Six taxes, bonds, and funding measures before voters this year
Voters in the Portland area will be asked to approve two issues in May and four in November, for a total of six in 2020.
This May voters will have to decide whether to renew a gas tax for Portland, as well as Metro funding for homeless services. Included on the general election ballot will be the option to increase the state tax on tobacco, a Metro funding measure to support transportation, and a Multnomah County bond to expand the county library system.
Gaining voter support for increased taxes or bond levies is always an uphill battle and flyer and brochure printing services are often employed.
Additionally, to modernize high schools, the largest measure before voters will be the Portland Public Schools (PPS) bond, which has the potential over an eight-year period to be as high as $1.4bn. As PPS Board of Education Chair Amy Kohnstamm explained, as quoted on KATU News:
According to Kohnstamm, the final bond amount has not been decided upon; however, the board will not change the bond rate from what it has been in previous years.
This May voters will have to decide whether to renew a gas tax for Portland, as well as Metro funding for homeless services. Included on the general election ballot will be the option to increase the state tax on tobacco, a Metro funding measure to support transportation, and a Multnomah County bond to expand the county library system.
Gaining voter support for increased taxes or bond levies is always an uphill battle and flyer and brochure printing services are often employed.
Additionally, to modernize high schools, the largest measure before voters will be the Portland Public Schools (PPS) bond, which has the potential over an eight-year period to be as high as $1.4bn. As PPS Board of Education Chair Amy Kohnstamm explained, as quoted on KATU News:
“The majority of our buildings are more than 75 years old. We have years and years of deferred maintenance. We have all kinds of needs from roof repairs, to seismic work, to full modernization.”
According to Kohnstamm, the final bond amount has not been decided upon; however, the board will not change the bond rate from what it has been in previous years.