My adventure with OReGO is off to an uncertain start. The lights don’t blink the way they should, and for the weekend the help desk is closed.
Albany electric tax hike delayed
Written July 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council was all set to pass a $930,000 increase in electric taxes Wednesday. Five council members voted to go ahead, but Rich Kellum said no, which meant that the second and final reading of the ordinance containing the boost had to wait for another day.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, electric franchise fee, electric tax hike, Pacific Power, Tom Cordier
Tags: Albany City Council, electric franchise fee, electric tax hike, Pacific Power, Tom Cordier
Council sides with Waverly neighbors
Written July 8th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Residents on and near Waverly Drive between Salem Avenue and Pacific Boulevard may get to keep their neighborhood the way it is for now — without a zone change that would allow up to 35 apartment units to be built on what now is a wooded parcel with one old house.
Roundabout news: It’ll look better
Written July 7th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
And here is further exciting news from the Albany infrastructure beat. Well, maybe not exciting but at least mildly interesting to those who have complained about the sad shape of the Main Street roundabout built in 2014.
Station-Swanson path is open
Written July 6th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The latest addition to Albany’s network of off-street paths is open. It’s the 600-foot link underneath the Pacific Boulevard viaduct between Albany Station and the open-air pool at Swanson Park.
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Tags: Albany Station, H.P Civil Inc., ODOT, Station-Swanson path, Swanson Park
Tags: Albany Station, H.P Civil Inc., ODOT, Station-Swanson path, Swanson Park
Tax compression: A “loss” it’s not
Written July 4th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
There’s a chart in the July 8 agenda packet of the Albany City Council that reflects a mistaken view — and may leave a wrong impression — of an important fact about Oregon property taxes. “Property Tax Lost to Compression,” the chart is titled.
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Tags: Albany City Council, electric tax, privilege tax, property tax compression
Tags: Albany City Council, electric tax, privilege tax, property tax compression
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Hwy. 34 path: What it costs, and saves
The answer is $1.1 million. And the question, posed by reader Gary Womack in an email a few days ago, was: ” I would also like to know how much money this bike path will be costing the taxpayers (me),so that a very few people can ride their bikes.”
Tags: bikeway, Delta Construction, Highway 34, multi-use path, ODOT