Lobbyist a big waste of county money
Any similarity between the O&C lands and the CBWR (Coos Bay Wagon Road) lands ends with their...
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Senate to consider forest resources bill in February. BOC yet to send letter
Time is fast running out for the commissioners to correct oversights in Senator Ron Wyden’s forest resources bill relating to the distribution of funds derived from the CBWR grant lands.
Read MoreWho will fight for the Coos Bay Wagon Road lands?
Since 1989 Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands have generated more than $73 million in revenue, but where is it?
Read MoreWyden bill strips Coos County of 60,000 acres of tax base
If Senator Ron Wyden’s bill is enacted as is it will no longer be a choice but a small boon to the other seventeen counties and could cost Coos County as much as $10 million a year in taxable revenue.
Read MoreCounty contingency planning doesn't include tax equity for citizens
It is time to force this issue either through a citizen initiative or polite protest or downright civil disobedience or all of the above.
Read MoreCoos County funding option stonewalled by BOC
Any solution utilizing federal assets and resources will require an act of Congress and of all the options out there so far, enforcing an existing Act would seem the most likely to succeed and provide the best outcome for county services.
Read MoreAdvisory vote a waste of time and money
Sending emails, placing calls and sending letters as well as attending meetings and even holding protests would be more effective than paying up to $60K for a non-binding advisory vote. Finally, the bill as written is not likely to pass and all of this will be moot anyway.
Read MoreMain floats possible advisory vote for comanagement CBWR
Now that a bill is being floated by DeFazio that does in fact give management over to the county, Main is now concerned with whether the public wants to co-manage the lands with the tribe. On Tuesday’s BOC agenda is an item submitted by Main to, “discuss putting an advisory vote on the ballot, asking if the county should partner with the Coquille Tribe on any timberlands”.
Read MoreCam Parry blows up defending CBWR proposal
The video will speak for itself. Parry’s behavior is, in a word, disgusting, not to mention over the top and wholly inappropriate. Main’s behavior isn’t much better and let there be no mistake, even though they haven’t filed candidate papers yet both of them are using their platform to campaign.
Read MoreMystery around CBWR revenue/harvest figures deepens
As documented here I have tried without success to obtain job and harvest volumes from the tribe, the commissioners and the sources to whom they have deferred. At the October 4, BOC meeting I tried again to get some details and while the commissioners are “passionate” about this proposal they still cannot explain why.
Read MoreMain still making up CBWR revenue numbers
There is no supporting data/metric/formula provided to the public and these figures of “$3.5 million to $8.5 million” are literally being pulled from thin air.
Read MoreStill no answer how logging 5.5% of federal land can save the county
Even if local control of the lands is possible, relying upon resource extraction for revenue leaves the county vulnerable to market conditions well outside the influence and control of the local population.
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