Tax Fairness Oregon testimony from the ConnectOregon hearing on July 17th, 2014:
- White’s Transloading rail siding in Dallas, Oregon is loan worthy, but doesn’t need a gift, Patrick Story
- How $340 million in ConnectOregon gifts rather than loans will cost Oregon half a billion dollars, Elsa Porter
- Building a helipad mostly just for one business in Bend isn’t an Oregon priority, Patrick Stupfel
- The arbitrary requirement to give away 10% of funds in each region is wrong-headed, Steve Wright
- The ConnectOregon process isn’t working, or we’d not fund $5.1 m for a shed for snow removal equipment in Medford, and other problems Larry Scruggs
- What changes we think the Commission should recommend to the legislature, Jody Wiser
Some other noteworthy testimony:
- Airports aren’t putting in any local money, this simply isn’t right, Russ Dondero
- Why are Oregonians giving food processors $6 million for a building they want? Colin Peddicord
- These uses of funds make no sense when education is so underfunded, Maureen Barnhart
- Airports & Fossil fuel projects deserve a “no” vote – leaded fuel, climate change and the 1%, Ellen Saunders