The fix was in -- until it wasn't
The City of Portland's usual scam network appears to have broken down a little in this case. Uh oh -- there could be some awkward moments at the Arlington Club this week.
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Comments (11)
Good for Mr. Kenton. Good to see the competitive bid process in this state is not dead yet.
Ha-ha Hoffman.
Posted by dg | November 30, 2010 2:40 PM
The Oregon Sustainability Center: a $72 mil. eco wankfest for the greenies.
Posted by RJBob | November 30, 2010 3:14 PM
On the one hand, it's unfortunate the profits will go to a foreign company and not a local and home-grown one (Skanska is based in Sweden). On the other hand, it's refreshing to see the Portland patronage machine temporarily derailed.
Posted by Eric | November 30, 2010 3:16 PM
Calling a 132,000 square-foot high-tech building "sustainable" is the punchline of the joke. Who gets to tell the joke is beside the point.
Posted by ecohuman | November 30, 2010 3:37 PM
It's going to be built by Skanks? I'll have to swing by the construction site.
Posted by Snards | November 30, 2010 3:58 PM
Will there really be enough eco-zionists who can afford the Portland theme park to sustain it?
Posted by jc | November 30, 2010 4:29 PM
Large publically funded project for Skanska, a Swedish company.
Large publically funded project for Vestas, a Danish company.
Am I missing something here? Are there federal moneys involved? If so, I don't think Congress would approve.
Posted by jc | November 30, 2010 4:32 PM
If Portland can't be a Scandinavian Country, we might as well subsidize a few of them.
Posted by Mister Tee | November 30, 2010 7:01 PM
$72 million for a sustainability center, paid for by the state university system??? A system which is losing money, so they're having to raise tuition rates significantly each year???
I'm going to go bang my head against a wall now.
Posted by Michelle | November 30, 2010 8:38 PM
Michelle, the $72 Million isn't coming from the university system alone. As WW reported $6.7 Million is coming from TIF taxpayer dollars, $52.5 Million from OUS and City Bonds insured by us taxpayers. $2 Million from Streetcar Fund and etc.
Most of it is coming from taxpayers and not private sources. And it won't be paying any taxes. Sorry
But I still join you in banging my head against any wall now.
Posted by lw | November 30, 2010 10:48 PM
Uhm, why not all the local companies that have experience?? Why a MNE? Ahh!
I learned linear algebra with a blackboard and pencil and paper and a book in a non-airconditioned bldg from a russian math prof who barely spoke english. No electronics other than lights were required. I learned how to do regression and calculate anova tables by hand the same way - in 2007. Please stop this insane waste of money and additional suffering the students will have to endure as debt-slaves.
Posted by Kimber45 | November 30, 2010 10:52 PM