Examples of Oregon Counties with the Cheapest & Most Expensive Representation

11/1/2014

From a Watchdog in Curry County:

Looking at the same thing from a different perspective:

Thank you for the many letters of support, phone calls, and for voting. The main point in this email is how looking at the same information from a different perspective can result in a real eye opener.

One additional update will follow shortly regarding a Curry Coastal Pilot “Uh-Oh” moment!

Below is a Letter to the Editor published Oct. 29, 2014 in the Gold Beach and Brookings newspapers. Thank you Bob and Linda Thain:

Tom Huxley

Letter to the Editor

Dear Curry County voters: If the issues being discussed in the contest for Curry County
commissioner seem a bit fuzzy, concentrate on the money we, residents of Curry County
(their employers), are paying. We ran a brief survey of the base salary (not including any
additional benefits) for commissioners of counties surrounding Curry and discovered the
following, using base salary of their three commissioners divided by population:

•Coos County has about the same area (1,600 square miles) but almost triple the population
of Curry County. Using the formula, the people pay $2.96 each per year for representation.

•Del Norte County (Crescent City, California) has five supervisors for less area
(1,230 square miles), and 6,000 more population than Curry. Using the same formula,
their residents pay $5.24.

•Josephine County has the same area as Curry but four times the population.
Their residents pay $4.34.

•Douglas County has over three times the area and almost five times the population.
Their residents pay $2.09 each for representation.

•Klamath County has three times the area and three times our population. They pay $3.05.

Now Curry County — with 1,627 square miles and a population of 22,300, our residents
pay an astounding amount of $8.97 each! That is double and even triple the basic
compensation of other county commissioners! And they had the gall to vote themselves
a raise!

Tom Huxley appears to be the candidate serious about money. He has stated he will take
the job as Curry County commissioner for $10,000 compensation. That is about 45 cents
each resident. We think we should hire Tom Huxley.

Please exercise your right and responsibility as a U.S. citizen to vote on Nov. 4.

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