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What’s behind rain tax law’s repeal

Written May 25th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Albany’s challenge of Oregon’s rules restricting free speech by public employees has failed. Indirectly that is what’s behind the action of the city council Wednesday to repeal the rain tax utility ordinance it had passed just last month.


 
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