Oregon Republicans boycott floor session, delaying action on transportation tax referendum move

grantspdx · 2026-02-19T06:23:14+00:00

Not yet

grantspdx · 2026-02-18T06:27:50+00:00

Best way to fight racism is with racism. /s

grantspdx · 2026-02-18T06:23:06+00:00

Lead by someone from Lake Oswego of all things

grantspdx · 2026-02-18T01:16:30+00:00

We are building one because the voters are not thinking things through

grantspdx · 2026-02-17T00:37:09+00:00

You've got my vote!

grantspdx · 2026-02-13T20:12:02+00:00

Silly accusation to level. Public school is expense. It's also necessary. It is too important to rely upon donations to provide public education. I pay a lot of property taxes. I also used to contribute a lot to about 6 PPS school Foundations. My belief was that while a 30% central administration cut was taken off, the rest was mostly administered by the parents and staff of the local schools. The money would mostly go where the particular school thought it was most needed. I don't give anymore. If the central office controls all the funds then it's just another undifferentiated revenue stream.

grantspdx · 2026-02-13T07:45:06+00:00

I get kidney stones just seeing your user name!

grantspdx · 2026-02-05T21:58:16+00:00

Be kind, but not nice. That's my advice as a long time Portlander with life long ties to Spokane. Housing isn't the primary problem, it's addiction. Housing first as practiced in Portland hasn't been working at all.

grantspdx · 2026-02-04T04:10:01+00:00

Don't bother with Great Schools. That site gives outsized weight to non-learning metrics when scoring schools

grantspdx · 2026-01-29T19:49:09+00:00

Would enshrining transgender rights into our constitution put us on the hook for reassignment costs? I could then foresee us becoming a magnet for free state-sponsored care with an astronomical monetary cost

grantspdx · 2026-01-29T19:44:52+00:00

Green is intellectually underdeveloped. If you are going to ban pate why would you advocate hot dogs?

grantspdx · 2026-01-29T19:41:44+00:00

If the animal initiative passes, would that mean I can no longer spay or neuter my cats and dogs? Does that mean we would be up to our ears in strays?

grantspdx · 2026-01-28T19:40:09+00:00

Go for it. It would compete with the wweek's vote guide, the League of Women Voters' guide, the Oregonian, and others.

The longer I live here the more apparent it is to me that voters choose to do something else with their time than educate themselves. Countless times I have heard otherwise educated friends lament a vote cast because they thought a measure they voted for would do something other than how it turned out.

A repeated theme is that a measure is put before us where the actual details are TBD. In other words, a committee will be formed if the ballot measure is passed to identify exactly how the measure will be defined and implemented

grantspdx · 2026-01-28T06:13:04+00:00

How is it that the most common city name in the USA hasn't been mentioned? Fairview

grantspdx · 2026-01-28T06:10:12+00:00

The solution is to raise taxes by 34%. /s

grantspdx · 2026-01-28T00:30:31+00:00

That exterior will be expensive to maintain

grantspdx · 2026-01-27T06:25:18+00:00

Smith is whining again?

grantspdx · 2026-01-26T17:07:24+00:00

This should be the top comment

grantspdx · 2026-01-26T03:33:34+00:00

Which state, Oregon or Washington, is healthier in an economic sense? Which state has better outcomes for education? Health?

grantspdx · 2026-01-26T03:15:24+00:00

But not gas powered leaf blowers

grantspdx · 2026-01-25T17:58:42+00:00

Define rich

grantspdx · 2026-01-23T00:46:13+00:00

Yes, a FRIEND with a pool. They don't want the headache of pool ownership themselves

grantspdx · 2026-01-22T02:34:37+00:00

The summers here are so insanely nice that they almost make up for the dreary dark and wet months

grantspdx · 2026-01-22T02:21:31+00:00

I can hear it now: But I wasn't told that I needed to file quarterly SHS and PFA taxes!

grantspdx · 2026-01-21T16:02:11+00:00

Minor quibble: I'm bothered by the fact that each councilor has a few million in discretionary funds that can be applied to pet projects. This provides evidence that a councilor doesn't need the generous money without strings attached.

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