Streetcar and his pals Shorty and Danny voted to turn a warehouse at Portland's Terminal 1 into a temporary mass homeless shelter, hoping to bypass zoning restrictions and other technicalities. That didn't work out so well - not only is the city being sued on behalf of ratepayers whose funds were used to purchase the site, but now another high-powered set of attorneys is involved:
A group of businesses in the Portland Harbor plans to challenge the City Council’s decision to open a homeless shelter at Terminal 1 before the state Land Use Board of Appeals.
The Working Waterfront Coalition filed the notice with LUBA on Friday by certified mail. It was submitted by Steven Pfeiffer, a lawyer with the Perkins Coie law firm in Portland.
The incompetence of Streetcar and his pals must amuse those who don't have the misfortune of actually living with it.
