Removing property from the tax rolls for extended periods of time would seem to be counter intuitive to community revitalization when you consider that “a minimum of 10 new employees suffices in most relevant zones, if the investment exceeds $200 million”
Read MoreNow that the company has laid off all but 15 of its 91 employees, does it still qualify for the tax incentive?
Read MoreORC was granted a two year extension of the enterprise zone property tax exemptions in 2010. The exemptions are contingent upon jobs and higher than average wages
Read MoreThe proposed boundary change extends the zone to include parts of the Bandon Urban Renewal District, and just like the Jordan Cove LNG project is situated in both an urban renewal district and an enterprise zone it will be a long time before the taxpayer sees a return, if ever, from this investment.
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Fiji and Coos County enjoy ocean bounty and extraordinary natural beauty, fertile farmlands and abundant resources as well as high unemployment, poverty and food insecurity but that isn’t all they have in common. Fiji, like Coos County is attractive to resource extraction companies that object to paying their fair share of taxes.
Tax breaks are essentially a handout from the public coffers to specific interests, presumably for the greater public good. By socializing a company’s risk, for example, the handout is justified legislatively with an...
Read MoreJohn Baxter, Bandon resident has penned an excellent letter to the editor, as yet unpublished in The World, regarding the $1M free lunch offered to ORC. For your reading pleasure, he has agreed to print it here. Have the...
Read MoreCoos County as a piece of geography and demographic data is comprised of approximately 64,000 people living and working together on 1800 square miles. Then there is Coos County, the government, lorded over by the Board of...
Read MoreEight years of Bush tax cuts have been thoroughly analyzed and the cuts failed every stated goal,...
Read MoreWhitty and Stufflebean vote to give ORC two extra years of free lunch. Citizens can just tighten their belts and do with reduced services thanks to two thirds of the commission but ORC with their high salaried management get a...
Read MoreTwo thirds of the Coos County Commission, Whitty and Stufflebean, are set to vote Monday on...
Read MoreTimm Slater has sent out the call for ORC supporters to urge Whitty and Stufflebean to extend property tax relief an additional two years for a combined total of eight years. Monday November 1st, 6 pm in the Coos Bay City...
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