Homeless people and drug addicts have run most respectable businesses out of downtown Portland, Oregon, but a notorious stripper running for mayor claims she has the solution: bring in more artists.
Stripper Viva Las Vegas admits she has no governing experience but claims she will solve the city’s problems with overdoses and crime by delegating most of her mayoral tasks to others.
The woke city is in crisis, with Oregon issuing a 90-day emergency over the fentanyl crisis in downtown Portland in January.
Mayor Ted Wheeler noted there were 6,300 homeless people on the city’s streets in 2023 and there were 527 overdoses recorded in Portland last year, according to Spectrum News.
But Viva, who’s real name is Liv Osthus, revealed her grand plan, telling Williamette Week: “If downtown comes back, that can lift all boats. If we could start seeing downtown blooming again, if you put an art studio downtown, very soon you’d have a coffee shop. Very soon you’d have a lunch place.”