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 Welcome/AOC News
 
READY FOR SPRING CONFERENCE!  The Association of Oregon Counties is holding the 2008 Spring Conference at the Riverhouse Conference Center in Beautiful Bend, Oregon June 4-6.  You won't want to miss this one.  The conference will be devoted to the theme of "Living With Public Lands", no small task given that 56% of Oregon's land mass is owned or controlled by one level of government or another.  For more information on the conference click HERE. 
To register, and we urge you to get in early, go to www.regonline.com/AOCSpringConf2008. 
As always, feel free to contact the AOC office if you have questions.
 
 Waiting for Congress - Acting on our own.  It's anybody's guess right now on what Congress may or may not do to extend or reauthorize PL 106-393.  We do know that the Oregon Congressional delegation is working every angle.  Remember what happened a year ago?  Meanwhile, Oregon Counties have budgets to prepare, not knowing what the future holds.  This document has been presented to the Governor's Task Force on Federal Forest Payments and County Services and many other groups.  It outlines the challenges now facing Oregon Counties in graphic and narrative form.  You can use it to illustrate how important federal forest payments are to your county and your state.
 
    
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 County News
Listen Presidential Candidates.
The Oregonian has taken the editorial position that the presidential candidates need to consider federal forest payments as they campaign in Oregon.
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Reality Check.
Speaking of editorials, take a run through one penned by the City Editor of the Daily Courier in Grants Pass.
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Federal Forest Payments Task Force on Task.
The Co-Chairs of the Governor's Task Force on Federal Forest Payments and County Services met the press in Eugene.  The Oregonian reports.
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Lay Offs Loom
The budget picture in many Oregon counties isn't very rosy right now.  In Lane County, there will be layoffs and program cuts because of the lack of federal forest payments.  The Eugene Register Guard has more.
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Voting Made Easier.
It can be a challenge to vote in Oregon if you have trouble reading the ballot.  A new machine in Baker County makes it possible for visually impaired voters to mark their ballots.  The story is in the Baker City Herald.
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Regional Investment.
It has been an effective tool for economic development in all parts of Oregon.  The Legislature isn't so sure.  The issue is explored in depth in this series in the Dalles Chronicle. 
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Budget Challenges.
Preparing a county budget in these difficult times is a challenging task.  Here's what's happening in Multnomah County as reported by the Portland Tribune. 
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Rural Policy, Economy Ignored.
An editorial in the Blue Mountain Eagle outlines the problems facing rural Oregon with the loss of the Office of Rural Policy and the decrease in regional investment funding. 
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