3 biggest Oregon Gov’t blunders of 2024

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

For 24 years, the Taxpayers Association of Oregon has given Taxpayer Awards to honor

(#1) Oregon’s worst political figures
(#2) Worst example of government waste
(#3) worst example of bureaucratic bungle of 2024 and
(#5) Golden Schnoz which is worst example of government sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong.

Here are the 4 nominees for Bureaucratic bungler award

BUREAUCRATIC BUNGLER

• Tree crashes into home of owner who was denied a permit to cut it down for safety. A Portland homeowner who was denied a permit to cut down her towering tree had it fall on her house during the 2024 snowstorm.  Please also read 11 snow storm government blunders of 2024.  (OPB 1/24/24)

• Housing Department had 30% mistake rate. An audit indicates the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department erred nearly 30% of the time while distributing $426 million in emergency rental assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Oregonian 1/4/24)

• Most dentists (up to 70%) don’t accept patients with government insurance. Roughly 55% to 70% of Oregon dentists refuse to accept patients on the Oregon Health Plan because their staff finds the government paperwork to be unclear, tedious, and problematic. This means most can’t choose their own dentist. (Willamette Week 10/13/24)

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