Speak Up! Alert - Public Hearings on Taxes

The Oregonian is reporting that there will be public hearings on proposed changes to the tax system in Oregon. Here is the skinny:

The Task Force on Comprehensive Revenue Restructuring has been meeting for
months, examining a variety of alternative approaches such as eliminating
residential property taxes while establishing a sales tax, reducing personal
income taxes while creating a sales tax, and replacing the corporate income tax
with a gross receipts tax. Oregon is one of only a few states with no sales tax,
and personal income taxes provide the bulk of the funding for schools and state
government services.

Chairman Lane Shetterly, a former legislator and state Land Conservation
and Development Commission director, said the group plans to produce a draft
report by late October, then collect public comment at the six hearings. The
panel will send its final report to the Oregon Legislature before the 2009
legislative session begins in January.

Check out the schedule and lend your voice to the process...I'll be there in Tigard on Dec 17.