The Real Story- A Column
If you live in a place long enough, you get to know a lot of things about it. Where people like to eat, the nasty traffic intersections, when school buses start moving through your block, and how many times a day, or a week, or even a year, you might experience a Military Drone or a low-flying Chopper buzzing your home. For instance, it is 9:58 PM at my house right now, and a chopper has flown over pretty damn low 3 times in the last 15 minutes. And you know what, folks? I have been here 60+ years, and I am calling #Bullshit! What so many of us have been seeing, feeling, and living with the past two plus weeks is happening- is NOT Normal, and is all harassment by a tyrant President who is upset because he can’t find a burning city. Not in Portland, not here, nowhere in Oregon. And the harassment we are experiencing is designed to pick a fight, turn up the heat, and get a reaction. Short of seeing it for what it is, calling it out, I am not moved, afraid, or amused. It is, as I said, just childish #Bullshit. Helicopter Harassment In Hillsboro Causing Event Cancellation & Unrest
Chopper Case #1: Was This An Inspection?
Tuesday Night, many of us at First Tuesday Artwalk saw a Hillsboro Aviation Chopper so low that it could have clipped the top of the Sequoias at the Courthouse. I filmed it on my way to the City Council meeting, and I had some cheeky comments. In 60 years of living here and having a close relationship with the FAA in Hillsboro, I have never seen a chopper fly this low that was not landing somewhere. They were flying over mainly government buildings- and seemed to be focused on the Washington County Jail, the Hillsboro City Hall, the Courthouse, the Washington County Public Services building, and some sites to the West. The bottom line? I filmed it at 6:45 PM and posted it for comments. When I got home from the meeting, I saw that Chopper had raised the hackles of many people.
The Washington County Scanner Facebook page does an excellent job of tracking various events and emergencies in Washington County. Minutes after I posted, they pinned it down, posting this comment.
https://www.facebook.com/WashCoScannerOregon…