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Instead of tax credits why isn't the state using lottery money to fund economic development as it was originally intended? It was not supposed to be a slush fund for the State's general fund.

posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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How high is the business tax when you include the soft fees that business are assaulted with. Reportedly soft fees (a tax in sheeps clothing) generates twice the cost to business as the income tax.

posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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Why are you not looking at Corbett School system? Ranked in the top 10 in the United States! What are they doing that others are not.

From a Portland Tribune article:

"'Corbett, with 250 high school students, and the lowest funding in Multnomah County, has demonstrated that small high schools really can offer the most challenging of courses on a budget far below what most other schools spend both in Multnomah County as well as in the rest of the state of Oregon,' the district said."

posted 3 years, 8 months ago
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NFL NFL, the only professional sports league due to revenue sharing that makes any sense in a small market like Portland. Green Bay has 150000 people and still has a winning team.

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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Two questions.

1. Why is it only the private sector is being asked to sacrifice?

2. Is there a plan to cut the bloated government after the stimulus package has run its course?

See: Quality Counts online at www.edweek.org/qc06

posted 4 years, 3 months ago
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