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By Representative Nick Kahl (D-Rockwood). In Jeffrey Wright’s post, “Why progressives should support the MLS to PDX proposal,” he supposed that to challenge the use of urban renewal dollars in this instance is to challenge the validity of urban renewal itself. Well, I am offering a challenge. I am not against the idea of major league soccer in Portland, but against the way that the project will be funded. In other words, I challenge the way urban renewal is presently practiced. There is no doubt that some of these districts have been wildly successful, but successful for whom? Portland is...