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Archive Home > 2002 > July > 08 > Bend prepares for tough choices

Bend prepares for tough choices

Police, fire services live and die by city's tax base, ballot measures - city's growth outruns budget for services

By Anne Aurand / The Bulletin
July 8, 2002

Tax measures in the 1990s protected property owners' pocketbooks by limiting the amount of taxes governments could take every year.

But those measures have left Oregon cities wondering how they will keep up with police, fire, parks, and other basic service needs. Finance experts say the costs of....

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