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Readers respond: Shift city money for students, not sports
Readers respond: Shift city money for students, not sports
Readers respond: Shift city money for students, not sports

Published on: 02/22/2026

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The idea of using $75 million from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund when Portland Public Schools is facing a $50 million deficit (and eliminating up to 300 positions) shows exactly where the state and local governments’ priorities reside — namely at center court, not in a classroom, (“Portland leaders look to city’s cash-rich climate fund to help keep Trail Blazers in town,” Feb. 5). If Portland is going to move money around, shouldn’t it be for its schools?

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026/02/readers-respond-shift-city-money-for-students-not-sports.html

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