Curry County---Taxes will go up in Curry one way or another, voters have little choice

11/4/2013

Curry County votes on raising taxes

Nov. 3, 2013, 9:02 a.m. PST
AP

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A new Oregon law that gives state and local officials an emergency pathway to raising taxes if voters won't pay for a minimum level of public safety faces its first test in Curry County, where declining federal timber revenues and a struggling local economy have left law enforcement on the brink of going broke.

Both the governor and Curry County Commission Chairman David Brock Smith hope voters will approve more than doubling their county property taxes, currently the lowest rate in the state, on Tuesday.

Look which county is next:

Curry County is not the only rural timber county facing a funding crisis. Josephine, Jackson, Douglas, Coos, Klamath and Lane counties have all struggled to keep jails open and law enforcement functioning.

Links from the county website:

Measure 8-73 & County Public Safety
Special Edition - Wild Rivers Coast Review - Curry County’s Newsletter

*Important County Financial Facts

Curry County Elected Officials Unanimously Support Measure 8-73

Ballot Title: Curry County Law Enforcement Three Year Operating Levy

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