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Thursday, November 15, 2007

That time again

Posted at 12:03 AM | Permalink

Comments (9)

It is almost as patriotic as voting.

Posted by jhbjrpdx | November 15, 2007 12:23 AM

You can barely make out the tear stains.

Posted by Tom | November 15, 2007 12:49 AM

I thought fondly about how much of it is going to Homer Williams. That made it extra special.

Posted by Jack Bog | November 15, 2007 1:40 AM

Fond though I am of the tradition of the yellow envelopes, I looked into paying my Multnomah County real estate tax bill by electronic funds transfer (EFT) transfer. See, www.multcotax.org

Fourty one cents is fourty one cents and I'd rather the price of the stamp stay in my pocket. If I save ten stamps paying bills, I can buy a one way ticket for a ride on the tram for which I am paying $ 55 million dollars, and still have dime left over.

I can go online at PGE or NWNG or Qwest and do a 1 time payment by EFT from my checking account to the utility, or set up a monthly draft against my checking account for the bills, all at no charge to me for the electronic transfer itself.

But with Multnomah county, an electronic funds transfer to pay the real estate taxes requires a $ 3.00 fee which apparently goes to some outside third party vendor named SameDayPay / E Serve.

God bless government.

Ted Wheeler, are you listening?

Posted by Nonny Mouse | November 15, 2007 6:33 AM

Here are the numbers form the League of Women voters memo posted on Amanda Fritz's blog

"City of Portland: $59 million of collected property taxes plus $14.5 million in special levy money goes to urban renewal annually. Of the $59 million, $24 million is diverted from Portland’s General Fund, $19 million is diverted from Schools and $15 million is diverted from the County annually

River District URA: $19 million of collected property taxes now go to urban renewal annually. That number will rise as assessed values rise. Of the $19 million currently collected, $8 million in taxes is diverted from Portland’s General Fund, $6 million from Schools and $5 million from the County annually. Only $7 million in property taxes collected on $359 million of assessed value (the frozen base) goes to the General Fund, Schools and County. The current assessed value of the River District now is $1.3 billion (almost a four-fold increase). *

*Downtown Waterfront URA: $7.7 million of collected property taxes now go to urban renewal annually. That number will not rise since DTWF is an Option 3 District. DTWF also receives $7-8 million annually from the Urban Renewal Special Levy. South Park Blocks URA: $5.6 million of collected property taxes now go to urban renewal annually. That number will not rise since SPB is an Option 3 District. SPB also receives $2.1 million annually from the Special Levy."

Remember that is an annual cash flow, NPV of that cash stream is more.

Posted by swimmer | November 15, 2007 7:57 AM

As I said the other day...the organism needs to feed itself. For PDC to continue they need more URAs.
As I wrote the check I could only think of all that money NOT going to schools and road repairs and other tangible items.

Posted by portland native | November 15, 2007 8:16 AM

But with Multnomah county, an electronic funds transfer to pay the real estate taxes requires a $ 3.00 fee which apparently goes to some outside third party vendor named SameDayPay / E Serve.

Wait 'til some bureaucrat in the county screws up and taps your account for the money twice. See how long it takes to straighten that one out. 41 cents is cheap insurance.

Posted by Jack Bog | November 15, 2007 10:44 AM

See how long it takes to straighten that one out. 41 cents is cheap insurance.

If you think a Federal bureaucracy is somehow "insurance" against mistakes made by a local one then...

...You're right! Why didn't I see this all along?

Hey, that's fun!

Posted by rr | November 15, 2007 2:06 PM

It was a pleasant moment when I discovered that the new "pay online with your credit card" feature resulted in an additional $100 "convenience" fee. I guess when my property taxes quadrupled from 2006, this minor additional tax shouldn't come as a big surprise?!?

Posted by KJ | November 15, 2007 5:38 PM

In Vino Veritas

Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs

The Occasional Book

Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 54
At this date last year: 50
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269