Jenny Kamprath for Washington County Commissioner, At Large

Both of my opponents’ support – and are mostly endorsed by – the same politicians and organizations which have:

• Encumbered us with the largest tax increase in Oregon’s history: $4.6 billion, along with hundreds of dollars in higher DMV fees for hardworking residents to shoulder
• Ignored the will of over 250,000 people who fought against this huge money grab
• Relegated our students to the lowest test scores in the entire nation—and still demand no real standards to graduate high school
• Brought us the highest taxes and restrictive regulations in the nation driving residents, businesses and jobs to flee for their lives to other states
• Added fees/taxes on numerous things such as using our own waterways to paddle board and fees to stop at scenic viewpoints to just view the beauty of the state
• Laid waste to Oregon’s largest city – turning it from a vibrant, thriving city into an apocalyptic nightmare and the laughingstock of the entire country. A model for Washington County?

This tyranny of taxation and oppression does not end in Salem. It has taken hold in Washington County through the projects supported by my opponents.

In Washington County, they have served up – and continue to serve up - skyrocketing water runoff rates and fees by Clean Water Services (CWS). These costs were/are passed to homeowners and renters while Commissioners, who serve as the CWS Board, took 5-star vacations to Hawaii on your tax dollars

Followed through on state-mandated land-use projects despite the financial repercussions to the citizens of Washington County. These projects, often established with federal funds, create an ongoing bureaucracy with ongoing requirements and costs that the county taxpayers are then expected to fund. 

It is the Commissioners’ right and duty to thoroughly assess each project and push back on the state when necessary to protect the long-term interests of Washington County taxpayers. Unfortunately, the current commissioners rubber-stamp all such projects. 

Washington County’s own City of Sherwood stopped the state’s land-use overreach by exercising its sovereign right to Home Rule. Washington County, a Home Rule county, has the same ability – but the Commissioners refuse to exercise that right. They act as agents of the state instead of representatives of the people.

Deprioritized the importance of legitimate expenditures for ongoing local county services such as police/public safety and the library. When faced with those expenditures, we know what happens. The taxpayers are presented with a levy asking us for more money because there is no money left over after paying for lower priority or pet projects that many of us never asked for.