Portland's Long History of Taxpayer Waste and Abuse
- ocwfoundation
- Mar 22, 2016
- 1 min read

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 over-spent on Morrison Bridge repair (KOIN 6 -TV 7-7-14)
$6 million over-budget for Greenway project the media calls “pathway to nowhere” (Oregonian 2-11-16)
$5 million City surplus in 2014 (Portland Tribune 1-2-14)
$3 million over-budget on City permit system (Oregonian 4-22-15)
$2 million over-spending on City Managers cost (Oregonian 3-5-14)
NO Vote on 26-173
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