On August 22, 2020, a group of about 250 people gathered at Normandale Park at Northeast 57th Avenue and Northeast Halsey Street. Photo courtesy of Portland Police Bureau.
In Portland, Oregon, a clothing store named Rains PDX has gone out of business, stating in a note to customers that “Our city is in peril.” Peril is not a word that should be used to describe an American city in 2022. Yet, two years after Democrats unleashed a crime wave on America, that is the state of the country’s big blue cities—peril. Emma Colton reports for Fox Business:
A Portland, Oregon, clothing shop permanently shut down this month after facing a string of break-ins that has left the store financially gutted, according to a note posted to the front of the store.
“Our city is in peril,” a printed note posted on Rains PDX store reads, according to KATU2. “Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business, in our city’s current state. We have no protection, or recourse, against the criminal behavior that goes unpunished. Do not be fooled into thinking that insurance companies cover losses. We have sustained 15 break-ins … we have not received any financial reimbursement since the 3rd.”
The store’s owner Marcy Landolfo said that after 15 break-ins over the last year and a half, the business can’t survive the financial burdens the crimes have cost the shop.
“The problem is, as small businesses, we cannot sustain those types of losses and stay in business. I won’t even go into the numbers of how much has been out of pocket,” she said.
“The products that are being targeted are the very expensive winter products and I just felt like the minute I get those in the store they’re going to get stolen,” Landolfo continued to KATU2.
The message posted to the front store noted that the shop is closing down due to the “unrelenting criminal behavior,” “coupled with escalating safety issues for our employees.”
The owner at Rains tells me after five break-ins in about three weeks, she made the sudden decision to permanently close. Staff here are putting pressure on the city to look after small businesses dealing with ongoing challenges with crime. pic.twitter.com/XyP2p6PR6W
— Megan Allison (@mallisonKATU) November 26, 2022
When Rains faced a break-in last month, according to KATU 2, Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office said they were working on a plan to better financially assist business owners who needed to repair their shops.
But Landolfo said that isn’t enough to address crime in the city.
“Paying for glass that’s great, but that is so surface and does nothing for the root cause of the problem, so it’s never going to change,” she said.
Action Line: When Portland defunded its police, homicides rose by 1175%. The cause-and-effect relationship is clear. Cities that care more about criminals than about hard working residents will decay into chaos. If you are a hard working American trapped in a big blue city that doesn’t care about anything other than taxing your earnings, it’s time to look for a better America. Start your search with my 2022 Super States, and sign up here for my monthly Survive & Thrive letter to be one of the first to receive my updated 2023 list of Super States.
Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.
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