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  • Tax vote mirrors east-west split

    06/04/2003 3:35:48 PM PDT · by B Knotts · 3 replies · 189+ views
    Oregonian/OregonLive.com ^ | 06/04/2003 | Scott Learn
    Multnomah County's new income tax passed largely on the strength of yes votes from inner-city Portland, voting records show, while the eastern part of the county voted strongly against it. The final vote tabulation from the county elections office shows a majority of voters in almost all the precincts west of 82nd Avenue voted for the three-year, 1.25 percent tax. It passed with 58 percent of the vote countywide. The pro-tax campaign did manage to win six precincts east of 82nd Avenue, the county's traditional tax dividing line. But a large majority of voters in the rest of mid- and...