A perfect example of what happens when you let your city become a petri dish for the progressive narrative.
Hint: it turns in to a third-world shit-hole. Always has, always will. From Portland, OR station KATU:
LPGA pulls longest running non-major tournament from Portland, cites safety concerns
The Cambia Portland Classic will celebrate 50 years this year, but the tournament won't be held in Portland. It's moving to West Linn.
The tournament, which is the longest running non-major competition on the LPGA tour, is traditionally held at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club. In a letter to members, the country club board president said the move is because of safety concerns.
"Their reason for departure center around the City of Portland’s response to safety and security around the city. With LPGA players, Media, Sponsors, and thousands of spectators coming into town this fall, the tournament organizers had concerns about the safety of the city and opted to find a venue out of the city limits," Ken Smith said in the letter. "At this point, we are unsure about future years of the tournament and where it will be conducted. But we will keep you informed of any updates as we learn more in the coming months."
The tournament is now scheduled to be at the Oregon Golf Club Sept. 16 through Sept. 19.
And meanwhile, the Portland tourism office spent several hundreds of thousands of dollars running this as full-page advertisements in newspapers including the New York Times:
"loudest voices on the West Coast?" more like spoiled toddlers who need to have their iPhones taken away.
There is a convention on the coast that I like to attend. I was there last in 2017 and spent a wonderful afternoon in Portland on my way back home. Planned it. Got off I-5 and shopped at Powell's, had some meals, walked around the downtown. I spent a couple hundred bucks there having a good time. Now? I am checking the gas before I get within 20 miles and driving straight through. Not stopping. Portland? You did this to yourself. Actions have consequences. No ammount of PR is going to bring me back. I will need to see tangible results, not hear platitudes.
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