Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 2:20:51 GMT -6
Brown talks with groups, but not negotiating alternate to union-backed tax plan
SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown is not trying to negotiate an alternative to a union-backed corporate tax ballot measure, despite meeting with interests on various sides of the divisive proposal.
Those talks are not negotiations for an alternative to the corporate tax measure, a spokeswoman for Brown said Wednesday, Jan. 20. The proposed ballot measure would tax certain Oregon businesses with sales greater than $25 million.
Lawmakers in the state Senate have said they would prefer to work out a compromise bill to raise tax revenue, in order to avoid a bitter political fight between labor and business interests ahead of the November election. Unions and business groups appear ready to settle the issue at the ballot box, and statements by Brown and her administration suggest the governor does not plan to take the lead on the issue.
“As she has said previously, Oregon needs stable and adequate revenue for schools, and Gov. Brown continues to gather information and talk with a variety of stakeholders about the proposed measure,” Brown’s communications director, Kristen Grainger, wrote in an email Wednesday. “But these conversations are not negotiations.”
Continued at portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/289773-167123-brown-talks-with-groups-but-not-negotiating-alternate-to-union-backed-tax-plan .
SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown is not trying to negotiate an alternative to a union-backed corporate tax ballot measure, despite meeting with interests on various sides of the divisive proposal.
Those talks are not negotiations for an alternative to the corporate tax measure, a spokeswoman for Brown said Wednesday, Jan. 20. The proposed ballot measure would tax certain Oregon businesses with sales greater than $25 million.
Lawmakers in the state Senate have said they would prefer to work out a compromise bill to raise tax revenue, in order to avoid a bitter political fight between labor and business interests ahead of the November election. Unions and business groups appear ready to settle the issue at the ballot box, and statements by Brown and her administration suggest the governor does not plan to take the lead on the issue.
“As she has said previously, Oregon needs stable and adequate revenue for schools, and Gov. Brown continues to gather information and talk with a variety of stakeholders about the proposed measure,” Brown’s communications director, Kristen Grainger, wrote in an email Wednesday. “But these conversations are not negotiations.”
Continued at portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/289773-167123-brown-talks-with-groups-but-not-negotiating-alternate-to-union-backed-tax-plan .