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Televised Public Meetings Canceled
Fri, 18 May 2012 18:56:03 -0700
Josephine County, Oregon The claws are coming out in Josephine county.Trying to fill a massive budget gap to fund public safety, commissioners announced they will cut televised public meetings. All this, the day after Tuesday's Primary Elections, where voters turned down a property tax levy to fund public safety. Now some are speculating on their decision.
Levy failure fallout: Time to 'wreck the train' in Josephine County
Thu, 17 May 2012 09:26:28 -0700
"We're going to wreck the train here and see how we can put it back in the future," Stephen Campbell, district attorney for the Southern Oregon county, told The Associated Press.
Failure of tax hike forces sheriff and DA to hand out pink slips in Oregon timber county
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:29:14 -0700
A failed levy vote in an Oregon county is taking a toll: government workers facing dismissal, a pending prisoner release, and crimes such as misdemeanor domestic assault and shoplifting likely t...
Voters Defeat Josephine County Levy
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:22:57 -0700
Voters in Southern Oregon's Josephine County have defeated a proposed law enforcement levy. The County Sheriff's department expects to make deep cuts in patrol services.
Unofficial Results Show Deep Cuts To Public Safety
Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:23 -0700
Josephine County, Oregon Public safety in jeopardy in Josephine County. as a property tax levy fails. Author Travis Koch
Ore. county cutting law enforcement to bare bones
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:28:45 -0700
A failed levy vote in an Oregon county is taking a toll: government workers facing dismissal, a pending prisoner release, and crimes such as misdemeanor domestic assault and shoplifting likely to go unprosecuted.A ...
Because of tax levy defeat, Josephine County will release prisoners and cut its sheriff's department (2012 primary ...
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:35:56 -0700
The southern Oregon county for decades chiefly paid for services with revenue shared from timber sales on the federal forests that make up 60 percent of the land.
Josephine County tax levy seems headed for defeat
Wed, 16 May 2012 02:23:35 -0700
GRANTS PASS — Voters in the heart of Oregon timber country were voting down a tax increase to make up for the loss of federal timber subsidies and fund public safety.
Josephine County votes no on law enforcement levy
Wed, 16 May 2012 04:20:56 -0700
"The inmates in the jail were laughing and joking about the vote tonight," said Sheriff Gil Gilbertson said. "They know they're going to be let out real soon."
Josephine County Pink Slips
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:15:23 -0700
Grants Pass,Oregon Pink slips were being delivered to some 63 county employees after Josephine County voters declined a tax levy. One that would have raised property taxes to support criminal justice services for the county. Some say the levy failed because most of the voters live in city limits leaving rural residents with one public safety.