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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 4h

My time on the MultCo CBAC for DCS was eye-opening. All of the divisions are magnets for really bad behavior.

Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 7h

Increasingly in government settings, "psychological safety" is actually a major workplace safety concern. Public facing public workers take a lot of abuse and it's having significant detrimental effects on govt effectiveness and the public service workforce.

Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social · 7h

It's so hard to watch n'hood residents treat city/agency staff like garbage at meetings just because they disagree w a street design proposal. We need mediators or some staff who enforce basic, respectful meeting laws. I'm tired of staff being talked over and disrespected. It's not OK!

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Donna Cohen, MLIS, MEd @civicsforall.bsky.social · 1d

One thing we could do to help 40-60,000 people at extreme risk on the north peninsula is FUND A GODDAMN EMERGENCY ROUTE. Right now we will be completely trapped and stranded here because all our routes in/out have short rr bridges that will collapse in the quake. If a toxic cloud comes, we're dead.

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Marnie Glickman @marniemix.bsky.social · 1d

Did y'all submit your comments to Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability? Deadline is 10/17. www.portlandmaps.com/bps/cei-hub/...

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www.portlandmaps.com

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

Working on it…

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

The state, the city, the county, the feds, the facilities, the consumers ...

What do we want? "MOVE THE HUB!"
When do we want it? "BEFORE THE QUAKE!"

Chad Lykins @chadlykins.bsky.social · 1d

This is a wicked hard problem & even the best proposals coming from the city & county are simply trying to mitigate the worst effects of a major disaster.

To really fix the problem the state needs to move the hub.

Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

So I'm starting to put together my CEI Hub comments (as everyone should be doing this week) and I gotta say, even the strongest of the proposed alternatives seems really weak to me. A quick🧵 1/5
www.portland.gov/bps/planning...

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know, but I can imagine that the legal supremacy-clause problem of local law enforcement telling federal law enforcement how to do its job would probably be the federal argument. Feds usually "agree" to comply with generally applicable local laws, but they also don't think they need to.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

But the quake is inevitable, we just don't know when it's going to happen. So, if not land use planners starting today, *who* will kick off the many necessary efforts we need to ultimately remove the massive hazard from our riverbank? And how fast can we get it done?! 5/5

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

As city *land use* planners point out, their *land use* proposals cannot address DEQ permitting and seismic regulations, cannot address emergency planning and response, and cannot (directly) address the shrinking market for liquid fuels. And they expressly decline to address the Hub's relocation 4/5

Slide indicating "Relocation of the CEI Hub is outside of scope" of this zoning code project.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

I'll post more when my thoughts are more fully organized, but on the seismic issue alone, even adopting the strongest alternative, the risks to the environment, public health, and community safety *remain enormous for decades.* 3/5

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

I've listened to a couple of briefings now, and I *understand* the limitations of land use law on such a massive problem. But I think there needs to be a basic foundational recognition that the existing ongoing land use - fuel transfer and storage - is simply incompatible with that location. 2/5

Title slide of overview presentation on CEI Hub to Council's Climate, Resilience, and Land Use Committee

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 1d

So I'm starting to put together my CEI Hub comments (as everyone should be doing this week) and I gotta say, even the strongest of the proposed alternatives seems really weak to me. A quick🧵 1/5
www.portland.gov/bps/planning...

Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub Policy Project

The project intent is to update Comprehensive Plan policies to regulate fuel facilities in the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in Northwest Portland. It will also explore options under the zoning c...

www.portland.gov

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon's DOJ has some very helpful material here. As things heat up around here, it's worth understanding all the state protections. And it's also worth understanding the limits to those protections. ⤵️ 4/4

Oregon Department of Justice Sanctuary Promise Guidance - Oregon Department of Justice

Sanctuary Promise Violations Hotline Community Toolkit Model Policies Hospitals and Healthcare Settings Public Schools Law Enforcement and Correctional Settings Outreach Materials and Media Q&A and Gl...

www.doj.state.or.us

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

But because Oregon's Sanctuary Promise law specifically includes the state's public bodies, the feds may not, within the parameters of state law, commandeer Portland's resources either. But neither the state nor the city can obstruct the feds from doing their job. 3/

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

Constitutionally, under the 10th Amendment, the federal government may not "commandeer" the state's resources to implement and enforce what is wholly a federal responsibility. However, the 10th Amendment does NOT necessarily apply to cities automatically. 2/

Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

This is a strong ordinance and it's good to put this stuff on the City's books. It's also good to remember that it's Oregon's "Sanctuary Promise" provisions that are doing the heavy lifting under the U.S. Constitution. Portland can offer sanctuary protections only because Oregon does. 🧵 1/x

Councilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 2d

The last item on the agenda is one I am cosponsoring, the Sanctuary City Codification Ordinance, which will elevate our 2017 Sanctuary City resolution to binding law; provide resources for City employees & supervisors on how to react to federal activity that may affect employees ...

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Add Code to enact Sanctuary City status protections (add Code Chapter 23.20)

www.portland.gov

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

Again, the glass-half-empty guy looks around at the extraordinary damage already done while they’re merely muddling through the morass. To badly mix some metaphors, the shadow docket is already lighting their path.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

As a glass-half-empty guy, I think we are only one or two big court cases away from handing over the keys. Because then it’s just a race to the midterms as for how much damage they can do

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

Metal roller shutters is somewhat off message though

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

At the moment, I’m hoping against all hope that the courts will hold on the biggest questions at least. And nobody knows what near-future wildcards and catastrophes might alter the downward spiral. But, at the risk of being called a doomer, it’s clear to me the prognosis is bad.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

Except “how far along it is” doesn’t matter if there’s nothing to stop any of it.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 2d

Very much worth reading. This is even more correct than "the courts won't save us."

rickhutzell.bsky.social @rickhutzell.bsky.social · 2d

What Gov. Wes Moore suggested feels like almost as dangerous a fantasy — that the military might save the republic from becoming a military dictatorship by disobeying a presidential order.
www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...

No, Gov. Moore, the military is not going to come to our rescue

What Moore said feels like almost as dangerous a fantasy — that the military might save the republic from becoming a military dictatorship by disobeying a presidential order.

www.thebanner.com

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 3d

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Marc Poris @marcporis.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a word you don't hear every day: orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile.

(g)“Tear gas” means oleoresin capsicum or orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile, or other similar chemicals meant to accomplish the same effect, administered by any shell, cartridge or bomb capable of being discharged or exploded, when the discharge or explosion will cause or permit the release or emission of the chemicals.

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Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · 3d

So, this passage from the @k-rambo.bsky.social piece is something we all need to absorb as the pending 9th (and 7th) Circuit cases come down in the coming days.

I keep asking, then what? I hear platitudes. But I don't have any answers. 7/7

I know it’s hard to stomach, but we’ve left the territory where a leader believes he needs any valid pretense for his regime’s actions. The truth is something he determines, not something he experiences. It’s a tale as old as power itself, and it’s a hallmark of authoritarianism. It doesn’t really matter if there’s a spectacle of disorder. He’ll simply lie about it or be very confidently wrong — he’s already doing it.

To believe the populace can avoid conflict by not ‘taking the bait,’ or that we can submit our way out of Trump’s attacks, is foolhardy. There’s an air of privilege that, for many Oregonians, is truly unimaginable. As though if they only stay quiet enough, they’ll be alright.

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