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At the July 14, 2011 JPACT (Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation) meeting Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder and Portland Mayor Sam Adams had some interesting words regarding John Charles and the Cascade Policy Institute. Below is a link to the Cascade specific segments, or you can opt to listen to the whole JPACT meeting.
Listen to the whole JPACT meeting
Listen to the Cascade segments (Councilor Burkholder speaks first, followed by Mayor Adams)
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[...] LA TIMES: City officials debating the future of the photo-enforcement system recommend that citations stop being issued at the end of the month and that the program be phased out… Oregon Gov will ask U.S. Supreme Court to review appellate court ruling requiring Clean Water Act permits for logging roads… Multnomah Co Cops: Man splashed meth chemical into eyes during early bust… Oregon DOT settles federal lawsuit by homeless campers… John Charles, Cascade Policy Institute attacked by Metro Councilor Burkholder, Portland Mayor Adams&… [...]
[...] a 33-MB audio recording of the meeting; Adams’ comments are at 1:05:05, but the meeting is liberally littered with statements by public officials hostile to anyone who doesn’t share their utopian [...]
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I am thinking about writing the city of Portland’s Chief Auditor asking if she would consider conducting an audit of the Portland Milwaukee light rail project plan. It does involve city finances and definitely impacts quality life for Portland citizens. I would share the letter from Mr Charles letter as an attachment.
The new City Auditor has issued a couple of reports over this year providing some optimism about calling out city hall’s spending habits and misappropriations of public funds.