Ahead of the May 15 meeting of Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council in Eugene, one of the loudest voices on the panel pushed for an even more aggressive posture, particularly on tax reductions.
In a May 13 email to the 15 other members of the council, Jordan Schnitzer, CEO of Schnitzer Properties in Portland, argued that a draft of the group’s forthcoming recommendations to Kotek on how to boost the state’s economy lacked “urgency and weight.”
That draft was obtained by OJP earlier this week and included 10 recommendations for revitalizing Oregon’s economy. But to Schnitzer’s mind, it did not go far enough…