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Mayor Wilson's initial budget proposal could "reassign half of Station 22's staff and take its only fire engine."

St Johns' Station 22 is the closest fire station left to the high risk CEI hub, right next door to Linnton and at special risk because of the consistent flow of oil trains and Zenith's mobile storage of many, many crude oil cars on the RR tracks in the CEI Hub and next to HWY 30, most of which has no guard rail.

The city has already done away with the closest Fire Stations and Hazmat stations in or near Linnton, which fire officials have noted is the neighborhood most at risk for wild fires in Portland.

Fire risk has been greatly increased with climate change, with increased heat and drought. Forest Park is right next to the CEI Hub, and we are heading into another high-risk wildfire summer like we experienced in 2020.

Some of the fire fighters at the St. Johns station have special training in fighting forest fires.

New budget amendments are due from the council by May 16.

Let the Mayor and Council know what you think--send a letter here =>
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fund-cei-hub-safety-for-portlanders

More info:

KGW, May 1: St. Johns could be uniquely impacted by proposed cuts to Portland public safety
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/portland-budget-cuts-fire-police-st-johns-station-22-north/283-98a6f1d8-bdfd-496b-8818-0750849e6f5c

KATU, May 5: Portland budget proposal sparks growing concern over possible cut to St. Johns fire engine
https://katu.com/news/local/portland-mayor-keith-wilson-budget-proposal-sparks-growing-concern-over-possible-cut-to-st-johns-city-council-district-2portland-fire-bureau-engine

KGW, May 5:
Firefighters urge Portland City Council to avoid public safety cuts as budget process gets underway
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/portland-city-council-fire-firefighter-budget-cuts-protest/283-79237b1d-ca8b-43fc-b39d-f75fd43c43d0

#Fire #PortlandOregon #PDX #Climate #Budget #CEI

Im tired

I’m tired of being a part of the dumpster fire burning in the back of retail trauma running through the blue veins of a little brat accusing me of being a piece of shit, when I hear it I cower, this pill to swallow is an adjacent struggle of power, though I crave none at all. None at all. Never have I twisted the knife. Never in this life have I intended to ever disrespect, yet it’s socially acceptable to run rampant in the streets wearing your trauma but not taking accountability for it, this is wrong because people get wrongly treated because accountability doesn’t get taken

I have picked the worst people to be apart of my life at times in my life. People that I ended up entrusting with my life and believed things like they loved me or liked me when that was not the case at all, these people were sociopaths and narcissistic to the fullest extent. Horrible things have happened that have put a deep pause to my whole life at times and I felt like my life was over. Youre damn right I became a full blown addict eventually. I grew up with no one wanting me. I now live the same. The hurt and loneliness and sadness has turned to bitterness that’s been bypassed through a beating heart that’s surely broken. Just take a look in my eyes. You’ll see it all immediately and become judgemental. If not that, well, then, hell. The bell is beating a rhythm for goodbye.

Night challenges

Mystery vein

Too many regrets

Victor misses

The fight of

My soul as I lunge

Toward the edge

Of temptations

Compromise,  explosive,

The meaning of everything,

Is dying, the natural order

Implying why he carried

This betrayal within his

Mind, still, troubling them

By the refusal attentions  rope

Tightens around chances divination

Kicking off, static

Is sizzling

Photo:Ben Tyler aka Small Skies performing at Holocene Portland April 2026