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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

News City Hall Is A Weird Place On Paddy's Day

Posted by Matt Davis on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:42 PM

A reporter had two choices if he showed up today around noon, trying to get a quote from a commissioner who was, in fact, at home in bed with the flu:

1.Irish Dancing!
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2.Police Bureau Budget Crisis!
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"The reality is, if we're going to take more cuts, the time to do more with less is over," says Portland Police Association President Scott Westerman. "We're stretched as this as you can possibly imagine, it's time to start doing service cuts."

"When we've cut management command in the past, bad things have happened," says Dave Benson, head of the supervisors' union. "When you thin the soup out at that level so much, the accountability goes down, the transparency goes down, and you have problems."

So: Which is it to be? 1.Irish Dancing, or 2.Police Bureau Budget Crisis! You choose! [for Irish Dancing, turn to page 54; for Police Bureau Budget Crisis, go to page 12943...]

 

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1
Accountability and transparency in Portland Police Bureau...hahahahahaha who does this jackass think he's talking about? It's certainly not the PPB.
Posted by BlackedOut on March 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM · Report
2
Don't.... Don't.... znnngghhrrhhh DONTTAZEMEBRO!!!
Posted by Will Radik on March 17, 2009 at 3:04 PM · Report
3
I think the city could save a lot of money in settlements and lawsuits and court costs if they would get rid of a few "bad apple" cops. Did the discussion incorporate the costs of litigation and payoffs to abuse victims or does that come out of a separate City pot?
Posted by Number Six on March 17, 2009 at 3:32 PM · Report
4
Decriminalize weed. That should save some money.
Posted by Suburban Porn King on March 17, 2009 at 3:51 PM · Report
5
Weed is "decriminalized" SPK. you can't go to jail for possession of less than an ounce. If you are talking about legalization that's a different thing.
Posted by Number Six on March 18, 2009 at 3:14 PM · Report

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