Hood River County to the Sandy River always made more sense than the current boundary. Would Clackamas County want Gresham? What do you do with Sauvie Island which is split between Columbia and Multnomah County
Go, Mattt! This needs to happen. The City and County spend 90% of their time pointing fingers at each other, blaming the other for the failure (for example) to make a dent in the homeless crisis. Almost no time spent in governing or solving problems, because it's too convenient to just pile blame on the other side, and avoid all accountability. Having a single entity will focus the much-needed accountability and ensure that tax dollars are spent on programs that get results.
Whatever they do, the people organizing the initiative to consolidate city and county government need to avoid repeating the mistakes of Portland's city charter revision. For all the talk about obtaining input from the public, the blueprint for the charter was worked out ahead of time beginning as early as 2019 by the private City Club of Portland. So focused were they on doing equity that they didn't prioritize making city government more efficient. Be very wary of letting anyone or any organizations who had a significant part in that mess have any say in this venture.
Great. Release Corbett -home of the east wind- to Hood River County.
Hood River County to the Sandy River always made more sense than the current boundary. Would Clackamas County want Gresham? What do you do with Sauvie Island which is split between Columbia and Multnomah County
Go, Mattt! This needs to happen. The City and County spend 90% of their time pointing fingers at each other, blaming the other for the failure (for example) to make a dent in the homeless crisis. Almost no time spent in governing or solving problems, because it's too convenient to just pile blame on the other side, and avoid all accountability. Having a single entity will focus the much-needed accountability and ensure that tax dollars are spent on programs that get results.
Whatever they do, the people organizing the initiative to consolidate city and county government need to avoid repeating the mistakes of Portland's city charter revision. For all the talk about obtaining input from the public, the blueprint for the charter was worked out ahead of time beginning as early as 2019 by the private City Club of Portland. So focused were they on doing equity that they didn't prioritize making city government more efficient. Be very wary of letting anyone or any organizations who had a significant part in that mess have any say in this venture.