No doubt we will be seeing and hearing a lot rumors over the coming weeks but as the community enhancement scheme proposed by the Port of Coos Bay reacts to public outcry tracking each and every one down may be pointless for now. Nonetheless, one rumor has it that the cabal are considering doing away with the waterfront mitigation aspect of the plan and instead divvying up the 25% intended for the Bayfront Investment Corporation between the four enterprise zone sponsors; the Port of Coos Bay, Coos Bay, North Bend and Coos County. 
In other words, if the rumor is true, they are reapportioning property taxes into two districts that otherwise wouldn’t see any money and taking it away from the smaller taxing districts like North Bend Rural Fire. (Do they just not like the fire department or is it that they cannot abide the fact that CB and NB aren’t entitled to any of that property tax revenue?)
Apparently, reapportioning taxes can be accomplished using a state sanctioned economic incentive program without a vote of the people. If it is legal for the sponsoring districts to use their sponsorship to commandeer revenue they otherwise would not be entitled to it it certainly doesn’t seem ethical.
Re-capture my previous post!
DA’AM Miz Mary, another great piece of writing, one gets the feeling Mr. Bouchard,of BS Oregon fame, the paid professional lobbyist from DC is pulling all the cards from his hatband now. This Port, and it’s flim flam men and women have had their way with We The People And Our Money for over forty years now, if there was a legitimate way to make money from the Port lands, it would have been done. Stop funding this “slush fund” that calls it’s self a Job Messiah. Just stop it now. And M, thank you for your brilliance. It’s such fun.
Thank you for reporting. The twists and turns are just beginning when it comes to who gets a cut of the bribe. That’s why there are so many lawyers involved, these scheme crafters want their money, but they aren’t willing to go to jail for it. So they’re gonna take baby steps in-case they have to back track and change a few laws to make all this legal. Who’s doing this? the elected Democrats with republican cheer-leaders from the chamber of commerce.
Is there anyone not on their side running in the BOC race? The last election cycle only had shills from the “Jordan Cove Camp” in the run-off. That’s making it very easy for them to do what they do with the local government.