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We Can’t Afford Metro’s Affordable Housing
by Randal O’Toole Affordable housing projects funded with Metro’s 2018 housing bond have wasted more than a billion dollars due to bad decisions made by Metro on how to spend that money. Metro’s single-minded focus on…
Testimony Before the PPS Bond Accountability Committee
John A. Charles, Jr.President, Cascade Policy InstituteOctober 29, 2025 Members of the Committee, my name is John Charles, representing Cascade Policy Institute. Cascade is a non-profit policy research organization,…
Over-Sized, Over-Priced Schools Accelerate PPS’ Fiscal Crisis
By Naomi Inman Cascade’s President and CEO, John Charles, emailed a Memo Monday to the Portland Public School (PPS) Board members in anticipation of the October 14 meeting to approve final designs for Jefferson, Cleveland and…
Over-Sized, Over-Priced Schools Accelerate PPS’ Fiscal Crisis
By Naomi Inman Cascade’s President and CEO, John Charles, emailed a Memo Monday to the Portland Public School (PPS) Board members in anticipation of the October 14 meeting to approve final designs for Jefferson, Cleveland and…
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