Portland officials Friday said that the city could face a staggering budget gap of more than $100 million in the coming fiscal year, a figure substantially higher than previous forecasts.
Well yeah, when you spend a shit ton of money on crap and then never do it, but somehow the money got spent anyway, you tent to come up short. This is why I refuse to live or work in Oregon. That 10% just swims its way into some contractor’s pocket, or is spent on meetings that never end up producing anything.
Wasn’t there some big scandal a few years back about a big chunk going to some computer upgrades that just never happened or something, but the money was gone? My memory is foggy
Well yeah, when you spend a shit ton of money on crap and then never do it, but somehow the money got spent anyway, you tent to come up short. This is why I refuse to live or work in Oregon. That 10% just swims its way into some contractor’s pocket, or is spent on meetings that never end up producing anything.
Wasn’t there some big scandal a few years back about a big chunk going to some computer upgrades that just never happened or something, but the money was gone? My memory is foggy