The things you learn when you start following the City of Portland's contracting practices. Did you know that the city owns not only Union Station, but also the tracks at the station? And although the tracks are leased out to the railroads, apparently the city still has responsibility for inspecting them.

It is thus that we find the city going out for bid once again for an outside track inspector. Over the past decade, it appears that firms named Michael L. Webb, Inc. and HDR Engineering, Inc. have been doing the honors. Who's next?