Jackson County, Oregon rejects tax to reopen libraries
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{{date|May 16, 2007}}
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[[w:Jackson County, Oregon|Jackson County, Oregon]] in the [[United States]] voted to reject measure 15-75, which would have provided funding to reopen county libraries, closed since April 6. The new levy, at US$0.66 per US$1000 of assessed property value, would have provided funding to open the 15 libraries left unfunded after the U.S. Congress did not renew the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Act. A similar levy was defeated in November, 2006.

County Commissioners Jack Walker and Dave Gilmour blamed the defeat not on a lack of support for libraries, but a reticence to pay additional taxes. Gilmour noted an oncoming recession and called libraries "just one more casualty of the Iraq War," while Walker said voters reacted against tax-and-spend measures.

==Related news==
*{{wikinews|title=Funding gap forces library closures in Jackson County, Oregon|date=February 14, 2007}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.dailytidings.com/2007/0516/stories/0516_library.php|title=Voters just say 'no'|author=Robert Plain|pub=Ashland Daily Tidings|date=May 16, 2007}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.co.jackson.or.us/page.asp?navid=2000|title=Summary Report: Special Election May 15, 2007|pub=Jackson County, Oregon|date=May 15, 2007}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.co.jackson.or.us/files/vpmay2007final.pdf|title=Jackson County Voters' Pamphlet: Special Election May 15, 2007|author=Kathy Beckett, Jackson County Clerk|pub=Jackson County, Oregon|date=Accessed on May 16, 2007}} <small>'''(([[w:Portable Document Format|PDF]]))</small>

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Oregon in the United States
Jackson County, Oregon in the United States voted to reject measure 15-75, which would have provided funding to reopen county libraries, closed since April 6. The new levy, at US$0.66 per US$1000 of assessed property value, would have provided funding to open the 15 libraries left unfunded after the U.S. Congress did not renew the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Act. A similar levy was defeated in November, 2006.

County Commissioners Jack Walker and Dave Gilmour blamed the defeat not on a lack of support for libraries, but a reticence to pay additional taxes. Gilmour noted an oncoming recession and called libraries "just one more casualty of the Iraq War," while Walker said voters reacted against tax-and-spend measures.
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