Living on the Edge: How a lesbian Portlander has survived riots, poverty, physical disability, addiction, mental illness, and why she wants out of Portland forever.

Rebranded as the Rational in Portland podcast. We speak to Susan Griffin (Twitter handle @SusanGriffin530), a lesbian Portlander and lifelong Democrat who lives downtown. She describes herself as a "forgotten resident". She is physically and mentally disabled, and she spoke to me from her wheelchair about what it was like to live through 200 days of rioting in Portland, Oregon, from her government-subsidized housing. Learn what separates Susan from those living on the street around her in encampments and how she copes with her mental illnesses, addiction, and living in a city that she feels has utterly abandoned her.Jo Ann Hardesty, Portland City Commissioner's lawsuit: https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2021/12/13/jo-ann-hardesty-files-5m-lawsuit-against-portland-police-union-and-its-former-president-for-leak-of-false-hit-and-run-allegation/Mayor Wheeler let Portland burn because it had "nothing to lose": https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/24/portlands-protests-three-months-in-no-end-in-sight/Gov. Brown and Mayor Wheeler were at odds over how to handle the riots: https://www.opb.org/news/article/pandemic-protests-oregon-governor-kate-brown-portland-mayor-ted-wheeler/