The City would have money to fix sewers if it did not use taxpayer dollars to subsidize large scale private developments. The City would have money to maintain streets if the money was not pilfered away on special interest projects like streetcars, couplets, curb extensions and bicycle infrastructure the freeloading bicyclists should be directly taxed to pay for. The City would also have more money for parks, buildings and even schools if property tax abatements were not handed out like free candy and the size, scope and duration of urban renewal districts were significantly reduced. The spending priorities are backwards. Instead of serving the people, politicians in Portland are more interested in serving themselves by name association with special interest projects so they can obtain those special interest dollars for their reelection campaigns.