Oregon tax bill would make gigabit Internet 'extremely unlikely' in Portland

[SlyPokerDog]

Oregon lawmakers wrote a bill to lure Google Fiber to Portland.

Google says language in the bill does the opposite.

The company warned Oregon lawmakers last week that tax changes they are contemplating would make it "extremely unlikely" the company would bring hyperfast Internet service to the Portland area.

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-f...gle_fiber_oregon_tax_bill_w.html#incart_river

 

[Denny Crane]

Net Neutrality is awesome.

They promised it would be good for consumers.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Net Neutrality is awesome.

They promised it would be good for consumers.

LOL! I knew you would post something like that.

 

[Denny Crane]

It's true.

The FCC supposedly outlawed anti-competitive state and local legislation.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Oregon lawmakers scramble to fix Google Fiber tax law

Oregon lawmakers scrambled Monday morning to address concerns from Google Fiber that a bill - intended in part to help lure the company's superfast Internet service to the Portland area - would instead keep out the service altogether.

State Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, said the current plan is to go ahead and approve Senate Bill 611, which has been in the works since the start of the Legislative session last month. The bill has language that Google Fiber warned Thursday would exclude it from tax savings intended to bring the company's "gigabit" Internet service to Portland.

After that bill passes - either Monday or Tuesday - lawmakers will use a separate bill to fix the faulty wording. That could happen as early as this week.

"The gigabit language is really about a one- or two-word change," said Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, who has shepherded the bill through the Legislature as chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue. Another change Google sought can be accomplished almost as easily, he said.

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-f...egon_lawmakers_scramble_to_f.html#incart_2box

 

[Denny Crane]

Google owns the government now.

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[MarAzul]

Geez, reading about Democrat taxing plans would make anyone think twice about coming to Oregon.
Gerrymandering property evaluations is bazaar thinking. As I recall, this was another bill passed without
a Republican vote.