Nobody said it was easy

I spent this evening trying to find out who pays for what in South Waterfront. Yeah, Saturday night, woo hoo! For some items, the price tag is known and the amounts paid by various parties clear. The tram is the best example of that. The rest has taken me the best part of three hours to research, and I may not be even half done.

There should be some simple, clear, official web pages telling Portland citizens how public improvements are bought and paid for in our city. Nobody said it was easy to find out things like that. But no one ever said it would be so hard. And it shouldn’t be.