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9 stories matching basi

  1. City Council Loses Tax Assessment Battle

    A blunder by city officials leads to a court dismissal of tax collection suits, forcing the city to start the assessment process from scratch.

    Sep 28, 1893Aberdeen HeraldHeron Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyCity Hall

  2. The Boom's Bill Comes Due: Chehalis County Taxpayers Foot the Cost

    An Aberdeen editor tallies a quarter-million-dollar tax burden and blames real-estate speculators who promoted 'fool improvements' during the boom, then slipped out of paying.

    Mar 8, 1894Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyBoom & Bust · City Hall

  3. The Mystery of the Altered State Tax Law

    A suspicious, unexplained edit to an enrolled bill threatens to protect railroads from paying their fair share of taxes.

    Sep 14, 1893Aberdeen HeraldOlympia, Thurston CountyFollow the Money · True Crime

  4. The Boom Era's Bitter Hangover

    New tax assessments reveal that local property values have cratered to one-fourth of their peak as the Grays Harbor economy struggles to adjust to the end of a speculative bubble.

    Aug 9, 1894Aberdeen HeraldMontesano, Grays Harbor CountyBoom & Bust

  5. The Shoddy Scandal: How the Tariff Made Our Clothes Garbage

    Aberdeen readers are warned that under the McKinley Tariff, the American clothing industry has swapped quality wool for 'shoddy' rags, hair, and cotton.

    Sep 1, 1892Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor County

  6. The Broken Promise of the City Water System

    Aberdeen’s municipal water works are failing, and the city’s struggle to move residents away from private systems reveals a tangle of missing infrastructure and unfair billing.

    Mar 3, 1892Aberdeen HeraldMarket Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money

  7. City Council Caught in Railroad’s Pocket

    Aberdeen’s local officials are handing over the city’s future by letting railroad attorneys draft their own franchise terms during council meetings.

    Feb 18, 1892Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money

  8. The Price of Questionable Governance

    A critical report on Chehalis County finances highlights high costs and questionable payments to negotiators, fueling political shifts ahead of the November election.

    Oct 13, 1892Aberdeen HeraldMontesano, Grays Harbor CountyCity Hall

  9. The Battle for the Tracks

    After intense lobbying, Aberdeen city officials strike a compromise with Northern Pacific to bring the railroad through the city's north side.

    Apr 6, 1893Aberdeen HeraldFirst Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyFollow the Money

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