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EDITORIAL
The Southwest Portland Post
4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509
Portland, OR 97206
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email: editor@multnomahpost.com
Barbur Concept Plan
approves unmuffled jake
brake noise
Thanks for your involvement in the
Barbur Plan as a citizen.
Unfortunately Oregon Department
of Transportation (ODOT) and Portland
Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) have
chosen not to address the extreme and
unnecessary noise from unmuffled
jake brakes on Interstate 5 and more
recently on Barbur Boulevard by con-
tainer trucks.
One could view this as the low-
est hanging fruit for improvements
conducive for private development.
You may have seen the UNMUF-
FLED BRAKE signs as you enter
small communities throughout Or-
egon.
Only through the Freedom of Infor-
mation Act was I provided informa-
tion of the South Portland neighbor-
hood signing many petitions brought
to ODOT to stop.
This is what I was told to do again
even though ODOT refuses to put up
signs in the corridor-- ignoring citizen
concerns or safety.
I have complained many times and
had tried to voice concerns of unmiti-
gated loss of over 1000 trees during
the logging for the Iowa Street over-
pass on Interstate 5.
New trees have been planted so
that ivy has a trellis to grow on since
no removal of ivy or other invasives
were done. Without proper remedia-
tion the trees will simply be infested
with ivy and need to be replanted
and deferring relief.
You may witness the ivy sails that
still remain in the trees.
I have witnessed elk, bald eagles,
deer herds, coyote, cougar, vultures
and chicken hawks in “The Woods”.
As a resident of “The Woods” I
have seen the recent loss of songbirds
because of this noise and suspect the
raptors and I will soon follow.
I have copied the e-mail partici-
pants in the Barbur Concept Plan.
Interestingly only 130 citizens re-
ceived e-mails, while 50 non-profits
were e-mailed.
Unlike a public vetting, I’m sure
they were set up as an exhibit, ef-
fectively removing any other public
from hearing opposite view points
or contention.
I was one on the list that did not at-
tend and could not find answers from
the City as to when and where these
meetings were to take place. (Any of
my time and contributions were not
included).
If you were not in attendance, your
feedback and any other observations
you wish to share would be greatly
appreciated.
I hope that you are all outraged
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that citizens can be bullied and
manipulated by the public agencies
and attended the City Hall meeting
regarding the approval of this flawed
process the 24th of April.
Tell these agencies we deserve a
little sleep.
Kris Schade
Southwest Portland
House Republicans block
bill to raise $275 million
from richest Oregonians
Yesterday [April 24] the House
Republicans, working with special
interest groups, attempted to block a
vital component of our state budget:
the $275 million in revenue we need
in order to stabilize schools and other
vital services.
This money would be raised by
reducing certain tax breaks for the
richest 2.4 percent of Oregonians and
fewer than 3 percent of corporations.
Instead of giving our children the
quality education they deserve, keep-
ing our streets safe and our safety net
intact, House Republicans decided to
protect wealthy campaign donors and
big business.
Because of their opposition, we
were only able to move ahead with
a small, but vital, component of our
tax plan: a provision that ends the
practice of hiding money in offshore
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Its about what we can do,
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accounts in the Cayman Islands and
other offshore “tax havens.”
This will raise about $18 million
over the next two years - not nearly
enough to reverse the brutal cuts our
schools and critical services have been
facing.
But we are not going to give in or
give up. We are now about halfway
through the session, and no matter
how many votes it takes, I am deter-
mined to find the money to fund our
schools.
You sent me here to fight for our
children, and that is what I am going
to do.
I call on members of the Senate and
House from both sides of the aisle to
join with me and show the leadership
needed to ensure that corporations
and the wealthiest Oregonians are
paying their fair share for schools and
the services we all rely on.
Because if we don’t, we are all
going to pay the price in the form of
bigger classes, worse roads, and fewer
police officers. And I am not going
to settle for a less educated, less con-
nected and less safe Oregon.
Our state deserves better than that,
you deserve better than that.
Margaret Doherty
Tigard
Editor’s Note: Rep. Margaret Doherty
(Democrat-35) is one of three legislators
representing the Multnomah neighbor-
hood in the Oregon House of Represen-
tatives.
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