Maui is getting front row seats at how incompetent their Democrat governance is. Maui community expresses collective rage. They need tourism to survive, but people are cancelling. Lahaina is off-limits, of course, and you have to pass through Lahaina to get to Ka'anapali Resort. Biden's visit was a political disaster. How tone-deaf and stupid. Worse than Bush and Katrina. Where are Hawaii's senators and congressmen? Why aren't they trying to get help? Now they admit that the death count could be over 1000. And it's revealed that those who went around the police blockades are the ones who survived. Why were there police blockades anyway?
Grants Pass petitions SCOTUS to hear their case regarding illegal homeless camping. Hope this will overturn Martin vs Boise. The Brown vs City of Phoenix case seems to be in their favor.
Portland college students - more liberal, less religious, smoke more weed. Tomorrow's leaders, huh? Most will go into academics or politics, I predict.
Tina Kotek wants Portlanders to help revive the city. The problem is that the only ones who care to venture into the city seem to be the ones doing the destroying. And fentanyl continues to score up wins against Oregon's efforts.
The greenies really don't want nuclear. This article says nuclear is too expensive and dangerous, but relies a lot on data from France's nuclear experience, which is old technology, instead of discussing some of the new developments with small reactors. Wind energy yields are too low and not reliable. Solar output is also relegated to certain parts of the world where sunlight is steady and strong enough. But the energy density is low compared with nuclear (and petroleum). One hailstorm can take out a lot of solar panels, and hydroelectric power is expensive and can impact local economies. These are not discussed in the paper.
Seattle police will no longer respond to mental health crisis calls. Only social workers. Hope no one gets shot.