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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 original Oregon State constitution. I have friends in Fruitland that are assessed at $22/thousand, and their property taxes can be changed at the whim of the Legislature at any time. If my property in Oregon becomes property in Idaho, my property taxes would increases by 50%, which is absurd. ....