Bald eagle screw job picks up its pace
The farce that is the West Hayden Island pave-over project rolls on. The Goldschmidt people, doing business as the Port of Portland, in cahoots with the Sam Rands -- a real recipe for disaster. At the very least, somebody's going to get rich at the expense of the environment. Portland "green" hypocrisy at its worst. The latest chapter is here:
If you’re keeping score at home — especially if that home is on West Hayden Island — the city is now scheduling meetings with little notice and the Port can't bother to provide committee members with a detailed written explanation of its mitigation plan.The Port’s latest PowerPoint showpiece is akin to assessing liver damage with a stethoscope.
That’s because the Port insists it can't afford a CAT scan. Just as the agency can’t afford to develop a new 300-acre marine terminal — in 2023, at the earliest — if it must spend $30 million mitigating the subsequent damage to the environment.
It's all a charade. Like pretty much everything else in Portland politics.
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Comments (7)
Maybe to get some turnout Tuesday, the Goldschmidt "Bada Bing" Dancers (PSU sustainability co-eds by day) will make some Of their own kind of power points, too, for the Pork of Portland. Complete with eagle feather headdresses! After all, "no" really means "yes" -- just ask the Goldschmidters.
Posted by Mojo | July 9, 2012 10:17 PM
Kulongowski's next surprise "mediation" gig, maybe? Ain't that rich?
Posted by Mojo | July 9, 2012 10:20 PM
If you've seen one, and you aren't a sociopath, you'd do what it takes to keep them around.
Posted by Jo | July 10, 2012 6:13 AM
Brilliant headline, Jack:))
Posted by paul | July 10, 2012 7:22 AM
You know what I find amazing? That after serving as state senator, running for U.S Senator and governor, then serving as state insurance commissioner, attorney general, state supreme court justice and two terms as governor -- people still can't spell "Kulongoski."
Posted by Truth Be Told | July 10, 2012 10:16 AM
It just shows how impressive he's been.
Posted by Mojo | July 10, 2012 8:43 PM
Mojo:.....(PSU sustainability co-eds by day) will make some Of their own kind of power points, too, for the Pork of Portland....
Good assessment. I have been very concerned about the relationship
of PSU with agenda drivers.
Posted by clinamen | July 12, 2012 11:51 AM