Steve Novick Yanking Endorsement of Fellow Commissioner Dan Saltzman's Re-election

Portland City Commissioner Steve Novick is furious over comments his fellow Commissioner Dan Saltzman made to WW this week questioning whether the Portland Bureau of Transportation needs a new street maintenance fee. WW reported Wednesday in Murmurs that Saltzman and Commissioner Nick Fish are opposed to bypassing voters to create a $12-a-month street fee on households and even higher taxes on businesses. Saltzman went further, questioning whether PBOT needed the money at all."I’m not absolutely convinced we need the street maintenance fee,” Saltzman said."The Transportation Bureau seems to be falling all over themselves to subsidize a bike-share program. If we have dollars to subsidize bike share, why don’t we have dollars to put in sidewalks and fix up our roads?” www.wweek.com/portland/blog-31538-city_commissione....html