Showing posts with label Portland Water bureau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portland Water bureau. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Portland Oregon Crooks and Thieves Water Bureau edition

 

Hat Tip KATU and Dan Tilkin

Plans to replace the dilapidated mobile home that used to house the caretaker - a double-wide that was purchased for $79,950 in 2007, by the way - were approved amid fireworks from Portland city council members Randy Leonard and Amanda Fritz.
A sample exchange from their debate:
Fritz: “What are we buying for $460,000?”
Water Bureau administrator David Shaff: “Just that, a house.”
Fritz: “A nice house. How about what are we buying … ”
Leonard: “I think that's uncalled for. If you want to ask questions that are professional and have answers, I appreciate that. But question that are impugning the bureaus integrity or anybody else is uncalled for and that's playing to the audience.”
Fritz:I don't comment on your behavior, and I would appreciate the same courtesy.”
It’s certainly not the first controversial project for the Water Bureau; in fact, it’s not even the first controversial house….

Monday, November 18, 2013

And the Hits keep on coming

The beat goes on … Portland Oregon crooks and politicians.

It’s been a rough twelve months for Portland’s administrative and financial branch of government.

The list of major issues is lengthy. Since fall 2012, problems involving the Office of Management & Finance include:

Friday, July 27, 2012

More Sam Adams,Randy Leonard Legacy: What if it had been a real emergency?

Delays and failed calls hamper emergency notification

Thank You Randy
Thank You SamWe couldn't have done it without you
The emergency telephone system that Portland used last weekend to alert residents and businesses of its boil-water order reached only about one-third of its intended recipients, Portland officials said Thursday. 

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Corruption in Oregon????

Well Portlanders.. Guess where your Water and Sewer Bills  have Gone???

Randy Leonard and the
Mayor of Portland Don’t want you to know… Read the Audit Here

And at the State level The AG Helped the democratic Candidate win the election by covering up of the Governor's girlfriend's   involvement in a Criminal Corruption investigation  
And Why are we surprised that Oregon is both Fiscally and Morally Bankrupt???
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