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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 15 > Voted down here, transit funding has ally in Salem

Voted down here, transit funding has ally in Salem

Governor wants transit districts to be able to create payroll taxes

By Nick Budnick / The Bulletin
March 15, 2009

SALEM — Gov. Ted Kulongoski and some Salem lobbyists are trying to give Bend-area transit activists a helping hand.

Four months after Bend-area voters rejected a property tax increase to boost bus service, lawmakers in Salem are wrangling over a transportation bill introduced at the....

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