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Letter to Editor---Should Jordan Cove get permits

10/14/2013

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Dear Editor --
 
    The ads say over twenty-five million dollars in  taxes annually will go to Coos County from Jordan Coves's export LNG (liquified natural gas) project once built...?  Really? 
 
    Let's talk about an urban renewal district  overlaid by an enterprise zone.  Should Jordan Cove get permits, they  will have two construction years that are tax-free followed by three more years  tax-free if they follow guidelines on hiring and payroll.  Enterprise  zone tax exemptions can, as I understand it, be extended out to twenty years,  and possibly more.
 
    But let's say at some vague point taxes kick  in.  Wow!  NOW the county will be rich! --except for that pesky urban  renewal district.   The base line for the county's share of those taxes  will be the unimproved land  the facility sits on, aka "lot value".  All the  taxes assessed on the new improvements will go the urban renewal  district.  This district is the county's district but it is run by the Port  of Coos Bay.  So all that money goes to an  unelected agency to spend,  and not to schools, safety, seniors.
 
    And what about those 720 permanent new  jobs?  FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) estimated the new jobs  on the old LNG-and-co-generation-plant to be 36 to 39....  a mere  factor of 20.
 
    And the over 2000 construction jobs?  I  believe it was Jordan Cove that optimistically estimated that number to be 1,600  on the very similar old project.
 
    But if you get in their face, 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.   ("Schools" are noted prominently in the rant.)  Did you read  the word "PROFIT?   What company with a development of this magnitude makes  a "profit" on paper?   Between building expenses, depreciation, payroll,  ongoing business expenses, etc, it's questionable Jordan Cove will turn an  annual profit of $25,000,000 anytime soon, let alone bequeath it to the benefit  of southwestern Oregon.
 
    And on top of that bucket of propaganda, I  understand American Bridge in Reedsport is closing its doors in two  months.  Anyone for a chorus of  "I've been working on the  railroad....."?
 
Ronnie Herne
62650 Fairview Road
Coquille, Oregon  97423
541-396-4200
 
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