Wilbur: Portland needs to think big!
JK: Porltand is thinking big. We are spending big bucks on smart growth. Just last year, according to the PDC,
we gave $20.6 million to developers instead of city services,
we gave$13.8 million to developers instead of Multnomah County services and bridges,
we gave $11.4 million to developers, instead of the Portland School District
( page 30 of PDC's Annual Urban Renewal Report: pdc.us/pdf/ura/urban-renewal-report-06-07.pdf)

Wilbur: Get rid of downtown freeways! Move those ugly polluting eyesores to the west side through Beaverton. This will also encourage a more vibrant and alive downtown sector which Portland desperately needs.
JK: You don’t appear to understand the vital role transportation serves in increasing our standard of living, or are you one of those that think modern industrial society should be eliminated?

Wilbur: Inner Portland has enough room from infill and urban renewal to quadruple its density and population.
JK: Why would we want to do this? It will only increase congestion, pollution and journey to work time. That is what happens as density increases.

Wilbur: Encourage more mid and high rises downtown and more condo developments in inner NE and SE.
JK: We already are. That is why we take over $50 million from schools, police and basic services ands give it to developers EVERY YEAR. See above.

Wilbur: It also is very important to mention that Manhattanites have 1/3 the carbon footprint of the average American because they can easily walk to work or take mass transit. Their shared condo and apt. walls also conserve lots of heating and cooling energy
JK: Let me be very clear: IF PORTLANDERS WANTED TO BE MANHATTAN, WE’D MOVE THERE. There is zero chance that Portland will ever be Manhattan. Jakarta maybe, but never Manhattran. BTW, what % of greenhouse effect is due to CO2? What % of CO2 emission is man caused?

Wilbur: Needless to say they all take SkyTrain into Vancouver every morning saving them gas, time and highway congestion.
JK: Are you saying that every single person in ALL of those buildings to to Vancouver EVERY day? None are retired? None stay at home? None work at home? None work elsewhere? Please quit lying to us. BTW, which government agency, developer or consultant do you work for?

Thanks
JK