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- Did the Portland Development Commission rush to judgment?
- On May 5th in Portland, Oregon, a group of 80 activists from a broad array of labor and community groups met to discuss the region's ongoing budget crises. Instead of simply complaining of cuts, however, the meeting was meant to discuss alternatives, both immediate and more structural.
- We are facing a budget crisis in the city of Portland for the same reason virtually every other city and state in this country is facing a budget crisis: In 2008, investment bankers and hedge fund CEOs drove this country into the biggest, most prolonged, most severe economic crisis we've seen since the Great Depression.
- PROPOSED EDUCATION URBAN RENEWAL AREA - These are challenging economic times. Teacher layoffs, school closures, cuts to public safety, parks and infrastructure maintenance are in the news on a regular basis. When considering using urban renewal as a financing tool, it is important to:
- • Appreciate the impact urban renewal has on basic city, county and school services; and
- • Evaluate whether the proposed urban renewal projects truly are a higher priority than the city, county and school services that will be adversely affected by the diversion of property tax dollars over the life of the district.
- Big salaries escape school cuts: Groups say PPS budget ax is hitting the wrong positions By Jennifer Anderson
- Portland Public Schools is a land of many chiefs.
- Parents, students and teachers plead for reprieve from North Portland's Humboldt, Tubman schools closure By Cornelius Swart
- “I look around here and all I see are broken hearts.”
- Bake Sale and Budget Cuts by Nathan Gilles
- “For every dollar we save now,” said Labors’ Local 483’s Kevin Stampflee, “we lose ten dollars down the road when things are worse. So do we wait for it to crumple, or do we fix it now?”
- City of Portland unveils grand goals for PSU growth By Katrina Petrovich
- Proposed urban-renewal area could boost university development by $100 million
- A Corporate Budget or a People’s Budget? By Shamus Cooke
- How are government budgets created, and in whose interests?
- National
- The community is standing up in Oakland! The community is fighting austerity by taking over a local school. Support if possible!
- The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights. Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation’s violation of human rights has extended. This development began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has been sanctioned and escalated by bipartisan executive and legislative actions, without dissent from the general public. As a result, our country can no longer speak with moral authority on these critical issues.
- Falling Revenues and Growing Demand for Services Challenge Cities, Counties, and School Districts
- US Labor Movement at the Crossroads, in the Crosshairs by Shamus Cooke
- Unless the labor movement educates and re-organizes its forces quickly, the recent losses will serve as a catalyst for union busting on a national scale, unseen in modern times.
- What Kind of Job Creation Do We Need? By Mark Vorpahl
- In this presidential election year, when the outcome hinges on the economy, the phrases “job creation” and “job creators” are quick to roll off the candidates’ tongues. It is not hard to see why. With up to 24 million unemployed and underemployed, and those working subject to the downward pressure this creates in living standards, the need for full time jobs looms large.
- Since the 2010 elections, when Republicans took control of many states, there has been an explosion of legislation advancing privatization of public schools and stripping teachers of job protections and collective bargaining rights.
- Rejecting ‘Buffett Rule,’ House Passes Business Tax Cut By JONATHAN WEISMAN
- Republicans are in talks about pushing a bill to extend the Bush-era tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 before the November election, and ahead of their expiration in January.
- Senate Republicans Block Debate On Buffett Rule DAVID WELNA
- The Buffett Rule bill would "restore the confidence of middle-class Americans in our tax system by assuring that those at the very top of the income spectrum aren't paying lower rates than regular families do."
- The Arrest of George Zimmerman by MARK VORPAHL
- Mass Action Gets Results
- There are no donor names, no clues as to whether they are individuals, companies or trade groups, and no hint as to whether there are repeated donors from year to year.