Waterfront revitalization scheme evolves?
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.
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Jordan Cove ads misleading
the twenty-five million tax dollars suddenly become an annual contribution donated by Jordan Cove, from its profits, to a foundation headed by Who Knows and with What Intent.
Read MoreIs ORC disposing of equipment?
A stock pile of machinery believed to belong to ORC and its subcontractors located just north of the Mill Casino is reported to be up for auction.
Read MoreCash strapped ORC lays off 31
ORC 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 MoreBOC to vote on Coquille Valley Enterprise Zone expansion
The 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.
Read MoreCounty advisory committees flirt with public meeting law violations
Jon Barton, who by the way, was terrible disrespectful to a community volunteer filming the proceedings, made it clear that he viewed the committee’s job as a fact finding and evaluating job which would later be shared with the public in the form of recommendations to the BOC and that they were not empaneled to answer questions from the public.
Read MoreWhy does Coos County continue with failed economic development schemes?
“Urban Renewal” is a great idea that has been hijacked … whereby landowners inside the District get the increment while the rest of you, pardon the expression, get the excrement. Urban renewal should be self-sustaining. There is no reason to freeze taxable assessed values of land, that does not help renewal along. The incentive to rebuild and renew comes from untaxing NEW buildings; the land is already there, and it isn’t going anywhere
Read MoreORC mining jobs still a net loss for the county
The World is reporting that ORC will begin strip mining at the Seven Devils Mine site soon and have hired “41 production and six administrative employees”. With the imminent closing Albertson’s releasing 46 workers to the unemployment lines the county has a slight net gain in jobs. Unlike Albertson’s, unfortunately, ORC has received a five year tax subsidy in the form of enterprise zone property tax exemptions to pay for those jobs.
Read MoreAmericans quietly give tax bonuses to the rich while Europe riots
So far, there has been little street activism in the United States. Perhaps it is because of the Christmas shopping season, the inundation of entertainment shows and sporting events or just so little oppositional leadership,
Read MoreWhat does the Island of Fiji and Coos County, Oregon have in common?
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.
Local tax breaks, who do they help really? When is enough, enough?
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 MoreHave the Board of Commissioners erred again? Two of them have
John 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...
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