Leaders visit Portland's Jobs Pond, aim to secure federal funding to mitigate flooding

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Leaders visit Portland's Jobs Pond, aim to secure federal funding to mitigate flooding

State and local leaders are trying to do more to help the families who live along Jobs Pond in Portland and are experiencing severe flooding.  Environmentalists say the flooding is due to heavy rainfall and because Jobs Pond doesn’t have an outlet to properly drain the water — meaning, when water gets in, it gets stuck.  “I think I’m only like...