Or more accurately, when will the county bill for $9M from the Dept of Interior? Bob Main has written a lengthy chronicle of the bizarre handling of the Coos Bay Wagon Road timber property, in this week’s Sentinel and asks why the financially strapped county hasn’t billed for $9M in assessed property taxes? As of December 16, 2008…
…Coos County has not sent the $9,000,000 + bill to the Department of Interior. What are they waiting for? $9,000,000 is $3,000,000 more than they were receiving from both O & C and Wagon Road lands at full county employment. With $9,000,000 we could have a full jail staff, restore the sheriff’s department, add back the assistant DA’s that were cut, etc., and have money left over to fix county roads and not ask citizens for more tax money. To this day, I am puzzled why the bill has not been sent!
This is a very good question and brings to the forefront one of many questions as to the handling of county business. More on this soon.
