From Sunshine Review
Washington County is one of 36 counties in Oregon. It was originally named Twality County in 1843. The territorial legislature renamed it for the first president of the United States, George Washington, in 1849. In 2000 census, its population was 445,342. The seat and largest city is Hillsboro.
The county is governed by an elected board of five commissioners. The county is divided into four commissioner districts. One commissioner sits for each district, and the fifth commissioner is "at large" and is the Chair of the board.
[edit] Concealed carry permits
In November 2008, Rob Gordon, the sheriff of Washington County, advised the 10,000 people in the county who hold a concealed carry permit to proactively request that their concealed carry permit be kept private in the wake of the decision in Mail Tribune v. Michael Winters.[1]
[edit] Website evaluation
[edit] The good
- Has county Board of Commissioners' meeting information online. [2]
- Has elected and administrative officials' contact information online. [3]
- Has some tax information and online tax payment option. [4]
[edit] The bad
- Does not have budget information online.
- Does not have most committee meetings information available.
- Does not have building permits or zoning information online.
- Does not have audit information online.
- Does not have contracts, lobbying, or public records information online.
- Does not have tax breakdown online.
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