Garbage Dumping Tax Begins July 1st ?

      Douglas County Commissioners are scheduled to conduct a public hearing tomorrow morning, April 15th, 9:00a.m., at which time they're expected to vote on a new garbage dumping tax at the Roseburg landfill and Douglas County transfer stations, beginning July 1st.
      It is interesting to note that in recent (unscientific) polls conducted by the Roseburg News-Review, a bigger percentage of people said they would be willing to pay for a library card, than said they would be willing to pay for a garbage dumping tax.
      It'll be interesting to see if Douglas County Commissioners follow the "will of the people" and implement a library card fee, if they go ahead and implement a garbage fee.
     I would have a better feeling about the garbage dumping tax, if it were phased in over the next year until July 1, 2016, instead of hitting residents with a $7.00 fee suddenly this July 1st. That might have happened if News-Review Publisher Jeff Ackerman hadn't made a personal crusade to write non-stop editorials promoting a garbage dumping tax.
     One or two editorials is sound journalism and fulfilling a newspaper's role of keeping the general public informed on an issue. Ten or more editorials is an unethical abuse of power by someone who is trying to push their agenda on the general public.