West Coast, Messed Coast™ — 58 Reasons Why Blue Cities Are Circling the Drain

And Oregon leads us off because the City of Roses has just shown the country what it looks like when criminals run the criminal "justice" system. - Victoria Taft
In last week's West Coast, Messed Coast™ report, we heard from the head of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Andrew Hoan, who reminded city and county leaders...

• "Consumer confidence, a leading economic indicator for how people are feeling about the economy — we're last in the nation," he told a local TV station holding a televised town hall about how to fix the state's largest city.

Nowhere did he mention the law and order crisis facing the city.

• If you don't feel safe, you don't want to stay in any town.

Enter our 58-time thief.

• Multnomah County prosecutors allowed a man who committed 58 thefts and burglaries (and counting) at the local Plaid Pantry stores to post $25 bond. 

Not a typo. 

The local district attorney also waited until it was too late to charge him on 58 counts of theft and burglary, and his entire case was tossed out.

Also not a typo: The same bad guy resumed his string of thefts in which he walks into the convenience stores and steals hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes, as the Plaid Pantry clerk watches helplessly. In all, one man was responsible for terrifying multiple store clerks and walking off with $38,000 worth of cigs...