Sep 23, 2025
Respected Voice Questions Oregon’s Direction
Tapogna Cites Housing, Taxation and School Performance John Tapogna volunteered for the Peace Corps in Chile, worked as an analyst for the Congressional Budget Office and served as president of ECONorthwest, a multistate economic consulting firm based in Portland. He is affable, collaborative and firm in his view that Oregon has run out of mojo. In a recent interview with the Oregon Journalism…
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