Letter to the mayor

I sent this today:

Mr. Mayor,

I'm a Portland voter, I voted for YOU as a matter of fact. When I made my vote I understood you were going to represent ALL of Portland. I would like to know why this is not happening.

Every Saturday there is a gang of thugs, or terrorists if you like, that 'protest' the Schumacher's Fur store. They are rude, vile and highly offensive. I've seen them in different forms of undress, heard some of the nastiest words coming out of their mouths, not to mention the signs they hold on a PUBLIC sidewalk on Saturday afternoon.

You realize this is the time when FAMILIES are walking around that area, not to mention visitors from other states/countries, right? Is this the sort of thing you want them to remember about Portland? Foul-mouthed, half naked thugs terrorizing a fur store?

I would like to know, as a Portland citizen, AND VOTER, why the city has done NOTHING to stop these people? I know the city, and in effect you, have ask the Schumacher's to move, close on Saturdays and other assorted stupid ideas yet NOTHING is being done to curb and control these protesters.

With all due respect, Mr. Mayor, as a voter I must demand an answer. I demand to know why the city of Portland has taken the side of a small group of vulgar protesters who do not represent the majority of anyone in this city.

Asking the Schumacher's to move or change their business in any way is wrong when you take into account the more than 100 years of history that store has in this town.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching. You realize the Friday after is when these thugs will be at their worst. I would like to see the police actually enforce the law and control these thugs, not just stand across the street while some topless woman scribbles on the sidewalk while decent people try to walk past. I myself have had many encounters with these people and have taken many notes and pictures of these incidents.

NOT ONE TIME HAVE I SEEN OUR POLICE ENFORCE THE LAW WITH THESE PEOPLE. Instead they arrest someone who pushes a thugs away form him.

Again, as a voter I must demand an answer as to why Matt Rossell and his IDA terrorists have been allowed to be a city-wide embarrassment.


Skott Jimenez