Bush victory spurs protest in Portland

[icymist]

Thursday, November 04, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.

Bush victory spurs protest in Portland

By The Associated Press

PORTLAND — Angry protesters took to the streets of Portland yesterday, calling for an end to the Iraq war and greater scrutiny of President Bush's re-election victory.

The demonstrators, who numbered more than 100, were met by police in riot gear and on horseback. At least three people were arrested, but there were no reports of injuries.

The protesters chanted, "Not our president, not our war," and sought an investigation into Bush's victory over Democrat John Kerry.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002081795_protest04m.html

[Worst Username Ever]

1. It begins.

[Cha]

32. Bless those Brave People in

Portland, Oregon! :toast:

I have a feeling that's what we're going to have to do..take to the fucking streets to beat these jackals

[burrowowl]

2. BRAVO!

Go Portland!

[icymist]

3. Viva la revolution!

eom!

[Carolinian]

4. HOORAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

[Pastiche423]

5. 500 protested in Eugene, Oregon, as well

The wave has begun.

[icymist]

7. Okay NE Ohio! Was your vote counted?!

Get your wonderful rowdies into the streets!

[Amaya]

6. Dang, I miss Portland

You guys rock!

[Kierkegaard]

8. Good!

Let's hope it is contageous...

[molly]

9. I'm ready - Philly - Delaware area!

[arcane1]

10. and hopefully this won't be the last

:toast:

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. Wow. What's going on in Portland for this unity to occur?

[icymist]

12. Our missing youth vote!

heh heh heh.....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. Real neighborhoods

Lots of lefists
Great public transit to one of the best downtowns in the country, which is where most of the protests occur

[HuckleB]

19. Alas, measure 37 has passed.

Portland's days as a great city are numbered.

:(

[ochazuke]

26. What is Measure 37 for?

[0rganism]

29. It lets property owners sue for loss of value due to land-use rules

In other words, if something like an urban growth boundary is preventing you from building an apartment complex on 30 acres of farmland, you can sue the city government for the value of your lost opportunity, even if it was a fantasy.

[ochazuke]

33. That's insane

So, I can buy up a few acres of cheap land out in the country and sue for the lost value of the 100-storey office building that I want to build on it?

[0rganism]

35. Oh yes it is, and it passed with more votes than the gay marriage ban

> So, I can buy up a few acres of cheap land out in the country and sue
> for the lost value of the 100-storey office building that I want to
> build on it?

Only if land use laws would not have prohibited you from building it there when you or one of your family members bought the land. However, there are some restrictions. If you wanted to build a 1-story adult bookstore or 1-story strip club, you could not claim compensation if a regulation prevented you from doing so. Make sense? Anyway, you can read more about it here:

http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov22004/guide/meas/m37.html

Note that the land-use regulator can forego enforcement and let you build the 100-story office building on top of a scenic mountain, instead -- and the owner will probably be liable for the increased property value at tax time, once intent is declared. This one is probably going to end up in the courts for clarification if nothing else.

[The Backlash Cometh]

44. You can buy swampland and sue if they don't let you buy

high rise apartments.

[The Backlash Cometh]

43. Property rights & Christian fundies will destroy this country.

[HuckleB]

39. It's a "takings" law.

Any government regulation that purportedly diminishes the value of private land can now be challenged in order for property owners to "get reimbursed" by the government. What that means, in effect, is that there will be no regulation in Oregon, as government won't have the time or money to challenge any such claims, and it won't have the money to "pay" for supposed losses. So Oregon is now a no-man's-land, where the benefits of planning have made it a wonderful place to live up until now, when we'll turn into another Arizona or California with sprawl and hideous, bankrupt non-planning. I'll stick it out for a while, but I see this as the end of Portland as we know it.

[ithacan]

14. protest here in Ithaca NY as well

banging drums, followed by police, protesting Bush and war in Iraq

[icymist]

15. Yes! Do you have a link to a newspaper article there?

inquiring minds need to know!

[ithacan]

27. here ya go:

http://theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20041104/localnews/1532358.html
from today's Ithaca Journal

Protesters gather for post-election anti- war march

JODY ROSELLE

Journal Staff

ITHACA -- Beating bongo drums and carrying signs with antiwar messages, approximately 75 protesters marched through the city in an effort to raise awareness of the war in Iraq.

Carrying a sign saying "1 Vote=1 Day. Working for justice all year," city resident Neil Oolie said the protest had been a spontaneous plan by people gathered at the Women's Community Building to watch the election returns Tuesday.

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[icymist]

31. Yea Ithaca!

Let's all show those bastards that we won't go down while just sitting on our asses!

[llmart]

22. I love Ithaca!

Just got back from visiting there. So wonderfully anti-Bush. You go, people. Take back our country!

[ithacan]

28. me too.

we really love it here. Even the six month winters!

[rndmprsn]

16. Bravo...i admire them

[jdj]

17. this is the scariest sentence I have read in a long time:

"The demonstrators, who numbered more than 100, were met by police in riot gear and on horseback."

Fucking why???

god, when did it become a crime to peacefully demonstrate.

[icymist]

18. Welcome to the New World Order.

First item on the menu? Roasted Dove Of Peace with Olive Oil.

[LiberalFighter]

25. They police chief and mayor should be run over.

[huellewig]

36. I lived in Portland for two years.

At one rally (anti-war rally) I heard "lets end this now" over a police radio. The next thing I knew I saw a baby being held by his father getting peppered. My roomate at the time got pictures of this. It was fucked up, a father holding his child got sprayed with pepper while holding his kid. The Portland police are fucking animals.

[MissB]

45. Fortunately, we have elected a new mayor

He is also the former police commissioner. He is not nearly as jack-booted as the other asshole that we used to have as police commissioner.

I think the mayor is automatically in charge of the police bureau. I think we'll see some changes.

He's also very supportive of gay rights.

[central scrutinizer]

20. Eugene, too

http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/11/04/4189e99d40166

A group of about 100 people congregated in front of the Eugene Federal Building Wednesday evening, holding 'peace' flags, signs and waving to passing motorists in a call to peace and an end to the ongoing war in Iraq. ...........

[GarySeven]

21. LET'S DO IT TOO!!!!

Think about it - thousands upon thousands of people protesting, just like they did before the war, just as they did in New YOrk before the GOP convention. We need MASSIVE shows of bodies that CANNOT be ignored. We need anger and we need vehemance. We need people shouting and screaming through bullhorns. We are ANGRY and we need to SHOW it instead of sitting behind our computers. SOMEBODY out there get organizing and I'll join you. FIGHT!!!!!

[Cinletharwi]

23. 4 Years of protest

Protest with your dollars, too

[radfringe]

24. NO SURRENDER --

http://www.cafepress.com/radicalfringe

[raysr]

30. Deleted

[Erika]

34. America Is ANGRY

And she should be. This administration is disgraceful.

I will be wearing black for GOP inauguarations.

[flygal]

37. Goooooo!! (yelling loudly from over in Europe!!) Gooooo!!!!!

[bitchkitty]

38. More than 100?

I read one report on indymedia that said nearly 1000.

Isn't it nice we have the media to keep us informed?

[HuckleB]

40. I don't think the Oregonian even covered it?

Did they?

[bitchkitty]

42. I don't know -

I've been deliberately avoiding the Oregroanian, as well as all TV news, have been since Kerry's concession.

[MissB]

46. I don't know either. I cancelled my subscription yesterday. (nt)

[PSU84]

41. BLUE STATE UNITY!!!

We didn't vote for him. We don't want him.