On Sept. 25, City Commissioner Erik Sten unveiled a plan that would divert $20 million to $30 million in property taxes from ritzy Pearl District condos to build a new, badly needed elementary school in the David Douglas districtthe citys poorest, most-crowded school district.
This is an idea we should have thought of a long time ago, says Sten, minus only a band of tights-wearing merry men. If were successful, we can bring disparate parts of the city together and make sure Portlanders share more equally in the benefits of urban renewal.
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