Curry County calls for first ever sales tax
To compensate for loss of forest payments, a citizens’ committee recommends county sales tax.
To compensate for loss of forest payments, a citizens’ committee recommends county sales tax.
Green jobs were the toast of Oregon in April 2002 when Gov. John Kitzhaber, Sen. Gordon Smith and Portland Mayor Vera Katz joined executives from Vestas, the world’s largest wind power manufacturer, to announce the construction of a new factory in Portland that would create more than 1,000 jobs by 2004.