Two SW Portland doctors filed a city petition today, seeking to provide health insurance “to all children attending the Portland public schools.”
Drs. Gregg and Marcia Coodley filed the petition, and must gather 27,255 signatures from Portland voters by July 3, 2008, to qualify for the ballot.
If the initiative passes, the city would fund the first two years of the program, with school districts picking up two-thirds of the tab beginning in the third year. The initiative text estimates the…
