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Shrinking the tax base while raising your taxes

While Clallam County leaders talk about housing affordability, they’ve stayed silent as millions in taxable land quietly disappear from the rolls—shifting the burden onto struggling homeowners. The Jamestown Tribe’s latest trust land request could cost taxpayers again, but commissioners refuse to even answer the federal government’s questions. Why are we paying more while they say nothing?

This month, Clallam County Commissioners received a notice from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA): the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe is requesting that two parcels of land be placed into federal trust.

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