Last Thursday, we discussed the City of Portland's bond ratings as part of a larger commentary on the proposal to borrow another $75 million to remodel PGE Park for pro soccer yet again and to build a new minor league baseball stadium in Lents Park. We provided a link to the chart that the city publishes of the ratings on its various outstanding bond issues. Perhaps it's a coincidence, but that very day the city revised the chart, and the newer version is what you get when you click on the link now.

I wish I had archived the older version for myself. It would have been interesting to do a side-by-side comparison. In any event, we're glad somebody in city government is paying attention.