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candycane
11-30

At Boot Hill Funeral Homes. You plug em. We plant em. Buy three burials and get a free creamation. Some rules apply. Embalming and flowers required for tear jerker burials. Boot Hill Funeral Homes reserved the right to keep gold teeth and titanium knee replacements on all cremations.

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Jeff Michels
11-30

Maybe take the Art Tax and apply it to law enforcement..Art is great if you are at higher levels of Maslows Hierarchy but when basic life is threatened seems kinda ridiculous to focus on higher levels. Multnomah County Taxes are some of the highest, but all we get is crappy infrastructure, violence, and crime...Maybe ask the well funded real-estate investors to pony up to keep their overpriced apartments safe?

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Riche101
11-30

Expect another record in 2023. Way to Vote Portland. Seems you want to decrease your community size.

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