It was a nearly perfect early summer afternoon when most of Portland was starting out on a three-day holiday weekend….One of those hot, dry days that makes your eyeballs tingle (that makes your lungs sweat/ ….The end of a long winter and the beginning a very promising summer …

  Today we ask the question: how do we leave this?  How do we write the history of what happened that day?  Will May 26 be seen as a turning point in the history of this city, or will it be just another mile marker on a long trail that begins with the systematic mistreatment of native people and a misguided constitution and leads to a seemingly endless series of hateful racial encounters? What permanent results if any, should we expect?  Were the victims heroes?  Will there be a permanent memorial? What, if anything, have we learned from what happened on May 26, 2017?

 Blazak 8 (there's been a sea change in the City)

 Shortly after the event ________ submitted a resolution to Congress:  TELL THAT STORY AND WHERE IT STANDS…

 It seems that there is no will in Congress to affirm the significance of what happened in Portland that day.  Maybe this is part of the Trump Effect that we noted earlier…

 Why did Asha write to President Trump?

 Were the victims heroes, and should there be a memorial?

            Khan 9:  one person can bring about change

Some very good quotes for the conclusion….

             Micah 17:  we have to work together for change…

             Asha 6:  will it be a turning point?...should there be a memorial?...

             Blazak 11;  the good news and the bad news

 MUSIC:  a little more somber,  

You've just heard the first in a five part series; Listen in tomorrow for the second episode:  "The Holllywood Murders:  A Time for Leadership."

That's it for our series on the Hollywood murders.  Listen to the whole series at our website, K-B-O-O DOT F-M and call or e-mail us with your comments.

 

INTERVIEWS

Micah David-Cole Fletcher

Asha Deliverance

Linda Castillo

Dr. Shweta Moorthy (fem)

Zahir Kahn

Alan Hippolito

Randy Blazak, Chair

Eric Ward

Det. Sharp

Ron Wyden

Kevin McCarthy, Rep., Cal.

Wajdi Said, President?

Orlando Lopez