Letters to the Editor
From our weekly issue dated December 30, 2009
(Editor’s Note: Views and commentary, including statements made as fact, are strictly those of the letter-writers.)
Typed, double-spaced letters are considered for publication. Hand-written letters that are double-spaced and legible also can be considered. “Thank you” submissions are not accepted as letters.
‘Lies’ pointed out
From Judy Hoyle
Cave Junction
I am responding to lies printed in the Letters to the Editor section of the Dec. 23 issue of I.V. News.
The first writer lied about the content of the Social Justice Alliance Website, sjajoco.ivcati.com in an attempt to promote her candidate, Jack Brown.
It will take a heap of lies to elect Brown as a Josephine County commissioner after the recent fiasco when he and Sandi Cassenelli “inspected” the county vehicle fleet. This publicity stunt cost taxpayers more than $10,000 and exposed the county to legal liability. Imagine the damage they could cause if this anti-government pair were in office together.
The second writer lied about the content of Measures 66/67 to be voted on in January. The facts are, if 66/67 pass:
- Oregon will have lower corporate taxes than 48 other states. Hardly the job-killer claimed by greed-heads who’ve spent millions to defeat these measures.
- 97 percent of Oregonians won’t pay a penny more in taxes. Currently, 300 rich corporations like Sprint pay $10 per year in Oregon corporate taxes — a rate unchanged in 80 years. Measure 67 raises this minimum tax to $150 for 88 percent of all Oregon businesses.
- Under Measure 67, a business generating a million dollars in sales would pay only $500. Measure 67 protects actual small businesses.
- The richest 3 percent of Oregonians would pay slightly more under Measure 66; while the first $2,500 of unemployment benefits are tax-free.
- More than 90 percent of Oregon’s budget goes to education, health care (Oregon Health Plan) and public safety — which all must be cut if 66/67 don’t pass. We’ll lose plenty of jobs including peace officers and teachers in Illinois Valley if 66/67 don’t pass.
- The first thing the Legislature did this year was cut spending to lower the budget deficit from $4 billion to $2 billion; 66/67 would cover only a part of the remaining deficit.
For more information, visit oregonbudget.gov or www.VoteYesOregon.org. Don’t believe the lies.
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