[movermike] movermike: Two Worlds: Multnomah County and the City of Portland
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Fri Apr 20 13:36:38 EDT 2007
Posted by movermike:
Two Worlds: Multnomah County and the City of Portland
http://www.movermike.com/posts/1177090593.shtml
The Oregonian says that
Multnomah County [1]Commissioner Ted Wheeler proposed an
unflinchingly tough budget that slashes $15 Million in services
Slashes! So how big is this budget? The proposed Multnomah County
budget is $367 Million and that $15 Million amounts to just over a 4%
cut. Now come on, surely if you are spending $100 a week for food and
you wanted to cut 4% you could do without a half gallon of ice cream
costing $3.99. That doesn't seem like a slash.
Then we have theose stupid City of Portland officials that found a $36
Million surplus and are trying to figure out how to spend it. I would
fire immediately any publicist for the city that allowed that kind of
language to get out of city official mouths. Has anyone heard of the
possible options: Give it back to the citizens of Portland. Let them
figure out how they want to spend that money. In a city of 500,000
that's $52 apiece. That would buy a tank of gas, half of my groceries
for a week, two nights out at the movies, or an oil change. Here's
another option for the city: save the money. We might need it next
year. Or how about loaning it to Multnomah County at 5% for a year.
The interest alone of $750,000 could fix up the rec center in St.
Johns!
We need some housewives or some flinty eyed accountants to budget and
spend the money that the governmental bodies rake in, not these
thieves.
[2]Multnomah County [3]Commissioner Ted Wheeler [4]City of Portland
[5]Mover Mike
References
1. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/portland_news/1177039511223990.xml&coll=7
2. http://technorati.com/tag/Multnomah+County
3. http://technorati.com/tag/Commissioner+Ted+Wheeler
4. http://technorati.com/tag/City+of+Portland
5. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike
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