What's up with Oregon??

[Dodgenut64]

I used to live in Coosbay, I loved that place.

[Spiffav8]

Originally Posted by Dodgenut64

I used to live in Coosbay, I loved that place.

I've got friends there. It's my favorite place to visit!

[Nate_ERC]

Actually most of our customers come from Washington.

Oregon is a pretty good place to live (if you don't have to deal with the public schools). We don't have the traffic of Seattle, or the road Nazis of California.

[Jr]

Originally Posted by Nate_ERC

Actually most of our customers come from Washington.

Oregon is a pretty good place to live (if you don't have to deal with the public schools). We don't have the traffic of Seattle, or the road Nazis of California.

Why are public schools a problem?

[rjsjea]

Originally Posted by DJW32

Why are public schools a problem?

I dont have the stats in front of me, but Portland public schools are one of the highest funded in the nation, have one of the shortest school years and rank in the bottom third in test scores.......

In Multnomah we just got through 3yrs of the I-tax (surcharge paid to the county) it was supposed to keep schools open longer and keep prisoners in jail.........it was about a 1% tax and didnt make a lick of difference.......where did our money go????

[Jr]

Originally Posted by rjsjea

I dont have the stats in front of me, but Portland public schools are one of the highest funded in the nation, have one of the shortest school years and rank in the bottom third in test scores.......

In Multnomah we just got through 3yrs of the I-tax (surcharge paid to the county) it was supposed to keep schools open longer and keep prisoners in jail.........it was about a 1% tax and didnt make a lick of difference.......where did our money go????

ouch. What are they teaching in the school system? Also, is there a inmate/high crime rate in Oregon?

[rjsjea]

Funny you bring up crime/inmate rates........I am in Portland area, dont know about the rest of the state. Portland has low numbers for violent crimes but property crimes are up there.....see jail below

Multnomah (portland) county built a jail (wapato jail) for $58million a few years back....now it sits empty, no inmates or deputies. The voters approved it being built but the county commissioners failed to work on the funding part to run it . It has been sitting for a few years now, the county still assigned two deputies to staff it.

I moved out of the county last year......couldnt take the BS

[Dodgenut64]

Originally Posted by Spiffav8

I've got friends there. It's my favorite place to visit!

When I lived there back in the day, I used to have a paper route that was a the top of a huge hill. At the top of the hill you could see down into the bay, I loved that job. Also, If you havent already, go see a movie at the Egyptian Theatre, its very cool (I hope its still there).