I'm actually excited about the election but not for the reasons you might think. It's beacuse there's a ballot measure on tap that if it passes would take the old Dog track out here in the Southeast Portland/Gresham area and turn it into a Casino/Convention Center, A resort Hotel, A theatre,a shoping mall and all sorts of good things. Here's why I'm hoping it passes.
1. The Southeast area of Portland/Gresham area could use a proverbial gold mine for jobs like this.
2. Think about it a casino/convention center and Resort Hotel. That would give Kumoricon another option in Hotels and convention space. And well what can I say being the loyal goer I am I want to see this convention has all the options it can as it grows and it WILL grow.
3. Ever since the Track closed it's probably become a sanctuary for all types of undesirables (Transients, gang members, etc.) and we need to do something with all that space.