Here is another study from The Service. Bandon will be able to keep its fireworks show for now, but this study was more money wasted on another attempt to control the beaches.
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Hey Everyone, Here is another study from The Service. Bandon will be able to keep its fireworks show for now, but this study was more money wasted on another attempt to control the beaches. ![]()
This should make the Bandon Pool people take pause in building another money pit for the city. Poolmageddon Liberty takes a dip in the dead pool. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=50209 The Sentinel 3/21/2012 THE TEA PARTYER March 16, 2012 It was a good day for the people of Coos County on March 6, 2012. The Board of Commissioners unanimously passed the resolution to stop The Bandon Marsh Expansion. The document went even further and demanded that the county not be a part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Environmental Assessment. The Resolution does show solidarity in the community’s opposition to this giant federal land grab. However, it does nothing to stop the process. Private property owners can and should always have the right to sell their land to anyone they want to, including the federal government. The Board has no real authority to stop the feds from owning property in Coos, but the measure allows us the ability to show an officially adopted resolution. The commissioners did the right thing and they deserve a Thank You for their wise choice. It was a good way for Commissioner Parry and Messerle to find political redemption, especially after they voted in favor of more debt and gave concurrence to The Bandon Urban Renewal Agency, last January. Of course, the battle wages on to expand the Bandon Urban Renewal debt. The City of Bandon passed the Bandon Resolution at the City Council Meeting on Monday, March 5, 2012. The resolution increases the maximum indebtedness of the Bandon Urban Renewal Agency’s taxing district area #1. It is a debt increase from $5.4 million to $12 million extending out until the year 2033. A $6.6 million dollar expansion into indebtedness is a considerable amount. The city will spend this money on corporate welfare and controversial projects. A Façade grant program will be established with this funding, which takes money from the hard-working taxpayer and turns that money over to private business and wealthy developers. Then the city plans to use a good portion of the money on the unnecessary construction of an eco-tourism visitors’ center. These are just two of the many examples of appalling expenditures. In the FYE 2010-2011 Bandon Urban Renewal area #1 & #2 siphoned more than $467,406 in property taxes from 10 other overlapping taxing districts. Six of those districts are countywide districts and provide for basic services used by everyone in the county. The Bandon School district lost $174,107. The state will have to replace that money with income taxes. The library district lost $30,477 and the Hospital lost $37,237, which is the equivalent of one entry-level nurse. The County lost $64,275. They could have used the money to keep dangerous criminals off our streets. That is how Urban renewal, using the process of Tax Increment Financing, takes money right off the front-end. The city takes that money to construct designer projects, such as those sidewalks to nowhere or replacing vandalized skateboard ramps. Other sources of public funding have to pay for these types of political extravagance. One good example is the $600,000 of Urban Renewal money the city council just gave to the Bandon Pool Committee. Now, the Bandon Pool committee has the imperative to dispose of this $600,000 with the creation of another taxing district. The pool is the purest example of one way Urban Renewal not only increases property taxes, but also is the catalyst to developing other taxing districts. In addition, it demonstrates how Urban Renewal takes it off the back-end. These types of projects only provide temporary jobs and artificially inflate the value of property, so that taxpayers have to pay more in property taxes for the same piece of property. Bandon already has an above average price for houses and that is how Urban Renewal squeezes money out of the middle, specifically from the middle class. Eventually, this government gentrification of Bandon neighborhoods will hasten the rise in the price of houses to the point where they will become unaffordable for the common person to own a family home. Urban Renewal: it takes money off the front-end, it costs even more money off the backend and it slowly squeezes it out of the middle, and the politicians pass it off as if it was pennies from Heaven, free money. It is not “Free Money,” it is our money and we the people should get to decide if Urban Renewal is worth putting our children into debt. There is a Referendum Petition going around Bandon. If there are enough signatures to put it on the ballot, the voter will get the chance to decide the issue in an election. If you want to sign the Urban Renewal Petition and you are a registered voter in the city of Bandon, contact me, Rob Taylor at 541-347-9942 or email [email protected]. The clock is ticking and there is a very limited time to sign the petition. To find out more information go to www.CoosCountyWatchdog.com. “Rob Taylor was the original organizer of the TEA Parties in Coos County and is currently an independent activist working to promote the rights of the individual.” Anyone who thinks the FEDS do not take your land, need to take a look at this article. It is becoming a more common thing to happen Supreme Court rules against feds! Takes stinging power away from Obama's EPA http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/supremes-back-landowners-in-epa-fight/ Good morning, The Port of Coos Bay is re-sending out this request on behalf of the Coos County Urban Renewal Area-North Bay District Board of Directors. The board is seeking applicants to serve on the budget committee. The board advertised the opening in February, but only had one response. Board members would prefer to have a pool of applicants for review and want to ensure that anyone who might be interested in volunteering for the position has ample opportunity to apply. Hey Everyone, We are having a Petition Drive this Saturday in Bandon. We need 10 people to get 10 signatures. It’s been a good week, but the weather has not cooperated at all. I will go over petition circulating and the rules to getting signatures. This is a good trial run for everyone. We can practice and get up to speed, because it is a learning experience. Here is some info: STOP the Expansion of the Bandon Urban Renewal debt. Or Clip & Paste: http://www.cooscountywatchdog.com/1/post/2012/03/stop-the-expansion-of-urban-renewal-debt.html Dress warm and bring an umbrella, hats, clipboards, pens, water, walking shoes and a kick-ass attitude. The Urban Renewal Petition Drive in Bandon We are meeting on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 11:00 am. Brewed Awakenings in Bandon 490 U.S. 101, Bandon, OR (541) 347-1970 Google Map Here’s a link to the latest ORMAP site. Not as much data available as our desktop ArcGIS maps, but an excellent new high-resolution picture. Courtesy of Jorene Smith, Cadastral Cartographer extraordinaire. We’re still trying to get the web-based ArcGIS maps going online soon! http://www.ormap.net/flexviewer/index.html WILL U.S. GIVE RUSSIA ENERGY-RICH ALASKAN ISLANDS? WorldNetDaily Commentary by: Joe Miller Friday, February 17, 2012 "I therefore take possession of it in the name of the President of the United States and name it Bennett Island," said Captain De Long of the ice-locked Jeannette. The picture shows the crew struggling ashore at Bennett Island in 1881. The island is one of seven strategic Alaskan islands the State Department is giving to the Russians.Photo Credit:"Icebound"Obama’s State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the Kremlin. ... The seven endangered islands in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea include one the size of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. The Russians are also to get the tens of thousands of square miles of oil-rich seabeds surrounding the islands. The Department of Interior estimates billions of barrels of oil are at stake. The State Department has undertaken the giveaway in the guise of a maritime boundary agreement between Alaska and Siberia. Astoundingly, our federal government itself drew the line to put these seven Alaskan islands on the Russian side. But as an executive agreement, it could be reversed with the stroke of a pen by President Obama or Secretary Clinton. The agreement was negotiated in total secrecy. The state of Alaska was not allowed to participate in the negotiations, nor was the public given any opportunity for comment. This is despite the fact the Alaska Legislature has passed resolutions of opposition – but the State Department doesn’t seem to care. Read the original article at WorldNetDaily More about the Solid Waste Department. http://mgx.com/blogs/2012/03/16/waste-connections-may-owe-coos-county-almost-1m-or-more/ Hi:
Due to the sudden snow storm in the early morning hours of March 12 which caused a fire at the ESD Building in Coos Bay, AFP Coos County will hold the Coos Co. Commissioner Candidate Forum for Position 3 at the RED LION HOTEL, Coos Bay. The forum will start at 6pm with food orders available starting at 5pm. This will take place on Wednesday, March 21st. Details to come. No Purchase Necessary to Attend the Event. However, everyone is welcome to purchase a meal. Regards, Rick Hoffine Coos Co. AFP Asst Chapter Leader Hi-- In less than three weeks Americans for Prosperity Coos County Chapter will meet in Coos Bay for the first of three County Commissioner Forums. The venue will be The ESD Building, 1350 Teakwood Avenue, off of Koos Bay Blvd. The date, Wednesday, March 21. The Position 3 candidates are: Melissa Cribbins, Don Gurney, Dale Pennie, Rickey Wiley, Mary Loiselle and Don Beebe. The public is open to attend, as always. No charge. Beebe, a former Coos County's road department foreman is the most recent of the six would-be commissioners to throw his hat in the ring. After 30 years in the department, he left his position there and founded "Encore Kids," a business reselling kids clothes and furniture, which closed during the recession. He is a property manager at Oregon Coast Community Action. Loiselle was born and raised in North Bend and is a 1967 graduate of North Bend High School. She studied and worked at United States International University in San Diego, CA, class of 1990; She has an MA in Institutional Administration and has been a college administrator and business owner. She works at Southwestern Oregon Community College's Small Business Development Center. Wiley studied at Oregon Institute of Technology, lives in North Bend, and is the owner of Rickey Wiley Construction. Pennie, a Bandon resident since 1988 owns Pennie Electric Company. Gurney is a U.S. Navy retired chief warrant officer who has lived in Coos County for 71 years. He owns Gurney Logging and a purebred cattle operation. He has also served two terms on the Port of Coquille River Board. Cribbins is an attorney for the Coquille Indian Tribe. She has a bachelor's degree in biology and biochemistry and is the vice chairwoman of the Coos Bay/North Bend Water Board. "Big Daddy" Noorlander will serve up his world famous pulled pork and beef sandwiches and all the garnishments. Bring your store-bought potluck entrees or home fixins' -- you decide. The meal will begin at 5:30PM with the forum starting at 6:00PM. It's always interesting to me when I hear negatives from people start to flow around election time about this person or that person and their desire to gain office. From our lofty quarters it's easy to criticize, condemn and complain. A well directed tribute should go to candidates who have the courage to step up when the prospect of holding an office (the unglamorous chores of citizenship) come calling. As voters, it's our duty to ask God to bless us with discernment, that our vote will count toward putting him or her whose heart is in the right place to uphold the U.S. Constitution. In addition, those candidates who would seek our vote, would do so knowing the road ahead brings with it the opportunity to commit one's self to serve for limited government and economic and personal freedom for the county citizenry. See you at the forum. Regards, Rick Hoffine Asst Chapter Leader Coos Co. AFP Hey Rob,
Just looking over USFW http://us.vocuspr.com/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=fws&Entity=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=129704&XSL=PressRelease&Cache=True at this site USFW talks about conservation credits and conservation banks We have three in Oregon I think. Any way did you catch Wayne Krieger and Cam Perry on 6.30 am radio yesterday? Krieger said he had the USFW out to his ranch for conservation of animals. I smell something funny. I couldn't find Bandon Tomorrow or the Education awareness program that Don Chance was talking about. I think he called it SEA any clues. Tressa Hey Everyone,
We have launched our first petition of the election season and it is a Referendum Petition here in Bandon. The referendum will give the voters the chance to choose if they want to increase the debt limit on the Bandon Urban Renewal Agency in area #1. It is an increase from $5.4 million to $12 million till the year 2033. If you live in Bandon and want to sign the petition, then call or email me at the contact info provided below. Or, go to Waterman’s Automotive, 385 Grand Ave SE, Bandon, OR 97411. If you want to help collect signatures, email your mailing address to me and I will send you the petition and the rules on how to gather signatures. If you are going to collect signatures, it is very important to follow the instructions on the back of the petition. Please: DO NOT sign or date the petition until you are completely finished collecting signatures. DO NOT number the petition. Do Not let allow anyone else to circulate your copy of the petition. Do Not Cross Off any name on the list. The petitions are due back by March 31st. Please send the signed sheets back to my address: Rob Taylor PO Box 973 Bandon, OR 97411 Phone: 541-347-9942 Email: [email protected] City of Bandon REFERENDUM BALLOT TITLE ORDINANCE 1595 CAPTION: Substantial Amendment to the Bandon Area One Urban Renewal Plan. QUESTION: Shall City of Bandon Ordinance 1595 making a substantial amendment to the Bandon Urban Renewal Area One Plan be approved? SUMMARY: The Bandon City Council adopted Ordinance 1595 making a substantial amendment to the Urban Renewal Area One Plan to increase its maximum indebtedness from $5,375,225 to $12,003,980. The additional $6,628,755 will be obtained by extending the time Urban Renewal continues to collect revenues from overlapping districts from 2021 to 2033. Pursuant to State Statutes, the approval of the required number of overlapping taxing districts providing those revenues has been obtained. The Urban Renewal Area One Plan amendment proposes to use funds for land property acquisition and capital projects including an eco-tourism visitor’s center, industrial development and infrastructure. Old Town building façade & sign loan/grant program and directional signs. Redmon pond observation platform, boardwalk expansion, boat basin electrical, idewalks & walking trails, parks& recreation facilities, Jetty Road flood drainage protection, public parking and restrooms and partial payment of the water system bonded indebtedness currently paid from City property tax revenues. This Ordinance does not create an increase in current property taxes. A“yes” vote will approve the substantial amendment. A “No” vote will disapprove the substantial amendment. Rules for: Petition Circulator Each petition circulator: must carry at least one full and correct copy of the text of the initiative or referendum and must allow any person to review the text upon request must personally witness all signatures the circulator collects must personally sign their legal signature on the petition circulator’s certification with a minimum of a first name initial and full last name must provide the date when the certification was signed and should not collect any additional signatures on that sheet after dating the certification Information: For instructions on certifying new signatures to a petition sheet that has already been certified and dated by a circulator, see “OAR 165-014-0270 Circulator Certification” on page 38. must not attempt to obtain the signature of a person knowing that the person signing the petition is not qualified to sign it must not knowingly make any false statement regarding the contents, meaning or effect of the petition to a prospective signer must not offer money or anything of value to another person to sign or not sign a petition must not sell or offer to sell signature sheets may alter, correct, clarify or obscure any information about the petition signer on the signature sheet, only if the petition signer initials after the changes are made Information: A circulator may assist a disabled signer who requests assistance in completing their printed name, address and date signed. Otherwise, only a signer may complete the optional information about themselves. This does not prevent the chief petitioners from placing a line through an entire signature line prior to submission of signatures for verification. may be paid to obtain signatures on any petition, but must not accept compensation based on the number of signatures obtained Political committee Unless otherwise specified, the term “political committee” refers to all candidate committees, measure committees, political party committees, caucus committees, recall committees, and miscellaneous committees. Petition committee The term “petition committee” refers to all initiative, referendum, and recall committees associated with a petition’s signature gathering phase. Two manuals have been developed to help a user navigate through ORESTAR committee organization and campaign finance reporting: ´´The ORESTAR User’s Manual: Statement of Organization explains how to electronically file a Statement of Organization. ´´The ORESTAR User’s Manual: Transaction Filing explains how to electronically file campaign finance transactions. These manuals are available online: www.oregonvotes.org S.2122 (www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s2122is/pdf/BILLS-112s2122is.pdf)
being sponsored by Rand Paul. It is a re-write of the navigable waters definition in a way that excludes "patchy" wetlands on private property. Here is the Initiative we are going to file in Coos County. We want the BOC to make this law using thier own authority. ![]()
Hey Everyone,
We have launched our first petition of the election season and it is a Referendum Petition in Bandon. The referendum will give the voters the chance to choose if they want to increase the debt limit on the Bandon Urban Renewal Agency in area #1. Tomorrow, starting around 10 AM we have a few volunteers who will be collecting signatures around town, so look for us if you are in Bandon. If you live in Bandon and want to just sign the petition, then call or email me at the contact info provided below. Email your Mailing Address to me if you want to help collect signatures. Then I will send you the petition and the rules on how to gather signatures. If you are going to collect signatures, it is very important to follow the instructions on the back of the petition. DO NOT sign or date the petition until you are completely finished collecting signatures. DO NOT number the petition. When you are done, please send the signed sheets back to my address: Rob Taylor PO Box 973 Bandon, OR 97411 Also, it is very costly to run a petition campaign; fortunately our group can accept donations. If you would like to contribute to the cause, then send a check or money order to: The Committee to Stop the Bandon Resolution PO Box 973 Bandon, OR, 97411-0973 Please include your Name, address, and occupation. Unless you refuse, then there is nothing I or anyone else can do to force you to divulge that information, but we are required to ask. For Coos County, I’m working on getting the Urban Renewal Initiative passed using the parliamentary power of the Board of Commissioners. The BOC can change county law without a public vote and save the county around $60 grand in the cost of the election. If we cannot get a consensus in the next two weeks and get it passed at a BOC Meeting, then we will file an Initiative Petition. Please, call the commissioners and ask them to pass the Urban Renewal Initiative without a public vote. It would save money and increase voter control over the Urban Renewal debt. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Phone: 541-396-3121 ext. 225 Commissioner Bob Main [email protected] Phone: 541-396-3121 ext 770 Commissioner Fred Messerle [email protected] Phone: 541-396-3121 ext 247 Commissioner Cam Parry [email protected] Phone: 541-396-3121 ext 281 Remember to thank them for passing the resolution opposing The Bandon Marsh Expansion. They did the right thing, so let them know. Surprisingly, the County Clerk has never processed an Initiative Petition since starting her job. This is the first Referendum ever filed, since Winkel has been City Manager of Bandon. We are making history and that is just the beginning. We will be filing an Initiative Petition next week in Bandon, similar to the one passed in Clackamas County and we plan of taking control of all the Urban Renewal Agencies in the county with this same procedure. We have the means and tools at our disposal, so let us take advantage and make some real change for today. I knew at some point the two taxing scheme's would eventually meet up. This combines the worst of con scams. Madoff would be proud of what they have created.....
http://www.law.stanford.edu/program/centers/enrlp/casestudies/collection/balcones.pdf How Should They Pay? There were two different ways that developers might pay for the preserve. The first involved what were called “mitigation certificates.” The second method of potential revenue was “tax increment financing.” Broken Cities
by Steven Hayward Liberalism’s urban legacy http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/7988 We do not support candidates, because no matter who wins, we will still be working to limit government. It is not a matter of Left or Right, it is a matter of Less or More government and "Less" is our goal. However, we do like to keep people informed of all the choices they will face in November. http://coos.oregondemocrats.org/sites/coos.oregondemocrats.org/advocate/current/current.pdf Oregon losing Money Match game in Public Employees Retirement System fund
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/oregon_losing_money_match_game.html This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar. Hey Everyone, Here is the link and the files needed to learn how to start the Initiative and Referendum Process If is striaght forward and we need to become the experts in Civics. I call this Supplemental Education. http://oregonvotes.org/pages/publications/manuals/index.html ![]()
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