The clouds emanating from Northwest Portland’s ESCO plant are becoming a fractal-fancier’s intricate dream of purposeful chaos. Thus far Portland’s mainstrem media has shied away from the absorbing task of sorting it out. Meanwhile, residents of this industrial corner of Vanity Faire have had a lungfull too much of the fumes. The only news outlet to offer some insight into the backroom dealing has been the NW examiner. Allen clausen, the weekly’s Editor and Publisher was on the show today. This is going to be good. We’ve just started. And there are so many places to go, so many people to meet…
In the final weeks before critical election that will test the power of people versus the power of money, keeping an eye on the Portland Business Alliance is a full-time business in itself. The PBA has just dumped $45 thousand dollars into ads on mainstream radio stations in the name of defeating Voter-Owned Elections. The Bank of America and Wells Fargo are major investors – as is PGE and other members of the same predatory species.
What are the chances that this ‘gigaproject’ could release ancient caches of methane? The website Oil Sands Truth observes that this will result in the second largest deforestation this planet has seen thus far. How is this? There have been scattered protests against the project in the US. How do we explain the difference between the US and Canadian response? And why have American corporate interests embraced the profit while keeping the PR at arm’s length? So many questions, so little time…at least for today. America’s latest Preventable UpFuck is ready to roll. Let the riots begin!
- KBOO