As we all know, Oregon cities, counties, schools and other public services face meaningful budget shortfalls. It’s not a one-time problem. It’s the beginning of twenty years of fiscal stress. More than 38 proposals in the 2019 legislative session seeks to address this problem, including new ideas in the last week about the PERS UAL from Governor Brown, Speaker Kotek and Senate President Courtney, and a multi-year effort to create a new business tax.

Join BBPDX members and North Star Civic Foundation for a candid coffee conversation. How big is this problem? How do solutions compare? What is the timeline to act – and how does it relate to our political decision-making cycle and leadership?

North Star Civic Foundation executive director Caitlin Baggott Davis will present key findings from Our Next 20 – a report co-authored with John Tapogna at ECONorthwest this winter. She will be joined by Dave Hunt, former Speaker of the House, for a no holds barred Q &A.

We’ll bring coffee, you bring the curiosity and questions.