[movermike] movermike: Two Worlds: Multnomah County and the City of Portland

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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