Crime turned Portland into a ‘hollowed out shell.’ Its neighbors are trying to keep it from happening to them

Counties near Portland aren't experiencing the same crime surge — here's what leaders say has worked

Hannah Ray Lambert / Fox News

PORTLAND, Ore. – Ben West remembers when Portland was a funky, artsy "crown jewel of the West Coast" with a great food scene. 

"Portland is a hollowed out shell of what it used to be," said West, a Clackamas County commissioner. "Businesses are fleeing and people are leaving for greener pastures."

Public safety officials across Oregon have complained of rising crime in their communities, but, according to police data, crime is spiking much more dramatically in Portland than the statewide average.

"Each area has different challenges, but what we're seeing in the metro area is absolutely rising crime," Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton told Fox News.

The Portland metro area is made of three counties: Multnomah County, which encompasses most of Portland; as well as Washington and Clackamas counties. "The increases that we're seeing in our neighbors," Barton...Read more and see videos here.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Has Been Defeated

Spencer Brown / Townhall Tipsheet

 

Chicago's embattled Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot will soon be looking for a new job.

After finishing in third place on Tuesday, she's been eliminated from the race as it moves on to a runoff election on April 4 that includes only the first- and second-place candidates after no one in the nine-candidate field received a majority of votes.

Tuesday's outcome makes Lightfoot the first mayor of Chicago to lose a reelection bid in 40 years, likely not the kind of historic ending she hoped to have. With more than 30 percent of the vote by the time Lightfoot conceded, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas locked up enough support to finish in first place.

Vallas will now face Cook County Board of Commissioners member Brandon Johnson who, with more than 20 percent of the vote, finished second on Tuesday.

While those two move ahead to the runoff, Lightfoot — with around 16 percent of the vote  — came up short and has been eliminated from the...Read more and see tweet here.

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