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Metro’s Playing Farmville With Taxpayer Money

Opinion: Metro’s Playing Farmville With Taxpayer Money

People in the Portland area love their parks and they love nature. So much that in 2019, voters approved $475 million in bonds for Metro’s “Parks and Nature” program. What voters thought they were voting for—and what they were told they would get—was  more public parks for people and the protection of natural areas. However […]
Written by Eric Fruits, Ph.D February 24, 2022February 24, 2022

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