http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2013/01/30/portlands-budget-morass-by-the-terrible-numbers Comments On: Portland's Budget Morass, By the Terrible Numbers by Denis C. Theriault en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Paul Cone]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:47:13 -0800 Portland Mercury
I know people here are generally allergic to the Oregonian, but here is a good article on the City Auditor's recent reaming of the transportation bureau, that includes info on where the budget is going these days:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.s…
Posted by Blabby]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:37:31 -0800 Portland Mercury
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportati…

Also check out the City Budget Office website...

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/cbo
Posted by Paul Cone]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:05:18 -0800 Portland Mercury Thanks alot.
Posted by frankieb]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:23:38 -0800 Portland Mercury
I'm guessing the "Excluded Targets" represents projects that are exempt from the 10% haircut exercise. Is that entirely paving budget? If so, does that represent an increase from previous FY?

If paving is as important as Hales' advocates he should let it fight the fair fight in the add-back package, instead of being protected. There are many programs that are arguably as important as paving included in the cut list.

Then again maybe paving isn't consider a discretionary item... being funded with gas tax. If so, does anyone know how the budgeting process is occurring for paving and other non-general fund budget items?
Posted by JHB]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:11:48 -0800 Portland Mercury