As debate around public money on Moda Center renovations heats up, officials from Portland’s suburbs are chiming in.
In a letter sent Wednesday to Gov. Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, and Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, a group of 24 mayors from cities around the metro area urged leaders to do what they can to keep the Trail Blazers from leaving Portland in their arena negotiations.
“The Blazers and Fire may have jerseys that read ‘Portland,’ but they’re our home teams, too,” reads the letter, sent by the Metropolitan Mayors’ Consortium (of which Wilson is a member). “We share a regional economy, a workforce, and destination status. Our economic decisions affect one another.”…