Letters to Editor for Sept. 5, 2019

Camas pools bond is too expensive

An Aug. 29 letter to the editor from citizens against the $78 million Camas Pool bond stated, “Schools and fire/EMS also ask for tax hikes and the city, county, port and state can raise taxes without asking.” A Post-Record editor added a note: “These government bodies are limited to an annual, 1-percent tax increase.” According to the county assessor: “The increase allowed for tax district budget increases from year to year is a 1-percent increase plus any new construction. If they would like to increase more than the 1 percent plus new construction they are required to go to a vote of the citizens in their taxing district.”