Today Portland City Council approved legislation championed by Commissioner Carmen Rubio to establish six new Tax Increment Finance (TIF) districts that will bring in more than $2.5 billion over the next 30 years to spur economic growth, create jobs, and invest in a range of housing options in both the Central City and East Portland.
Big deal, 2.5 billion over 30 years? What a waste of money as well as a cheap move to get votes. Trying to convince the tax paying public that YOU know what to do. I need my parking ticket fixed, do what you do best.....cheat and lie
The last thing hardworking Portlanders need Carmen is more taxes and here you are celebrating $2.5 BILLION of them. Let’s start with reapportioning the millions wasted from your PCEF slush fund to essential city services (911, police,fire, streets, trash pick up, no camping enforcement, permitting,etc). Fortunately your election prospects are dim and your tax and wasteful spend approach will go away.
I would be delighted if the city simply repaired the streets. City Hall is taking an ostrich's head-in-the-sand approach by ignoring the problem. What is the projected cost by now? It has to be in the tens or maybe even the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Getting back to the topic at hand, does this program include the creation of a dashboard-stye evaluation system to show Portland's voter-taxpayers the progress toward achieving the goals of spurring economic growth, creating jobs and investing in a range of housing options in both the Central City and East Portland? I bet there isn't one.
Also, what is the time span over which these benefits will be realized?
Unless I am mistaken, when this plan was originally floated, it was full of social justice jargon and promises about building generational wealth for blacks. Now that the public has turned on DEI, I guess Commissioner Rubio had to tone down the racially exclusionary rhetoric or risk alienating voters.
Something else Commissioner Carmen Rubio is good at is blowing off parking and vehicle registration rules and making lame excuses and playing the sex card instead of leveling with the voters about what went wrong with her life that led her to run up thousands of dollars in penalties on top of the original already substantial unpaid parking fees.
Big deal, 2.5 billion over 30 years? What a waste of money as well as a cheap move to get votes. Trying to convince the tax paying public that YOU know what to do. I need my parking ticket fixed, do what you do best.....cheat and lie
The last thing hardworking Portlanders need Carmen is more taxes and here you are celebrating $2.5 BILLION of them. Let’s start with reapportioning the millions wasted from your PCEF slush fund to essential city services (911, police,fire, streets, trash pick up, no camping enforcement, permitting,etc). Fortunately your election prospects are dim and your tax and wasteful spend approach will go away.
I would be delighted if the city simply repaired the streets. City Hall is taking an ostrich's head-in-the-sand approach by ignoring the problem. What is the projected cost by now? It has to be in the tens or maybe even the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Getting back to the topic at hand, does this program include the creation of a dashboard-stye evaluation system to show Portland's voter-taxpayers the progress toward achieving the goals of spurring economic growth, creating jobs and investing in a range of housing options in both the Central City and East Portland? I bet there isn't one.
Also, what is the time span over which these benefits will be realized?
Unless I am mistaken, when this plan was originally floated, it was full of social justice jargon and promises about building generational wealth for blacks. Now that the public has turned on DEI, I guess Commissioner Rubio had to tone down the racially exclusionary rhetoric or risk alienating voters.
Something else Commissioner Carmen Rubio is good at is blowing off parking and vehicle registration rules and making lame excuses and playing the sex card instead of leveling with the voters about what went wrong with her life that led her to run up thousands of dollars in penalties on top of the original already substantial unpaid parking fees.
So Carmen what grifting non profit are you going to head once you lose the election? Will they give you a company car? LOL.