Portland’s ‘Clean Energy Fund’ has saved PBOT and the city’s budget
PCEF has taken a strong pull at the front of the peloton in order to put the city budget in good position.
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PCEF has taken a strong pull at the front of the peloton in order to put the city budget in good position.
More enforcement and parking rate increases would help PBOT recover about one-third of their budget deficit.
Mapps must be mindful of voter moods and can’t afford to come away empty-handed.
The funding could stave off layoffs at the agency, save Sunday Parkways, and a lot more
Let the budget negotiations begin!
Whether it translates into support to fund the program, remains to be seen.
How mad would you be if they stopped doing Sunday Parkways? Let ’em know!
How we pay for sidewalks, roads and sewers matters.
Portlanders are reeling over a spate of traffic deaths (again), and there’s no clear plan or leader to turn the tide.
Mapps’ biggest bureau is in freefall and he hasn’t found a parachute.
Just months after resolving a strike, they say recent labor agreement is in peril.
Commissioner Mapps faced an assault from Mayor Wheeler on the budgets of his three bureaus to tune of $18.7 million.
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project