| The challenge in buy marlboro tax increases, as noted in this column earlier this year, is that cigarette consumption and the resulting tax revenue continue to decline, putting the pinch on programs dependent upon that stream of income. Sometimes you don't even need ballot measures for a lively issue-oriented advertising campaign. Appearing on Portland-Vancouver market airwaves, for example, are ads concerning a proposed casino to be owned by the Cowlitz tribe along Interstate 5 in La Center, Clark County. The project has generated opposition from groups that want county commissioners to repeal a memorandum of understanding with the tribe. The Cowlitz contend that at least some of the opposition is coming from the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde, which operate a casino in Oregon that would see competition for the Portland customer base from the new resort. |