Roblan talks about state budget at town hall meeting
By Kristina Nelson, KCBY NewsNORTH BEND, Ore. - Oregon's budget crisis, the state of the economy and health care issues, these were just some of the topics highlighted at a special town hall meeting hosted by State Representative Arnie Roblan on Saturday. MultimediaThe town hall is part of a new effort to keep the public up to date on things happening in Salem during the legislative session. Roblan says the current session has been an eye-opener, as the state continues to grapple with balancing the budget in a tough economy. "Our last quarter they told us our budget for this bi-enium was going to be short about 146 million dollars which was a pretty big and significant hit," says Roblan. Roblan says the state is in uncharted-charted waters when it comes to the current budget, the state hasn't seen something this catastrophic is a long time. "Since ninety percent of our budget is based on income tax, people without jobs aren't paying income tax, so we knew it was a big hit. We asked the state economist to give us an idea now based on the new information, we'll be looking at in our March forecast. His answer was I can give you a range, it's between 300 and 800 million dollars." On Thursday, the House will be reviewing the state's stimulus package that was approved by the State Senate last week. If approved it will move on to the Governor to be signed, and will help bring in new jobs across the state. Roblan will be hosting another town hall meeting this week in Florence. Most Popular
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February 8, 2012
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