Action Alert from Onward Oregon
Shouldn't we spend taxpayer money on things that matter?
The Portland City Council is considering throwing millions of taxpayer dollars at a new soccer team. The city is going to cut essential services because of the recession, but powerful interests are pushing them toward this plan.
Studies have consistently shown that building new stadiums provides no economic benefit. While the city cuts essential services, can we really afford a new stadium?
Let our City Council know that taxpayer dollars should go to jobs, not new sports teams.
In asking for public money to change PGE Park into a soccer-only stadium, the planners Merritt Paulson and his father, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, are asking Portland to take money from schools and poor people to pay for their profit.
Tell the Portland City Council to keep our scarce city dollars out of the Paulsons' pockets.
The City Council is going to decide on the stadium soon. There is a lot of power and money supporting this new "Paulson Plan." What we have is grassroots energy and a love of Portland.
Let the City Council know that this isn't the way we want Portland's money to be used.
The Team at Onward Oregon
www.OnwardOregon.org
