‘Who the hell are they serving?’: Portland agency’s staff skewered councilors as budget hung in the balance, group chat shows

Prosper Portland staff derided members of the City Council in an online chatroom as they watched

a marathon budget meeting last month

that threatened sweeping cuts to the economic development agency.

A proposed amendment by councilors Mitch Green and Jamie Dunphy to strip Prosper of its proposed $11 million general fund allocation kept many Prosper staff members glued to their computer screens through the day and night, posting their often sarcastic takes on the council budget meeting as it unfolded, records show. The amendment ultimately failed.

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