Tina Kotek faces the harsh reality of another school shooting
Just when it feels like the dust might settle, Oregon is forced to reckon with the unthinkable yet again.
Another day, another tragedy, and this time it hit Silver Rail Elementary. Governor Tina Kotek is currently tasked with the impossible job of finding words that actually mean something after a shooting at a school in Bend.
It is the same script we have seen a thousand times. The local community is in shock, the police are scrambling, and the political leaders are forced to stand in front of microphones to express a familiar, hollow sorrow. The real kicker is that everyone knows the cycle by heart. Despite the endless stream of thoughts and prayers, the actual needle on policy or safety barely seems to budge.
It is exhausting to watch leaders offer standard-issue empathy for a problem that feels permanently broken.
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