"I live in Parkrose and I do not have a sidewalk in front of my place, nor sidewalks on any adjacent street either. I'm not sure of the state of my sewers, however since my pad is over 60 years old, I don't expect they are in A-one condition. I also don't have a fancy street car to ride to my employers location downtown. I take either one of three bus routes in walking distance, or the wonderful MAX red-line, which I can walk to."

Than I hope you can see the foolishness of his idea to pur $80K per unit of subsidies in one small area of town while your negihborhood suffers. Again, why should someone like you (and me) do without so Sam can build more condos (like we don't have enough)?

This is the kind of reasoning the Bourbons used to tax surrounding farmers to death so they could build Versailles - A very pretty place amidst squalor.