Friday, February 25, 2011

Out of state firms (and one union) are bankrolling the biggest property tax hike in Oregon history

Out of state groups from as far away as New Jersey and Georgia have put up almost one-third of the money to fund Portland Public Schools' campaign for the biggest property tax increase in state history.

Most of the money is coming from construction contractors and developers who stand to make millions and millions of dollars in profits by pulling money out of the pockets of Portland homeowners.

Contributions as of February 24, 2011 according to ORESTAR:

Howard S. Wright Constructors$25,000OUT OF STATE
Stacy and Witbeck, Inc.25,000OUT OF STATE
Nike, Inc.25,000
Northwest Natural Gas Company25,000
Portland General Electric25,000
John Gray20,000
The Standard20,000
Walsh Construction Co.12,500
Adidas America, Inc.10,000OUT OF STATE
Heery International, Inc.10,000OUT OF STATE
Hill International10,000OUT OF STATE
KPFF Consulting Engineers10,000OUT OF STATE
Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, SSF10,000OUT OF STATE
LCG Pence Construction LLC10,000
Miller Nash LLP10,000
Kroger5,000OUT OF STATE
Boora Architects5,000
John Carroll5,000
Kaiser Permanente5,000
Legacy Health System CPC, LLC5,000
Mark Edlen5,000
Metropolitan Land Group, LLC5,000
Providence Health System5,000
S.D. Deacon Corp. of Oregon5,000
Safeway Inc.5,000
SERA Architects5,000
Umpqua Bank5,000
Walker Macy5,000
Ball Janik LLP2,500
David Evans and Associates, Inc.2,500
EMS Management LLC2,500
Fortis Construction Inc.2,500
Friends of Jeff Cogen (5571)2,500
Hoffman Corporation2,500
Shiels, Obletz, Johnson, Inc.2,500
William Shields1,500
Azumano Travel1,000
Barbara Regan1,000
Bradley Malsin1,000
Chapman School PTA1,000
Dan Saltzman1,000
Ellsworth Ingraham1,000
Forest Park PTA1,000
Mary Nolan for State Representative (3701)1,000
Nick Fish for City Council (5709)1,000
Rex Burkholder1,000
Stephen McCarthy1,000
Sunnyside Environmental School PTSA1,000
TVA Architects, Inc.1,000
William Dickey1,000
Carter MacNichol500
Constance Seeley500
Douglas Goe500
Jeffrey Condit500
La Paloma/Paloma Clothing500
PBS Engineering + Environmental500
Susan Barrett500
Trudy Sargent500
Pamela Knowles300
Alyssa Keny-Guyer250
David Schmidt250
Jason Matusow250
Laura Smoyer250
Metropolitan Learning Center PTSA250
Stephen Gomez250
Pam Knowles for Schools (13648)246
Brock Logan200
Cathy C Arrington200
Linda Hopkins200
John Sutter150
Rob Nelson101
Miscellaneous Cash Contributions $100 and under 3,580
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TOTAL$355,977

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