taxes Archives - Jeff Hindley

August 31, 2024

The Wrong Tax at the Wrong Time

This article was recently published on The Oregonian’s website about a debate that took place August 12 at the Westside Economic Alliance between Metro officials and opponents of a proposed $7 billion measure that will be on your ballot this November. The $7 billion would be funded by a permanent payroll tax on employers in the Metro area that includes…

August 7, 2024

Practical Solutions for Transportation Problems

I can fondly remember my days of growing up in Beaverton. So many of the roads seemed rural back then and stretched in between different large farm properties. So much has changed since then. Those back-country roads have become increasingly urbanized. The tractors that used to drive slowly on them have been replaced with lines of cars driven by frustrated…