GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you, but when we are apart, I feel it too. And no matter what I do, I feel the pain, with or without you. LET'S GO TO PRESS.
Mayor Charlie Hales has offered up a rather thorough "transition plan" for incoming mayor Ted Wheeler covering such thorny issues as homelessness, cops, and development. It's unclear at this point if Wheeler wants the advice or not—but it's there!
PPS Superintendent Carole Smith told frazzled parents yesterday that she may be putting personnel on administrative leave until she can figure out how students were allowed to drink lead-tainted water for eight days.
Parents vented frustrations with PPS’s handling of lead in the water at schools in a contentious meeting last night. https://t.co/wL0Hi7x8uU
— OPB (@OPB) June 1, 2016
The Police Chief Larry O'Dea situation gets even stickier: Soon after the accidental shooting, he also told four of his assistant chiefs and the police captain of internal affairs about the incident—yet no one thought to alert the police review division.
OHSU is now accepting volunteers to try their newest promising vaccine—one that could possibly cure HIV.
In absolutely shocking—SHOCKING!—news about Trump University:
In blunt testimony revealed on Tuesday, former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald J. Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics, employed unqualified instructors, made deceptive claims and exploited vulnerable students willing to pay tens of thousands for Mr. Trump’s insights.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will happily back Donald Trump if he would start being a bit more "boring."
Meanwhile North Korea state media has proclaimed Trump to be "a wise politician" and a "far-sighted candidate." HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! Perfect.
In Flint, Michigan, their tainted water problems are showing improvement, as scientists now claim the water is clean enough to wash one's hands and shower with.
The Cincinnati police have launched a criminal investigation into the Cincinnati Zoo shooting of a endangered gorilla in order to protect a boy who fell into its enclosure.
Radio host Glenn Beck has been suspended after agreeing with a guest on his show who insinuated that Donald Trump should be assassinated.
In Montreal, people fed up with gentrification are taking rather drastic measures—ransacking, vandalizing, and looting a high end grocery store.
Flooding continues to be a dire problem in Texas, where residents are bracing themselves for another overflow of the Brazos river.
Now let's look at the WEATHER up in the sky: Another warm sunny day with a high of 82, and a scorcher of a weekend to come!
And finally, crows in Vancouver, B.C. are DICKS! In fact, they're so aggressive and mean, there's a hilarious local news report about it (shockingly).