All Half-True statements involving Sam Adams
Says "last year the graduation rate for our combined six-district footprint jumped 5.5 percent."
Says "traffic fatalities have fallen dramatically, even as population has risen. You are more likely to stay alive biking, walking and driving around Portland than you were before" he took over the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Says "of the 2,000 Portland households in the year-long (composting) pilot, 87 percent of participants reported being satisfied with the overall system."
Says city of Portland has a one-time $22 million surplus
Says "$30 million gap" in stadium funding forced the Portland Beavers to leave.
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