The Lake Oswego Review
Kara Hansen Murphey
Jan 10, 2012
Lake Oswego council switch derials streetcar project
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City Councilor Bill Tierney calls for council to put project ‘on the shelf’<snip>
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This means nothing to those outside the PDX Metro area,
but aside from a pun in the headline, it is a significant political event for us.
Umm....well, maybe for you a miniscule part of your US tax dollar
will be spent on some more appropriate project.
This City Councilor has shifted his vote, and so too the majority vote
of the Council, on a project that has divided the city for years.
It's one of those "re-development" projects where massive apartment complexes get built,
with huge tax write-off's for developers and city-street and utility "incentives" get added to the local tax roles.
At least the project has now been delayed into the future.
P.S. Urge your Congressman to vote against it if it comes up again in the future ! 