Political Coffee 7-26-2021

Is COVID to blame for Portland’s big spike in violent crime rather than coddling criminals and defunding cops? https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/07/24-hours-in-downtown-portland-nightlife-returns-daytime-festivities-reign-in-shadow-of-continued-violence.html

Portland’s gang violence travels to Eugene: https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-shooting-at-county-fair-leaves-two-people-injured-two-suspects-in-custody-police

PERS board lowers rate of return assumption creating much higher costs for local governments and the state to pay for retirees: Gonna hurt all of us with slower cop/firefighter response times, bigger school class sizes and much higher fees for everything: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/07/pers-board-lowers-key-investment-earnings-assumption.html