Letters to the Editor: April 3, 2025

Camas’ spending problem oozes into RFA
It’s puzzling — and frankly frustrating — that the city of Camas claims it cannot afford to fund its own police department with additional personnel and equipment, and yet they turned around and asked taxpayers to cover their budget shortfall through a 4 percent increase in utility taxes. Luckily, taxpayers saw through that.But the inconsistency gets even worse when you look at where they are choosing to spend our money, including $5.8 million for a splash pad and remodel of Crown Park — an expensive amenity that, while possibly entertaining in the summer months, offers zero value in terms of public safety, infrastructure or essential services. How does that take priority over equipping and staffing our local police and fire? And a $2.6 million loan to the proposed Regional Fire Authority (RFA) at an interest rate of 2.95 percent — a rate few Camas taxpayers could even dream of getting from their own banks.

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