Lars Larson: Guess who is exempt form heat regulations?

By Lars Larson
NW and national radio host,

The Northwest Nonsense

When the weather turns this hot and dry, I don’t blame governments for imposing burn bans.

I do object to the double standard applied to the benefit of the so-called homeless.

Multnomah and Washington Counties have banned all forms of burning including land clearing and even recreational stuff like your backyard fire pit.

A single ember could destroy property and put lives in danger.

So, why don’t these rules apply double to those who make their homes in homeless shanty camps?

I figure it’s politics.  The homeless population of Portland makes up less than 2 percent of the population.  But the city’s Fire Bureau says almost half of all fires it responds to are caused by the homeless.

The homeless cook and heat with fires, both propane and wood.  And if a fire threatens to get out of control, where do you suppose they find a garden hose on those tents?

I only wish the mainstream legacy media would go out to the homeless camps, show the burn ban violations.  Then question officials about why the same rules don’t apply to all of us equally….or are the homeless, like illegal aliens, more equal than others..

That’s the Rose City Rap.  Join me at noon on KXL for 4 hours of Honestly provocative talk.  I’m Lars Larson