By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Last year, State Representative Paul Evans (R-Salem), submitted HJR 201 (2024 Session) which would have created Oregon’s first ever property tax to go statewide and to be controlled by statewide politicians.  Over 1,200 people testified against the tax and less than a dozen testified in support of the tax. […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com State Representative Paul Evans, in addition to him submitting two statewide property tax bills, has also submitted an income tax “surtax” with HB 2713. House Bill 2713 summary reads: “Digest: The Act imposes new income taxes and takes revenues that would go the Rainy Day Fund, to help the […]

By John A. Charles, Jr. The Portland School Board (PPS) wants voters to approve a construction bond measure of $1.8 billion in May. If approved, the measure would authorize the Board to impose taxes on all properties within the district to pay the principal and interest on bonds for the next 30 years. The total […]

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By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Oregonian Editorial Board slammed Governor Tina Kotek’s new order calling for future public projects to be done through extremely costly and time-consuming Project Labor Agreements. As of Sunday morning, the online edition of this editorial was not posted, so we offer some early highlights: “Kotek’s order mandating  PLA’s […]

By Lars Larson NW and national radio host, The very first bill of the new United States Congress split Northwest Democrats right down the middle. The bill was inspired by a murder that occurred almost a year ago, committed by one of the 16 million illegal aliens Joe Biden invited to invade America. Jose Ibarra killed […]