Over at pjm, Bryan Preston makes a set observation:
Over the past year, Portland, Oregon, has descended into violent anarchy and madness. It chose this destructive path.
And now of course they’re beginning to realize the folly of their ways but they can’t admit it yet
So what’s Portland’s solution to its self-inflicted problems? Replace its awful elected leaders? Back its police? Act like it doesn’t hate America?
Nah.
It bought a full-page ad in the leftist New York Times to tell…someone…that they should really, truly, visit Portland.
SoTravel Portland purchased the ad which is set to run through August to encourage overnight local hotel and short-term rental stays from leisure travelers from the cities of Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, KOIN reported. It is part of a campaign called “This is Portland.” Travel Portland also released a video featuring more than 20 Portland chefs, store owners, athletes, performers and artists that is narrated with the same text written in the full-page New York Times spread.
A representative of the Portland Oregon tourist council demonstrates the real Portland Oregon
So apparently, we are to believe that the issue isn’t bad policy, anti- american, pro-criminal, it’s just an image problem one to be overcome by ad campaigns.
