Statements from Portland
Says "Did you know that if you accepted the District's proposal today you would have NO pay increase for 4 years? Seven years of frozen wages = Disrespect."
Says, "I-205, six miles of which runs through my district, already carries more traffic than I-5."
Says "Studies show the average age of entry into prostitution is 12 to 14 years old."
Says "MAX carries 30 percent of evening rush-hour commuters traveling from Downtown on the Sunset and Banfield freeways."
Says if you are on your bike in a crosswalk, all you have to do is dip your wheel into the road and cars must legally stop.
Says "last year the graduation rate for our combined six-district footprint jumped 5.5 percent."
Says, "In the last four years we’ve cut $36 million in ongoing revenue."
Says the initial Portland plastic bag ban represented "only a modest share of total single-use checkout bag use."
Says an arts tax would provide "funding for certified arts and music teachers for every elementary school serving Portland residents."
Says "as Co-Chair of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, I secured the key piece of funding for" the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project bridge."
Says she "oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees."
Says "Portland has higher standards than feds on allowed police use of force."
Says it will cost $220 per square foot in hard construction costs to rebuild Portland Public high schools.
"Portland Schools spend $500K to deem PB&J sandwiches racist."
Says "cities save an estimated $38 in dental costs for every $1 invested in fluoridation."
Says library district would come "at no direct cost to the city budget."
"Without Westside MAX, we’d need to add 2.9 lanes to the Sunset Highway."
Says Minnesota has more Fortune 500 companies than Oregon and "one of the most obvious differences is they've invested in their schools."
The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project has created 1,525 direct jobs as of June 11, 2012.
Says "TriMet's own analysis shows that YouthPass does not actually add to the transit agency's costs."
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