Portland’s 75% park tax is bailout for failed homeless, police policies

Taxpayers Association of Oregon urges No on Measure 26-260

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

FIVE REASONS PORTLAND PARKS NEEDLESSLY COST MORE

#1. Our parks cost more because criminals who are caught engaging in graffiti vandalism are released with little punishment.  Lacking harsh penalties, these released criminals simply go back to what they did before and continue to vandalize our parks and spray paint our entire city.

#2. Our Parks cost more because Multnomah County handed out over 25,000 free tents to homeless. The free-tents-for-all idea only attracted more homeless to come to Portland from other states in order to get their free tents and camp in our parks.  Now we are all overwhelmed.

#3. Our parks cost more because politicians refuse to enforce trespassing laws.  This has made our parks a great place for homeless encampments because trespassers know it is hard for their camps to be moved.

#4. Our parks cost more because local governments (at taxpayer expense) hand out free drug paraphernalia to addicts. This makes Portland a top destination for drug addicts from other states to move here.

 #5. Our parks cost more because police cannot keep our parks safe from crime and destruction because liberal politicians defunded our police.

The politicians have made these 5 major policy mistakes and they now expect you, the taxpayers, to foot the bill for the cost of their mistakes.

Politicians need to take responsibility for what is causing park expenses to rise and to fix it – not just punish taxpayers for their own mistakes.

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