Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are Trying to Go It Alone
&gt; until voters turned down a tax increase that would have kept the library system open<p>Is anyone else wondering why a tax increase is needed to keep the library open? Does that mean it wasn&#x27;t sustainable? Could it be due to rising minimum wage? Is it reasonable to blame the voters?<p>I grew up on generational property in rural southern Oregon, and it&#x27;s true that there&#x27;s plenty of anti-tax sentiment, including from Myself.<p>A small town near where I grew up ceased it&#x27;s police force, and is instead patrolled by county sheriffs stationed in nearby towns. The truth is there are many people out here who just want to live their private country lives, many of who have small income, and spend their year fishing and hunting for food.