Consider property and death tax rates first in border shifting
Dear Marc: I appreciate your op-ed regarding expanding the state of Idaho to include much of western Oregon. However, there are two significant factors that I feel you failed to address. Property taxes in the state of Oregon have been frozen since the property tax revolt / initiatives of 1990 and 1992. My property taxes stayed at $14/thousand valuation since that time, until the recreation district was passed in Ontario, which raised my taxes to about $15/thousand. Oregon property taxes cannot be changed by the Legislature. They can only be changed by a vote of the people. This is part of the...
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