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Commissioner's Proceedings Vol. P
Jefferson County, \Vashington
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Chima cum * President - Harold J . Hall'
H. J. Oeinck
B. G. Brown
Earl Woodley
Chas. Myers.
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Port Townsend - President - Charles Gunatone
Robert A. Prill
RObe Ann Nowak
Neal Liden
Kenneth H. Carter
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Quilcene - President * Ronald Westley
John Boulton
Pat Handley
Kenneth Harris
Marvin Tarr
Queets - Clearwater - Presidant - Dale Rotter
Gardner Gentemann
Anita 1t/illiam
Board received the' fo~lowing without comment:
Copies of the Wash. Assoc. of Counties budget for 1972.
Minutes of I.S.D. #114 meeting of Dec. 9th., and Agenda for Jan. 13th.
Reminder of Hood Canal Adv. Commission Meeting on Jan; 12th.
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By motion of Commissioner Huntingford and second, by Commissioner Kelly, Board approved and signed
Resolution No. 2-72, to petition Congress to legislate Federal Revenue Sharing, as follows. Unanimous
by Board.
RESOLUTION NO. 2-72
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS
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ASSEMBLED:
We, the Commissioners of Jefferson County in the State of Washington, respectfully petition
as follows:
WHEREAS, a resolution of our nation's myriad and diverse domestic problems is contingent
upon a viable partnership between the federal government and strengthened local governments; and
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WHEREAS, Increasing demands upon local governments for essential public services have
compelled the cities and counties to rely heavily on highly regressive and inelastic consumer taxes and
property taxes; and
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WHEREAS I Federal. revenues based predominantly on income taxes increase Significantly faster
than economic growth, while state and local revenues based heavily on sales and property taxes do not
keep pace with economic growth; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal crisis at state and local levels has become the overridin9 problem of inter-
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governmental relations and of continuing a viable federal system; and
WHEREAS, the evident solution to this problem is a meaningful sharing of federal income tax
resources; and
WHEREAS, the United Statas Congress, dcspUe the immediate and imperative need therefor, has
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faUed to enact acceptable rovenue sharing leg.tslation; ~nd
WHEREAS, Further dolay in enactment of this vItally needed federallegislat10n will further worsen
the financial crisis faced b}' loc!!.! and Atate governments in the State of Washington;