Idahoans flock to Ore. border town
| November 4, 2008 |  View for printing |
About 18,000 people can be found inside this Snake River farming town on a typical weekday afternoon. But when Ontario residents put on their nightcaps and blow out the bedside candles, figuratively speaking, the population will have dropped to 11,000.
The difference? Idaho shoppers. They flock to Ontario because Idaho imposes a 6 percent sales tax while Oregon has none.
"They are absolutely welcome here; we want them to shop," says Ontario Mayor Joe Dominick, who'd like them to do one more thing: Build homes and become residents of Ontario.
By RICHARD COCKLE
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