I am actually from Michigan originally.
The main problem of Josephine county is the dishonesty in local government, in predatory business practices and in the nepotism thereof. Consumer fraud is a way of life here.
Somehow, if someone is from California (or wherever) many of the locals think it is fair game to rip them off. They are aided and abetted by the crooked judges.
AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS PART OF THE UNITED STATES!
If you think the county is so corrupt what are you doing to change it?
I'll starve them of taxes and let them hang themselves. But first, they need a huge Internal Revenue Service audit.
Maybe I will run for the presiding judicial seat.
The county is also the subject of a big lawsuit for deliberate indifference in matters of criminal prosecution that the locals are trying to cover up.
I know a lot more than what I am saying... it won't be the first time the Feds have stepped in...
Some Jackson county officials, immediately South, are aware of these things, but lack the oversight authority to deal with it.
BTW if you think JoCo is corrupt You’re REALLY going to be unhappy in the Peoples Republic of Eugene, or the Dem enclave of Salem, or the really drugged out town of Portland.
Josephine county has the second highest per capita use of methamphetamine in the USA.
There are just as many kooky liberals here as there are in your aforementioned places of Eugene and Salem, many of them hide behind a Republican mask of respectability.
With all the Obama and Ron Paul signs I see around here, I really wonder.
So you want to starve the government, all that means to me is that our sheriff goes on the record telling citizens to buy a gun cause there aren’t any police when you need them.( and just so you know, I already own a gun and haven’t relied on the cops for quite some time, but many of my elderly neighbors are not so fortunate) There aren’t any libraries either. I’m a native and the “starved them out” has been tried before.
Washington county has more then meth problems. Per capita means nothing when many of your neighbors are gang bangers.
In post number 23 you said you came here from California so you ARE from Cali.
I have worked in Jackson county it doesn’t have any room to malign Josephine county, just as much if not more corruption. A friend from childhood is a leo over there.
and again, except for voting against taxes what are you doing to help?
Where do you see Obama and Ron Paul signs? I work at one of the largest employers in Josephine county and I’ve seen two Paul bumper stickers and One Obama. Maybe you should stay away from the community college.
Care to elaborate on when the feds last stepped in? I’ve lived here since 83 and it hasn’t happened since I’ve been here.
I’m not denying Joco has big problems, I just am sick of people that only complain and do nothing but continue to enjoy this beautiful area and refuse to pay to help it stay that way.
Paul Walters is this you?
Nah of course not, as nutty as he is, he at least runs for office.