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posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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As a personal donor, I was initially quite betrayed by the legislature. As I am about to do my taxes soon, I spent some time considering whether I would donate again this year. I realized that I have always thought of my donation and the resulting tax credit was a format for me to direct my tax dollars. Ultimately the money I donate to the trust were first general fund dollars. By donating to the OCT, I was directly spending my tax dollars.

Even if the legislature again takes funds from the OCT, I will have helped the arts community by making the matching donations required directly to them. Half the money I spend is mine and half was the government's anyway.

I will continue to maintain my level of giving.

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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My family makes very good use of the cabins and yurts all around Oregon during the colder months. Just last month we stayed at the new LL Stub Stewart park in the cabins. The cabins themselves were very nice facilities, however the space between cabins is awful. I don't want to be 10 feet away from my neighbor. We could look out the window of our cabin, through two windows of the next cabin and into the cabin on the other side. It is obvious in the planning that Oregon State parks is looking to pack people in at the expense of the experience. There is plenty of space in that Mountain Dale. They could have and should have spread the cabins out.

We will not be returning to the Stub Stewart park. We'll just wait for openings at the cabin circle at Silver Falls when we want to stay closer to Portland then some of the other facilities. I have been enjoying the older facilities at parks like Silver Falls, Beverly Beach, and Umpqua, just to name a few. I truly hope that the Parks folks don't continue with the sardine planning model.

Christie Kline
SE Portland

posted 5 years ago
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