In article <v326up$39ua$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.net says...
Could it be that some of the less ignorant have had it? Can Pompous Ass
TB be next? I doubt it. His liberalism is terminal.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13449235/Portland-DA-Mike-Schmidt-loses-election-Nathan-Vasquez-Soros-backed-soft-crime-policies-blamed-ruining-city.html
heh, heh, heh, Follow the money moron. The city of Portland's budget
has not changed substantially. The 630,000 people living in Portland
mighe see some cosmetic changes, but that remains to be seen. For the
other 1,600,000 people living in the metropolitan area it's no big deal,
one way or the other.
But Hey! I have some good news for you. I found some suffering
right here in Oregon. It ain't in Portland. All the money measures on
the ballot in Portland passed by a wide margin. The schools have enough funding to keep staffing at curent levels. We're allowing the zoo to
spend a ton of money on improvents after a recent round of improvements.
In Portland they even voted to keep a city wide 10 cents a gallon tax on gasoline by a wide margin. Here in Tigard they got more money for public safety, fire fighters and ambulances.
But, I have a map of the suffering for you--in the more rural areas.
https://osba.org/election-successes-and-failures-highlight-schools- funding-needs/
"The Gervais School District received a vote of support from its
community Tuesday.
The district?s facility needs were becoming dire. After eight failed
bond attempts since 1997, school leaders said the district would have to disband if its latest proposal failed.
The $28 million bond had more than 73% approval in Wednesday morning
returns from the secretary of state?s office.
?I?m definitely doing the happy dance today,? said Gervais
Superintendent Dandy Stevens. ?The district is so incredibly thankful to
the voters for supporting our bond.?
Many other school districts did not fare as well. Of 17 bonds and levies
on the ballots, six were clearly passing in initial results and eight
appear to have failed. Three were too close to call, and final results
won?t be available for days.
Bonds are used for facilities, and levies are used for educational
purposes such as paying teachers. When districts don?t have enough money
in their general funds to address everything while maintaining current programs and staff, they turn to local options. In their bond campaigns, districts painted challenging pictures of aging facilities, overcrowding
and student needs.
The district is already moving forward on project planning and hopes to
get construction started next spring, according to Stevens.
Oregon Coast Community College and four other school districts have
reason to start making their own plans that include smaller projects
along with some big-ticket items.
Oregon Coast, which received 64% approval, will add a trades education facility. Banks, where 60% of voters approved replacing an existing
bond, will build a new high school. Willamina, which appeared to be
winning easily but the exact tallies were unclear, plans to add five new classrooms.
Portland Public, with 71% approval for renewing a five-year levy, will
be able to pay for more than 600 teachers. Eugene, with 75% approval for renewing an existing levy, will receive the equivalent of 205 teaching positions.
Three districts will be waiting for the final count but have reason to
hope.
Molalla River, which had a slim 50.5% approval in initial returns, wants
to build a new middle school to replace a 70-year-old building. Oakland, which had 51% approval, wants to replace its partially condemned gym.
Fern Ridge, which hasn?t passed a bond since 2014, was losing by a
single vote out of 2,597 counted so far.
The remaining districts have some tough decisions ahead."
TB
In article <v35qpn$qhhp$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.net says...
Subject: Re: OT- Even in The Garden of Oregon
From: George.Anthony <ganthony@gmail.net>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
Technobarbarian <technobarbarian@gmail.com> wrote:
In article <v326up$39ua$1@dont-email.me>, ganthony@gmail.net says...
Could it be that some of the less ignorant have had it? Can Pompous Ass >>>> TB be next? I doubt it. His liberalism is terminal.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13449235/Portland-DA-Mike-Schmidt-loses-election-Nathan-Vasquez-Soros-backed-soft-crime-policies-blamed-ruining-city.html
heh, heh, heh, Follow the money moron. The city of Portland's budget
has not changed substantially. The 630,000 people living in Portland
mighe see some cosmetic changes, but that remains to be seen. For the
other 1,600,000 people living in the metropolitan area it's no big deal, >>> one way or the other.
What does budget have to do with law enforcement? You either hold
criminals accountable or you don?t?. moron.
LOL You just keep getting dumber and dumber. Law enforcement
doesn't run on fairy dust. I don't what it's like on your planet, but
here, cities don't have unlimited funds. The DA's office, the courts,
the jails and the police are all required to work within a limited
budget. The new DA isn't bringing a barrel of magic money with him. For
the DAs before him and the DAs yet to come, deciding how to allocated
their limited resources is an important part of the job. His best
arguement for his new job was that his predecessor hadn't always made
the right decisions about the best ways to allocate resources.
TB
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