Portland's city council may not be able to take care of the little infrastructure issues - as witnessed most recently by the rather large sinkhole that dumped a water bureau truck (the idea now, apparently, is to stabilize the hole and then fill it in.  What to use?  Knowing these boys as we do, it'd come as no surprise to find that they ordered up around $57 million in one-dollar coins to accomplish this task) - but they sure know how to take quick and decisive action when it comes to things that they have no earthly business poking their collective noses into.

"Let's ban smoking in parks!"  Check.

Fireman Randy: "Let's force gas stations to sell biofuels!"  Check.  (Watch the arm there, Randy - we'd hate to see you hurt yourself while patting yourself on the back)

Fireman Randy again to our "rescue":  "Let's ban trans-fats; heck, New York beat us to it, but if we move fast, maybe nobody'll notice."  Great idea, Randy!  Get ready for another Check.

It's easy to see just why Portland is considered one of the most business-friendly cities in the USA, as our tram-building social engineers on the Portland city council really pull out the stops when it comes to making things happen.