en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/142623 Comments by snicker http://www.katu.com/news/local/131571983.html#IDComment206747142 I truly fail to see why this is the City's fault. A seasonal stream is naturally occurring. The City is probably upset their property is being damaged by this "Act of God" as well. The developer/builder that sold this property had to have known about this....it is highly unlikely they were able to purchase and develop the property within the few months of dry weather in Oregon. The City can only regulate what is disclosed. I feel sorry for these people but I will be furious if the City spends a dime of taxpayer money to help them. Again, they need to go after the builder who is probably out of business so now they are pointing fingers at the City. BTW, terrible reporting KATU...this is about as incomplete as a story can get. You get the sympathy viewer by filming a woman crying but leave out all relevant facts! Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:21:42 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/131571983.html#IDComment206747142 http://www.katu.com/news/local/131487988.html#IDComment205859220 “It’s a peaceful demonstration. Outside from being in the park after hours, there’s been no illegal activity,” said Simpson. Did they forget that it is illegal to block off a street? That's kind of a major one. Seriously, I work right next door and most of the protestors are just the downtown street kids riding out the "party". This is a fun distraction and they get to pitch a tent right in the middle of downtown Portland. I agree with the point the legit protestors are making but they really need to get the heck out of the street. It's make me (the 99%) late for work. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:10:19 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/131487988.html#IDComment205859220 http://www.katu.com/news/local/130286318.html#IDComment196888534 Ha, thanks for the laugh. I learned not to debate "crazy" many years ago.... Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:31:09 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/130286318.html#IDComment196888534 http://www.katu.com/news/local/130286318.html#IDComment196589217 Lakeosteve, I really don't get your attitude. I apologize if you've ever been cut off or inconvenienced by a cyclist...I am assuming this has never happened to you by a fellow motorist? But how can a cyclist "belittle" a motorist? Really, I am confused. I personally think you are just an angry person who is frustrated by the freedom of bicycle commuters. I used to be one of the "angry ones" until I finally got off my butt and started riding my bike to work. I am addicted and feel better than I have in years. Enlightened is a good way to describe it. I am (as are many, many others) very respectful to traffic laws and staying over as far as I can to let vehicles by. I don't expect you to smile but I do expect you to pay attention, drive safely and respect my right to share the road. If there were more cars on the road instead of the bikes, you'd be equally inconvenienced by the additional traffic. As a I zoom across the Hawthorne Bridge on my morning commute to work, I can't help but feel a bit sorry for all of the motorists stuck in traffic. You should be happy the 5,000+ bicycles crossing that bridge every day shorten your wait. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:09:40 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/130286318.html#IDComment196589217 http://www.katu.com/news/local/130286318.html#IDComment196584332 Wow. I am almost speechless how you can turn just about anything around to justify your position. True or not. You and my 80 year-old, right-wing, FOX news watching father (who believe everything on FOX news) would be BFF's. First of all, for cyclists and pedestrians to ride together on a shared path (bike/pedestrian facility) design guidelines require the clear zone width to be a MINIMUM of 8-feet wide. This is because anything less than that is unsafe (as a phijef correctly pointed out). 75% of all sidewalks within the City of Portland have less than 5-feet clear of utilities or signs making this unsafe....many streets, especially in southwest Portland, do not have sidewalks at all. Suggesting that bicycles ride on sidewalks is ill-conceived at best. It's also illegal in the central business district downtown. Second of all, freeways are logically unsafe for pedestrians and bicycles because there are not facilities within the right-of-way designed to accommodate them...you'll be thrilled to learn that your tax dollars are hard at work constructing shared paths along freeway corridors. It won't be long until bicycles and pedestrians get to share the public right-of-way that freeways are located in. Lastly, you are looking at the use of the public right-of-way all wrong. Priority should be given to pedestrians (who were there first), horse and buggies (they are legal if properly licensed), then bicycles and lastly motor vehicles. So next time you are using the right-of-way in your vehicle, make sure you know your rank and drive accordingly. I'll expect you to pass me on my bicycle at a safe speed with plenty of shy distance. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:55:31 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/130286318.html#IDComment196584332 http://www.katu.com/news/local/124138009.html#IDComment164172388 I don't get it...there really needs to be something between me and my bike seat. Gross. Most folks look a lot better with their clothes on anyway. Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:50:14 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/124138009.html#IDComment164172388 http://www.katu.com/news/local/122636094.html#IDComment156554639 I am truly shocked at the number of posts to this article slamming pedestrians. It is a pedestrian's responsibility to assert their right-of-way and a driver's to stop per the law...it's not a "Portland thing" and not subject to debate. The decoy pedestrian in this situation was doing all things correctly and the drivers still didn't stop. They all deserved tickets. It's not up to a driver to 'not stop because they didn't think it was safe for the pedestrian to cross' or similar excuses. Fri, 27 May 2011 02:23:37 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/122636094.html#IDComment156554639 http://www.katu.com/news/national/122698644.html#IDComment156551520 Wow. There really is a case for mandatory sterilization in some situations. It is sad that some people want children so bad but cannot conceive yet this poor excuse for a human can breed like a rabbit. I feel sorry for the children and may the little one rest in peace. Fri, 27 May 2011 02:09:40 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/122698644.html#IDComment156551520 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144849179 Whoa. Gods? Bow and scrape at their feet? No one is "crying foul". The doctor admitted her mistake. My doctor's have always been nothing less than considerate and compassionate people. Furthermore there is a Medical Review Board that will certainly be reviewing this case. Many doctors lose their licenses due to negligence. The only point you make that I do agree with is that a physician's hours should be limited like in the case of the DOT. Undoubtedly this would reduce the number of mistakes made due to fatigue. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:29:58 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144849179 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144847394 If a doctor lost their license after a single mistake there would be no doctors. If you think it takes a long time to get an appointment and that it is expensive now, it would be insane under your ideaologies. You know the old law of "supply and demand"? There is a reason for the Medical Review Board and I am certain this doctor will have some explaining to do...she didn't kill anyone (or even come close for that matter). Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:21:29 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144847394 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144846530 That's just crazy talk. First of all, insurance cannot be cancelled because someone has a condition...if that was true, anyone that had a serious condition would lose their insurance. Stop spouting garbage and go back to watching FOX news. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:17:02 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144846530 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144818089 shorthair - you missed the point. I am sure the doctor knows left from right but in this case she made a stupid mistake. To "err is human". We have all made stupid mistakes...something we cannot explain after it happens. Medicine is a "science" performed by humans (yes, doctors are human) and we are not perfect. There are going to be mistakes plain and simple and we need do the best you can to be proactive about our own health (i.e. double check the labels on your prescriptions to make sure it is consistent with the doctor's instructions, do your own research, get a second opinion, etc). People are going after this doctor like a pack of wolves after a steak. Yes, she screwed up, yes she should pay a reasonable settlement but stop the feeding frenzy already...I am quite certain she is not a "dingbat". The mistake she made all things considered is not that bad. The boy will very likely recover with no lasting side effects and probably get his first year of college paid for if his parents invest his settlement properly. I just feel they are laying the groundwork for an unreasonable settlement based on their statements. The fact that it costs $150 for an office visit to the doctor is to compensate for malpractice insurance...outrageous settlements keep driving the cost of health care up and up. Be reasonable people! Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:06:29 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144818089 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144382576 I think many of you are being too hard on this doctor. After all it is the "science" of medicine and last I checked we are all human and make mistakes. Yes, what happened to the little boy is a bit scary and really shouldn't have happened, but it did. Chances are that there will be no lasting effects with the exception of the discomfort of having had both eyes operated on. Yes, the child (not the parents) is entitled to a settlement. However, this settlement needs to be reasonable; it's not like she removed the eye. Furthermore, surgeries for lazy eyes are routinely done and often many are necessary...I have a hard time believing a surgery that can be repeatedly done on an eye can be that risky in the long term. The parents using phrases like "I have not noticed any improvement in the right eye and as far as I can tell the left is now wandering" is laying the groundwork for a major lawsuit. That kind of speculation from the parents should not have even been printed in this story. Also since the parents have already contacted an attorney, there is little doubt that they ARE pursuing a malpractice suit. The settlement for the suit should not be more than a few thousand dollars (with confirmation by other medical professionals the surgery has no lasting effects). Anything more than that is just opportunistic greed and a big part of our broken health care system. Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:36:44 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/120147449.html#IDComment144382576 http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/other/116771949.html#IDComment130197493 Wow...I have one of these and cannot imagine how a child could get their neck/head caught in it. Kudos to B.O.B. for taking the high road and complying with a voluntary recall. Thumbs down to people who make the news because they weren't watching their kids like they should have been. We are bubble wrapping the world one product at a time...oh wait, that's probably a choking hazard or something. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:30:37 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/other/116771949.html#IDComment130197493 http://www.katu.com/news/local/113443114.html#IDComment121133955 Proposals like this just make me crazy. Why not bubble wrap everything? It's like we have become so stupid that we need laws to protects us from ourselves. There are certain elements of risk to almost everything we do...I could choke on the sandwich I am eating while I type. Perhaps we should enact a law against that too? Taking reasonable safety precautions like wearing visible clothing, reflectors, obeying traffic laws and generally common sense is all we can do. A law telling me that I cannot put my 3-year old on the back of my bike because something "might" happen is absurd. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:26:59 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/113443114.html#IDComment121133955 http://portlandcitycenter.katu.com/content/bikers-complain-about-street-car-tracks#IDComment115884367 I fail to see how this would happen "though no fault of their own" if someone was paying attention. I ride a bike and am very careful crossing tracks....sometimes I even have to slow down. All bike riders are getting a bad rap because of stupid articles like this and arrogant riders that do not obey traffic rules. Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:47:17 +0000 http://portlandcitycenter.katu.com/content/bikers-complain-about-street-car-tracks#IDComment115884367 http://southeastportland.katu.com/content/street-closure-92nd-ave-powell-division#IDComment115359632 I'd agree if I had been "complaining and blaming"...that's all you buddy. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:38:08 +0000 http://southeastportland.katu.com/content/street-closure-92nd-ave-powell-division#IDComment115359632 http://southeastportland.katu.com/content/street-closure-92nd-ave-powell-division#IDComment115305550 Actually "AstoundedByYou" is the only person that made a thoughtful comment instead of the typical complaining and blaming. I fail to see how pointing out that that the reason this area floods is because it is below a certain elevation lends itself to the analogy of "reading by candles". This is sound reasoning and not an "opinion". Likely the reason there are not "pumps" is because they are expensive to run and maintain and if the flooding is not frequent enough it doesn't justify the expenditure. As a tax payer I wouldn't want the City the invest millions of dollars to construct and run a pump because a few people live in a low spot...they are all over the City because 100 years ago people built on the natural terrain. It's easier and less expensive to close the street for a day or two every 10 years when it happens. THINK, THINK, THINK before you spew opinions on blogs. Complaining and blaming is so boring. Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:36:50 +0000 http://southeastportland.katu.com/content/street-closure-92nd-ave-powell-division#IDComment115305550 http://www.katu.com/news/local/110322434.html#IDComment111702611 At first I started to laugh at your post because it was so ridiculous and then I realized you are serious. Religious justification and a conspiracy theory all rolled into a pile of logs buried beneath the surface. Sheesh. No wonder this world is so screwed up. Now I know who voted for W. and Palin. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:29:15 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/110322434.html#IDComment111702611 http://portlandcitycenter.katu.com/content/city-announces-release-new-android-app#IDComment110254059 Actually, it really isn't that bad to "call" the City to report a problem verses the negative comments posted by others who really have nothing intelligent to say but to bash government. If you don't want to download the app, just call 503*823*1700 and report the problem to maintenance dispatch. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:27:32 +0000 http://portlandcitycenter.katu.com/content/city-announces-release-new-android-app#IDComment110254059