It's a tough time for postal employees. They passed up Vegas and Hawaii to hold their national union confab in Portlandia. At least they got a nice little official welcome from Nurse Amanda.

Interestingly, as best we can tell, the meeting is being held, not at the Convention Center, but at the downtown Hilton. Just think -- if only we had a Convention Center hotel, the meeting would have been held at that hotel, and the Hilton and the Convention Center itself would be empty. What are we waiting for, Portland taxpayers?