COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JANUARY 31, 2018 9A
MEASURE 101
PASSES
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
A controversial measure that made up the entirety of the special
Jan. 23 ballot passed, cementing a House Bill that places a provider
tax on hospitals and insurance providers.
Measure 101 passed with 67.12 percent of the vote in Lane Coun-
ty and nearly 62 percent statewide.
The passage of the bill will continue to implement a 0.7 percent
tax on large hospitals and a 1.5 percent tax on some health insurance
companies to continue to fund Medicaid. If the bill had failed, state
offi cials warned that approximately 350,000 Oregonians would be
at risk of losing their health coverage.
Elected representatives weighed in on the vote shortly after re-
sults came in. Senate President Peter Courtney released a statement
saying, “Passage of Measure 101 ensures we’ll have the funding we
need to provide basic healthcare for our people. It may be a win, but
we aren’t out of the woods yet. Our budget focus must now shift to
the February forecast and the effects federal tax changes will have
on state revenue. The upcoming session is short. It moves fast. We
have a lot of work to do.”
House Speaker Tina Kotek also weighed in saying, “Oregonians
were loud and clear tonight: Health care is a right that we will
protect. By passing Measure 101, Oregon voters affi rmed that ev-
eryone has a right to access affordable health care – regardless of
where they live or where they work. Thank you, Oregon voters, for
keeping the state moving forward.”
Vision Keepers celebrate 10 years
For Gloria Campuzano it
started when she fi lled out a
survey in The Sentinel asking
what her vision, as a resident
of Cottage Grove, was for the
community.
Now, almost 10 years later
and nearly as many years on
the Vision Keepers board, she
is helping to organize an event
to mark the organization's fi rst
decade.
The Vision Keepers is a com-
mittee appointed by the city to
maintain focus on the 2037 Vi-
sion and Action Plan which de-
tails projects and improvements
city offi cials and residents are
hoping for by the year 2037.
"Some of the things that were
on the list are off and things like
the (effort to install a) carousel
have come on," Campuzano
said.
To mark a decade of effort,
the Vision Keepers is hosting
a community conversation on
Feb. 27 beginning at 6 p.m. in
the Cottage Grove High School
cafeteria.
"Everyone is welcome,"
Campuzano said. "We will have
delicious food and it's a nice
conversation."
The top 12 projects around
the city, according to the grou,
include establishing a youth
center, cultivate more emer-
gency preparedness and obtain
funds for a new aquatic center.
Cheryl Bord and her crew sew pillowcases for sick children at RiverBend Hospital. “It takes a tribe of Women to make all these pillowcases for the
children," she said. "I want to thank each and every one of them. They all deserve this award and Weyerhaeuser for giving us a place to do this."
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