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What percentage of businesses rated Portland as a good place to do business?


WW’s weekly election feature—designed to scare the hell out of City Hall candidates.

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BY COREY PEIN | 503-243-2122

[April 9th, 2008]

Given “The People’s Republic” of Portland’s reputation as a city that’s unfriendly to private enterprise, we asked the five candidates seeking to replace ex-Commissioner Erik Sten to guess what percentage of businesses rated Portland as a good place to do business in the 2007 city auditor’s survey.











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( Answer : 58 percent of businesses surveyed said Portland was a good—or very good—place to do business.)

 

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Dave Lister  writes on Apr 11th, 2008 10:25am

Were the businesses surveyed the ones that have stayed in Portland?

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