Thurs. April IS 1902 (S m
Tax revolts brewing
I) SANDY (O r*.) POST—
9
Mountain residents see red over taxes
c e n t,” said Stevens ' T his
is in o n ly seven ye a rs I t ’s
u n b e lie va b le ”
by M IC H A E L F . JO N E S
Post C orrespondent
R e sid e n ts in the M t
Hood area m ad about the
increases in th e ir p ro p e rty
taxes are th re a te n in g to
o rg a n ize a p ro p e rty ta x
re v o lt a g a in st w h a t they
c a ll
“ in a p p r o p r ia te
a s s e s s m e n ts ”
by
C la cka m a s C ounty
The idea fo r a re v o lt
c a m e fro m B rig h tw o o d
hom eow ner
R o b e rt
Stevens He said th a t p ro
p e rty ow ners have to begin
fig h tin g back before they
a re taxed r ig h t out of th e ir
homes
In 1975, Stevens and his
w ife , D ebbie, p u rch a se d
fiv e a c re s o f la n d fo r
$12,900 M uch o f it is un
b u ild a b le because of high
g ro u n d w a te r T oday th a t
sam e piece of p ro p e rty is
a p p ra ise d at $58,400
“ Since 197b m y p ro p e rty
taxes have gone up 500 p e r
Stevens said he b u ilt a
1 .6 5 0 -s q u a re -fo o t c h a le t
and the to ta l a p p ra ise d
va lu e fo r the hom e and p ro
p e rty IS MRB $143,000
“ Taxes a re now one h a lf
o f m y house p a y m e n t The
s itu a tio n is m o re th a n u n
f a ir , ” he said
T he Stevens’ neighbors,
G o rd o n
and
A n d re a
C a b ra l, also co m p la in e d
th a t taxes le vie d a gainst
u n b u ild a b le land, such as
m u c h of th e ir own, should
not increase as m uch as
they have been reassessed
fo r
T h e C a b r a ls f u r t h e r
c la im the co u n ty reassess
ed th e ir g a ra g e , c la im in g
th a t it is a n o th e r house
S y lv ia M cAfee, who in
h e rite d a piece of p ro p e rty
and an old ca b in th a t has
been in her fa m ily fo r m ore
th a n 30 ye a rs, is undergo
mg h e r second appeal to
th e c o u n ty ’s b o a rd o f
e q u a liz a tio n She o b je cts to
w h a t she c a lls “ im p ro p e r
ta x a tio n .”
M cA fee, a s m a ll business
o w n e r in P o rtla n d , has a t
te m p te d to re b u id the ca b in
since the 1964 flood took out
a w a ll, weakened the re
m a in in g w a lls , dam aged
the w irin g and p lu m b in g
beyond
r e p a ir
and
de stro ye d the w a ll. The
flood also fille d the b u ild in g
w ith s ix feet o f s ilt.
The ca b in , a c c o rd in g to
M cA fee, a fte r she rep la ce d
the w a ll, added a s m a ll
roo m to the fro n t and
rep la ce d the w irin g , was
reassessed a t $43,000.
She c o m p la in e d th a t the
s tru c tu re has no e x te rio r
s id in g , is n ’t fin ish e d on the
in te rio r, has a rough con
c re te flo o r w ith 10 p ercent
flo o rsp a ce as d ir t, has not
T h o m p so n criticizes tax in g
S taff photo
F o u r-y e a r-o ld A b rie L e m m o n of Sandy gets a he lp in g hand fro m D ebbie L e m m o n in a
search fo r E a s te r eggs in a sta ck of leaves. H undreds of lo ca l c h ild re n attended the an
n ual Sandy K iw a n is egg hunt in M e in ig P a rk S a tu rda y.
W o m an joins S e n a te race
“ Lake
O sw ego,
M ilw a u k ie and Oregon C ity
ru n th is C o u n ty ,” sa id
Thom pson, “ but the big
g u ys can ta k e c a re of
th e m se lve s In d iv id u a l la n
d ow ners in the r u r a l areas
m u st band to g e th e r in a p
C en te r fo r e ig h t and a h a lf
y e a rs and ta u g h t th re e
te rm s a t C la tso p C o m m u n i
ty College.
D e m o c r a t ic
c o m m it -
teew om an fo r 10 years.
She has been associated
w ith the lo g g in g in d u s try
as a sca le r and loading
engineer.
A fte r th a t she operated a
ca fe and post o ffice , d ro ve
a school bus and w ro te
fe a tu r e s to rie s fo r th e
Salem S tatesm an
She won th re e a w a rd s fo r
h e r s t o r ie s a n d w a s
honored by the A ssociated
Press She is the a u th o r of
“ E lk h o rn and M e h a m a .”
She was an in s tru c to r at
Tongue P o in t Jo b Corps
A
r e tir e d
M eham a
e d u c a to r has announced
h e r c a n d id a c y fo r O regon
State Senate D is tr ic t 14
Jean
R o b e rts ,
w ho
entered W estern Oregon
S tate C ollege a t age 50 and
g ra d u a te d in tw o and a h a lf
y e a rs , has liv e d in the
N o rth S a n tia m area since
1940.
She vows th a t she w ill
fig h t new taxes, w o rk to
stop g o v e rn m e n t h a ra ss
m e n t and encourage jobs
by p ro m o tin g O regon jobs
fo r O regon residents.
R o b e rts h a s been a
W h ile she was a t the Job
C o rps, she w as na m e d
O regon S tate E m p lo ye e of
the Y e a r in 1973.
She has se rve d as a 4-H
C lu b leader, been a G range
le c tu re r and is a past noble
g ra n d in th e R e b e ka h
Lodge.
A c tiv e as a
baseball coach,
F ie ld in M eham a
a fte r she and h e r
sum m er
R o b e rts ’
is nam ed
husband
Asked if his a ctio n s are
p o litic a lly m o tiv a te d , he
s a id . “ A b s o lu te ly . Y ou
c a n ’t w in an e le ctio n in a
r u r a l area w ith M adison
A v e n u e b illb o a r d s a n d
pa m p h le ts. You have to
e a rn e v e ry vote and th a t’s
w h a t I'm going to do now
and a fte r the e le c tio n .”
In u rg in g area residents
who
b e lie v e
th e ir
assessm ents a re too high,
Thom pson said, “ T og e th e r
we stand D iv id e d we pay
th ro u g h the nose.”
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He said th a t p ro p e rty
selected w ould be s im ila r
in to p o g r a p h y , a c c e s s ,
u tilitie s and s u rro u n d in g
a re a Houses used fo r c o m
p a r is o n a re b a s e d on
s q u a re fe e t, q u a lit y o f
m a te ria ls and w o rk m a n
ship.
M cA fee c o m p la in e d that
h e r land value had in c re a s
ed by one th ird when the
flood had e lim in a te d h a lf
h e r p ro p e rty .
“ The co u n ty agrees that
th e
p ro p e rty
is
un-
b u ild a b ie , but they also
SANDY
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C o u n ty a p p ra is e r R ay
Ham m e re ly sa id p ro p e rty
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the a rea is s e llin g fo r
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th in k it's v e ry v a lu a b le ,”
she said
W hen
th e
assessor
v is ite d in J a n u a ry , he a d
m itte d th e re had been an
e rr o r W hat he th o ug h t was
p lu m b in g was a c tu a lly a
fre e -s ta n d in g w ash basin
th a t had not been con
nected
He r e p o r te d ly
a ls o
th o u g h t an u n co n n e cte d
c la w fo o t b a th tu b and to ile t
th a t on ly flushes w ith o u t
s id e w a te r w as a f u ll
b a thro o m
p e a lin g th e ir assessments
if we a re going to have an
im p a c t.”
m ee tin g s the w eek of A p ril
26 in W elches, Sandy, Can
by, E stacada and M o la lla .
F o r m a n y p e o p le th e
d e a d lin e fo r filin g an ap
p eal is M ay 1 and, he said,
a p p e a l f o r m s w i l l be
a v a ila b le a t the m eetings
and can be s u b m itte d to the
C ounty en m asse o r in
d iv id u a lly .
“ T he ta x assessors in
C la cka m a s C ounty m ust
th in k th e y ’re in B e v e rly
H ills .”
T h a t's th e o p in io n of
John T hom pson, a Welches
a re a businessm an and ca n
d id a te fo r Senate D is tr ic t
14.
“ A t a tim e when the
econom y is dow n, homes
a re n 't s e llin g and r u ra l
la n d is being down-zoned
s t ill fu rth e r, som e p ro p e rty
o w ners have seen 50 to 300
p e rc e n t
in c r e a s e s
in
assessed v a lu a tio n ,’ ’ he
said.
Thom pson plans to hold a
w h irlw in d series o f evening
p lu m b in g and co u ld not be
v a lu e d a t such a p ric e
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1525 West Powell Boulevard
9 a m
Gresham Oregon 9Z030
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10 SS i a
7:15 pm
Pastor Ken Wold
17275 Strauss
668 4949
(Formerly St Michael $ Hall)
Sunday Scheel
10 00 a .« .
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666 3212