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i work at a small business in se portland. i just got off the phone with portland police nonemergency asking them to have a person move (i have called several times a month) that has been living in front of my place of work for over 2 months. trust me, i understand that this is a complicated issue. the reason i call the police is NOT because i am insensitive to the homeless population. it is because i have to continually clean up bodily waste, needles, condoms, meth packets, assorted garbage, etc. AND conduct a business. my current 'resident' is kind enough to store his urine in containers overnight and then dump them on the sidewalk each morning. i work for a foodservice distributor and needless to say the current situation is definitely NOT business friendly.

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