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A shocking visual representation of radicalized progressive policies. @tarafaul503 were absolutely speechless over the devastation. The land is owned by the state and has been managed by the county. Both notoriously radical. They have knowingly allowed hundreds of
homeless to live in these woods for many years and have completely ignored the destruction. It is both heartbreaking and infuriating. I spoke to former Troutdale Mayor @RandyLauer (population 15,000) that borders the park who expressed his frustration with the county and state.
“Despite their repeated attempts to gaslight the public, the destruction of our natural green spaces and the utter disregard for shared community lands on state and public property is undeniable” As mayor he simply had no authority to do anything, but desperately wanted to. Image
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In 2021 I took the Mayor to thousand acres to show him for himself. He and I desperately try to raise awareness with a public, but the state in the county continued to downplay the devastation. He and I were inspired to make videos after a faithful day only weeks before
when he and I and two other mayors were invited to tour thousand acres with the county. It only took ten minutes for us to know something was wrong. Not only did they not show us and mess and kept us at the very front of both ten perfectly clean camps but they told us Image
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there was absolutely no drug use or children in the area. He and I of course returned soon and proved otherwise. “They are either willfully blind or too ignorant to acknowledge the deeper issue of rampant drug and alcohol abuse -Randy Lauer Image
Not only that is there’s always been a major criminal enterprise going on in this huge park. This for example example is a massive illegal chop shop. Image
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The only actual enforcement Tara I found was a no dumping sign which it appears was not really read by anybody. Image
Scattered throughout the thousand acres of chaos are multiple burial sites. I’ve been told by dozens of homeless there are hundreds of people buried in 1000 acres. This makes sense, considering people have been living in there for many years. This two has
been denied by the county, but I highly doubt they thoroughly check the area. In 2021 a young homeless man and his mom walked me through the deep bush and after about a half hour I found multiple holes dug out. To this day, I Image
have no idea if these are actual burial sites but if not, I’ve always wondered why them dig the holes? There are no official roads in this massive park yet we found abandoned cars. It’s amazing how the people that manage this area would allow even that. Image
There are always three things you can count on with progressives and the issue of homelessness. They will always exaggerate how many Homeless there are in order to get a bigger budget, they will always Image
downplay the destruction caused by the homeless and if you ever question anything from them, you’re either a racist or a fascist . Image

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Aug 29
BREAKING: I found the origin site of the massive wildfire that is so far burned 23,000 acres of the Deschutes national forest. It is a large homeless encampment with over a dozen RVs, tents, some makeshift shacks built out of scrap wood, shipping containers,
abandoned cars, and newer cars without license plates, a few old boats and a lot of trash. There is no plumbing or electricity. This fire has destroyed 23,000 acres, five homes and multiple buildings. There has oddly been a debate whether this was a homeless encampment or not.
“I don’t like living in fear” I spoke to Holly Siebert a homeowner that lives closest to the orgin point and the one who called 911. She was evacuated and spent a few days in a hotel. She owns over 100 acres and said her lands have been completely destroyed which Image
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Aug 25
In summer 2023 I met with the Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon in Deschutes County and literally warned him of the high risk of a fire in the woods due to homeless activity. He changed the subject to climate change causes. The
wildfire in Sisters, Oregon is shocking. The fire spread quickly because these are extremely dry woods, we are in the hottest month of the year in due to its isolation. The emergency response was slower than it would’ve been in a major city. Image
There is still no official word on the cause of the fire. This though was the start of it and right next to it is a RV Homeless camp. Image
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Jul 21
In 2019 I restored/reclaimed/cleaned almost five miles of the Springwater Corridor that was filled with over 400 Homeless people surrounded by millions of pounds of trash. Today there is zero Homeless and virtually no trash. How did I do that?
The springwater corridor is 22 miles long and is a multi use path that goes through Portland, Gresham and Boring, Oregon. I was hired by the city of Gresham after writing the Mayor letter with my ideas and how to significantly reduce homelessness. Two Image
months later, I was hired and for the first year I focused all my energy on reclaiming the springwater corridor which in Gresham is 4.7 miles. It was a monumental challenge. Gresham at the time had a higher per capita homeless population than Portland.
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Jul 19
I got a tour of a notorious street occupied by the highest concentrated group of drug dealers in Portland. It looks like a regular occupied street of homeless people but I spoke to security that monitor the area 24-7 and shared the reality. With that many drug dealers, you
can only imagine how many customers show up every day and what this has done to the neighborhood. I was told the police are overwhelmed by the area and are going to leave it be for the time being. The further we walked down this one-way street the sketchier it
became. At the very end nobody was happy I was filming. This block is right next to what once was an absolutely beautiful movie theater but now closed for obvious reasons. On the other side of the fence is a low income
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Jul 17
Is somebody at the City Of Portland deliberately violating the law in hopes that the city gets sued by the ACLU to prevent homeless sweeps? Somebody at the City of Portland is posting ‘Illegal Campsite’ notices on blocks with zero homeless activity. These posts give the
city the legal authority after three days to remove the campsite. The problem is this is violating city ordinance and also the ninth circuit ruling Martin versus Boise. If the city is interested in getting sued by the ACLU which would stop all camp
removals, probably for years this is how you do it. The ACLU has already done this in Grants Pass, Oregon. They are just looking for a fight. I’m a supporter of not having camps on our sidewalks and parks, but this is not the way to do it. This is either an overzealous Image
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Jul 14
A pedestrian underpass get sealed shut with cement after the city ran out of ideas of how to permanently remove a homeless man who had lived in there for three years. This, of course, now prevents everybody in the community from using it.
The homeless man’s name is Michael. @tarafaul503 had worked with him extensively over the last two years. We successively reach out to his family and friends. This is a video of him from an old friend telling him she misses him. He had a severe mental break when he
was in his late teens. According to his parents and friends he was high achieving, outgoing, friendly and just really, really nice. Not one outreach worker has ever approached him and offered help. Not one. I verified this from him Image
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