With Friends Like These
At a time when the Portland Public School board voted to unanimously back measures 66 and 67, it seems strange that the PPS Human Resources Department would list the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) as one of its Resources.
Willamette Week recently reported that companies were funneling large amounts of money through the Portland Business Alliance to defeat the two tax measures.
As part of the effort to defeat measures 66 and 67, the PBA took out two ads in the Voter’s Pamphlet opposing the tax measures.
Right now working class families are paying more than their fair share of taxes to support essential services in Oregon because so many wealthy corporations are only paying $10.
PPS board member Bobby Regan urged the public to support measures 66 and 67 saying “ “If we really value education, we have to view education as an investment in our kids, in our future work force and in our state. We have to begin reinvesting in our future, and although this is not the perfect measure, I would encourage you to vote yes.”
Exactly who is the Portland Business Alliance a resource for?
3 comments
Pam Knowles.
I wonder who PPS is trying to recruit. It would make sense to list the PBA along with a whole lot of other relocation resources but not as the only relocation resource.
I’m not surprised that PPS didn’t include the African American or Hispanic Chamber of Commerces. Management at the BESC doesn’t know that they exist. They just know about the white one.
It’s all about connections, which is another way of saying . . . follow the $!
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