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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Page A-9 TALES ... Class of 1966 Continued from A-7 *Further patrolling was done from 11:53 a.m. until 12:52 p.m. at Hogue Meadows. *So far this year, between twenty and thirty 911-calls have been received from the 1400 block of Lakeshore Drive. Nothing is ever heard. (Haven’t they read about the little boy that cried wolf?) Outside the Valley *A dozen log listings. Saturday, July 9 (Photo by Laura Mancuso, Illinois Valley News) Nina Fincher Mickey, Alan Tucker, Bill Culbertson, Tom Butrick, Roger Gammel, Mike Mann, Charlie Hoover, Ron Brood, principal, Ted Woodcock; Not pictured: Sandy Shaw, Ron Johnson and Linda Brouillette Evans PETITION... Continued from A-5 Change in Relative Tax Burden The measure will dramatically change the percentage mix of personal and corporate taxes in our state. Currently, corporate taxes make up only 4.7 percent of state taxes and personal income taxes total 68.7 percent (other taxes make up the difference). IP 28 would boost corporate taxes to 23.90 percent and drop personal income taxes to 55.1 percent. LRO calculates that 1,051 corporations around the state will see a higher tax bill if IP 28 passes. For instance, if the measure had been in effect in 2013, corporate tax payments would have totaled $2.9 billion instead of the $461 million companies actually paid. Impact on Economic Growth, 2017 through 2022 The state economy will grow at a slightly slower rate. For example, personal income will grow by 34.9 percent instead of 35.2. Employment will grow at 5.7 percent instead of 6.5. Population will grow at 5.4 percent instead of 5.8. The LRO report states, “It is important to note that these results do not indicate IP 28 will trigger a decline in Oregon’s current economic activity but rather it will modestly dampen the state’s projected growth in employment, income and population.” Impact on Personal Income Households at all income levels will experience a very slight dip in income, although less than 1 percent. Households with yearly incomes of less than $48,000 will experience a dip of 0.9 percent, while households with incomes greater than $206,000 will experience a dip of 0.4 percent. Opinions Colene Martin, President/CEO of the Grants Pass and Josephine County Chamber of Commerce, is adamant in her opposition to the measure, “This is a very unfair tax. It’s a tax on gross sales, so if you lose money at the end of year they don’t care. It doesn’t take into account profitability.” Martin added that the weight of the tax will fall on consumers. Further, she said: “No other corporation will touch Oregon if this goes into effect. No large businesses are going to look at Oregon to relocate. You’re losing the potential of new corporations and new jobs in the private sector world.” Martin added she has a hard time trusting the state government to spend the extra revenue wisely. But an opposing view is expressed by the Oregon Center for Public Policy in a series of press releases: “Over the decades, corporate income tax contributions in Oregon have declined dramatically. As a share of the Oregon economy, corporate income tax contributions have shrunk by more than half since the late 1970s. In the 1973-75 budget periods, corporations paid 18.5 percent of all Oregon income taxes. Today they pay just 6.7 percent, a decline of nearly two- thirds.” “The decline in corporate income taxes has been no accident, but rather the result of corporations gaming the system … corporations lobbying for and winning tax subsidies and loopholes, pursuing aggressive tax sheltering strategies and utilizing new corporate forms largely exempt from corporate income taxes.” “The decline of corporate taxes has meant that working Oregonians, many of whom are already struggling to make ends meet, must shoulder an ever- increasing share of the load. This trend cannot continue if Oregon communities are to thrive.” In a July 2016 press release the center also disputes LRO’s estimates of slower job growth under the measure. *An injured or diseased skunk was in a driveway at 220 Schumacher Street at 9:25 a.m. The creature could lift its head but was unable to move its back legs. Due to rabies concerns, the deceased stinker was double-bagged and thrown away. (Don’t get mad, get Glad trash bags.) *A live-in caretaker wasn’t doing a very good job for her elderly client in the 9300 block of Takilma Road at 9:49 a.m., so he fired her. She became aggressive when he asked her to leave, stating, “One of us is not going to make it out of here.” She was trespassed from the property, and left in her Ford Focus with all of her belongings. *At 10:16 a.m., an intoxicated transient wearing a blue baseball cap and an oversized brown jacket was scaring people in the 200 block of N. Redwood Hwy. Melissa Jayne Lowenstein, 49, was detained at the Josephine County Jail on a Grants Pass Department of Public Safety warrant for failure to appear for interfering with police. Now she is 86’d from Wright’s World Emporium, next to Subway. *A traffic stop at 12:15 p.m. involving a gold-colored Ford Taurus on Holland Loop and Robinson Corner Road resulted in the arrest of a fugitive. Maxwell Duane Wagaman, 39, was detained on a Jackson County warrant charging failure to report to jail after a conditional release. New charges were referred to the DA for the misdemeanor crime of driving while license is revoked. *An older couple in their 60s or 70s were shooting across the roadway near Bolan Lake at 2:21 p.m. After target practice, they drove off in a smaller red pickup truck. *The driver of a Ford Explorer was warned for failure to signal at 3:54 p.m. at Draper Valley Road and Indian Creek Road. Outside the Valley * Ten log items Sunday, July 10 *Numerous 911- hangup calls have originated throughout the Valley from a certain phone number, but the call at 10:21 a.m. was just a butt-dial. *A ruffian was threatening to harm people in front of a business at 24394 Redwood Hwy. at 11:45 a.m. OSP handled a previous incident with the weasel when a homeowner held him at gunpoint. This was the same instigator that caused problems at Kerby Mart when he bragged of his plan to rob the store, threatening to kill them if they called the cops. Voice messages were left for the parole officer. *The area near Eight Dollar Bridge was patrolled at 12:43 p.m. *Last week a Jeep was abandoned at 625 E. River Street. This week a second vehicle has been abandoned just inside of the gate at the same location at 1:32 p.m. *A short, chunky woman with blue face paint was yelling at her kids somewhere in Selma near Squaw Mountain at 1:52 p.m. Three eavesdroppers did not like the way she was threatening a child, and a protective soul took the baby away from She-who-hollers until the situation defused. *Two unoccupied vehicles were located at the south end of South Old Stage Road at 5:09 p.m. A light-blue colored Honda Civic or Accord with Calif. plates, and a primered- gray Chevy S-10 pickup truck will be tagged for towing if they are still there on July 11. 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