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22 Wednesday, July 20, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon A family outing... Timed events will test cyclists Cyclists will test their mettle in Sisters 2 Summit, a timed hill climb up Three Creek Road, next Sunday. Action begins at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 24, with rid- ers meeting at Village Green Park. After the climb, the event then will transfer to Indian Ford Campground for an out- and-back timed run on Indian Ford Road. These two are classic Sisters local cycling routes where riders can test their fitness. After the event, at 4 p.m. there will be a Sisters Cycling barbecue for local cyclists. Cost to cover permits and food will be $30 for both stages of the event. Traffic rules apply. For more information contact Andrew.Loscutoff@ gmail.com. Businesses raise $5M to fight mega tax hike By kristena hansen Associated Press PORTLAND (AP) — A coalition of business heavy- weights has revealed a $5.26 million war chest of dona- tions it has been assembling during the past year to fight Initiative Petition 28 — the public unions’ massive corpo- rate tax-hike proposal headed for the November ballot. L a u n c h i n g w h a t ’s expected to be one of Oregon’s most expensive political brawls to date, Defeat The Tax On Oregon Sales filed initial campaign paperwork late Monday with the state showing almost 500 corporate donors opposing the $3 billion annual tax pro- posal on big business. Nike Inc., Walmart, Comcast, Costco, Weyerhaeuser Co. and Macy’s are some of the big- gest names on the list, accord- ing to the political action committee’s filings with the Oregon Secretary of State. The bulk of the donations themselves came from certain industries such as car dealer- ships, grocers, utilities and insurance companies — sec- tors of the economy that, by the state’s estimates, would be among the hardest-hit by Initiative Petition 28. So far, the coalition has about $3.42 million worth of cash left to spend versus the $450,000 in mostly in- kind donations the Initiative Petition 28 campaign has raised since last year — a fraction of the tens of mil- lions of dollars both sides are expected to dole out ahead of Election Day. “We’ve put a solid foun- dation in place to clearly communicate with Oregon voters that they will be the ones paying most of this regressive tax through higher prices for nearly everything they buy — groceries, gaso- line, insurance, medicines, electricity, phones, medical care — costing the average Oregon household over $600 more per year,” Rebecca Tweed, the coalition’s cam- paign coordinator, said in a statement. Under Initiative Petition 28, the biggest 1,000 businesses registered as C-corporations with $25 million-plus in annual sales would pay a minimum $30,000 tax, plus a so-called gross receipts tax of 2.5 per- cent on anything above that sales threshold. The generated revenues would expand the state’s gen- eral fund by more than one- quarter — all of which the measure broadly earmarks for education, health care and senior services, although the Legislature could spend it however it wants. Businesses’ share of Oregon’s annual tax base, which is heavily reliant on personal income in lieu of a sales tax, would jump from about 5 percent today to more than 20 percent under Initiative Petition 28. The lion’s share of Initiative Petition 28 cam- paign funds so far are in- kind contributions from Our Oregon, the proposal’s union- backed political nonprofit. Cash donations came from such groups as the Oregon Education Association and SEUI Local 503, records show. In a statement to The Associated Press, Initiative Petition 28 campaign spokes- woman Katherine Driessen said it’s not surprising big companies “such as Comcast, Walmart, and Wells Fargo plan to spend millions of dol- lars to continue avoiding pay- ing their fair share in Oregon ... and we’re ready.” photo by karen hulbert a local family, out for a stroll on larch Street in Sisters. n i g n i s i t r e v Ad ! s k r o W t e g T h e Nug “Th e Nugget has partnered with us since day one. Every time we want to get the word out, Th e Nugget delivers. And, everybody — everybody — reads it. How do we know? People come in Wednesday morning just to read it, because it’s delivered here before their mailbox. Snowbirds and people who live far away tell us, ‘We saw your ad and we miss you.’ We advertise every week, and our ad rep keeps it fresh: bringing fun and creative ideas to the table. She takes the time to seek out what’s new. For example, our dog shampoo ad is a totally new direction for us. 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