Jail tax levy vote put off to next week

the thing that the city council is not telling us, is if they pass this ballot measure, the plan for the new tax levy is to give them the freedom to remove more money from the general fund for pet projects.this levy is not to add money for jail beds, this new levy will replace money's they would like to spend out of the general fund. there is no written part of the measure that will stop them from doing this

Always the same theme;

Administrative personell keep their jobs....bloated pensions

Front line employees are let go (police/firefighter)

New equipment is purchased (cars/trucks/office buildings/office furniture)

They spend every penny..then confidently hold out there hands for more.

The very idea that some folks would even CONSIDER paying more because they think it will help??

Has it EVER helped??? Not in my 50+ years

We were already told it would be $44.00 per person.... which I was fine with.  .

 

How here we have this number which makes it 3.5 times the original $44.00.

 

Why am I paying 2.5 other persons tax bill then?

 

Unfair way of saying that everyone is paying..  Everyone is NOT paying.  SOME are. 

EWEB wants more money (the mountain gnomes aren't pissing enough water), the city wants more money and want to hit us up twice, and Lane County wants more money to divert to other uses. Better reallocate that 55 million to safety and quit trying to fleece the goose. We are out of feathers.

I looked up the current budget for lane county public safety, it was around 55 million dollars.. what in the world do they need more money for? I trhink they are not spending it very wisely. they seem to have plenty of money, what in the world are they doing with it.?? . 55 million a year  should equate to ALOT of jail space.

Let's lock up county commissioners ...Wait that won't work they'll just be let out ..What a JOKE

 @EUGENE541 We don't need Sheriff Joe we need his budget.  If you total all Sheriff Joe's  jails there are 8,200 people in custody for a county of 3.9 million residents.  Lane County has 135 local beds for a population of roughly 350,000 residents.  If Sheriff Joe was saddled with a relative budget scaled to population he would be releasing the vast majority of his inmates!

 

Sheriff's Joe's tent city in used to house less than 2000 low risk inmates.  The other 6,200 inmates are locked up in traditional jail housing.  Lane county doesn't need a tent city because there isn't a low risk group of inmates suitable for such housing.  At Lane County these inmates were all released shortly after being booked!  Sheriff Joe built "tent city" because they filled their regular jails and needed cheap housing.  Lane county has room for 500 inmates in the main jail but no funding to staff it.  Lane county used to fund a work camp that housed another 120 inmates but is was closed due to a lack of funding.   

 

Now that the Federal money is gone the jail will have to be paid for with local funds.

Though a number of Oregon sheriffs and sheriffs of other states have sided with the people and with our Constitution by agreeing not to enforce patently illegal laws, orders, and regulations from the maniacs in Washington, DC, and Salem, and elsewhere, the Sheriff of Lane County has shied away from the only answer a real law-enforcement officer can take - I will not enforce laws which are repugnant to the Constitution."  (See Marbury v. Madison for the pertinent ruling.)  I am reading a book about the triumph of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s and see a lot of resemblances to Obama, Holder, Big Sis and what this regime is doing now.  The book also reflects that the Nazis succeeded only because people did not say, early on, no you will not violate the law.  We need to say the same thing to Obama and his minions.  I will not vote for any law enforcement project where I can not trust the law enforcement officials or their political buddies.  A Retired Federal Police Officer

Nope. Sorry...when the Oregon State Sheriff's association caved today on taking a stand to defend the 2nd Amendment, they lost any chance that I would vote to give them my money.

What follows is the text of an email sent out by Jason Myers Marion County Sheriff and President of the OSSA:_______________________________ 

Sheriffs,My thanks to all of you who attended (either in person or by phone) our Executive Committee meeting last week. For those of you who could not attend I wanted to let you know what was decided regarding our Association's stance with regard to the 2nd amendment issues. Additionally, we discussed an inquiry we received from US Attorney Amanda Marshall who met with Sheriff Bishop, Sheriff Bettencourt, Holly and I the day before our Executive Committee meeting. This inquiry was regarding our Association's stance and working relationship with our Federal partner agencies. After a very robust conversation on this issue it was the consensus of the Sheriffs present that our Association should not take a formal stance on this issue. At this meeting it was also agreed that I should reach out to US Attorney Amanda Marshall to notify her of our Association position and intent by the Sheriffs present to work collaboratively with our Federal partners agencies. This morning I spoke with U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall and passed along that our Association would not be taking a position on this issue. I further advised Amanda that it would be the intent of the Sheriffs' Association to continue to work collaboratively with our Federal partners agencies. She was appreciative of the phone call. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to give me call.

Jason

WE should bring in the Sheriff Joe Arpaio model to Lane County. Imagine how much we would save, and our loser crack heads would know better than to commit crimes here in Lane County.

I will not be voting for my taxes to go up to pay for this jail- why? Only the poor and middle class are asked to pay. The sheriff needs to be replaced.