off the community and started pulling their fair share." Clean & Safe isn't a vibe. It's a vote. And this was the attitude. web.archive.org/web/20210610... 000 0