We can argue about fee vs. tax, but it is taking of money by govt, so I'd prefer to call it a tax.
It is paid only by water user in Portland and not non-residents who use the road nor renters who don't pay water bills, so effectively it is a water/sewer tax.
Can you show us the exact language that says this will be used only for roads. Again, Bud Clark had a franchise fee in 1988 that was to be used only for road repair. Then your boss and Vera Katz started siphoning money off for other purposes to the point where we need another tax to fix roads. It gets rather tiring.
We can argue about fee vs.
We can argue about fee vs. tax, but it is taking of money by govt, so I'd prefer to call it a tax.
It is paid only by water user in Portland and not non-residents who use the road nor renters who don't pay water bills, so effectively it is a water/sewer tax.
Can you show us the exact language that says this will be used only for roads. Again, Bud Clark had a franchise fee in 1988 that was to be used only for road repair. Then your boss and Vera Katz started siphoning money off for other purposes to the point where we need another tax to fix roads. It gets rather tiring.