
Portland's Long History of Taxpayer Waste and Abuse
Taxpayer Association of Oregon says No on Measure 26-173 Portland is going to hurt you with a $60 million gas tax because they can’t control their spending… $70 million wasted on contract overspending according to City Auditors (KOIN 6 TV 5-8-14) $50 million misspent by City Water Bureau on failed, questionable and unrelated projects $49 million City surplus 2015 (Oregonian 8-11-15) $21 million over-spent on City software upgrade (Portland Business Journal 10-1-08) $7 million