Oregon Supreme Court finds Damascus disincorporation valid
Final ruling Thursday, Sept. 3, upholds 2016 vote to dissolve city, surrender charter
After a nearly eight-year fight that stretched from community gatherings, voting booths, the Oregon state Legislature and multiple courtrooms disincorporation of the city of Damascus has officially been upheld.
On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Oregon Supreme Court declared the process by which Damascus was undone as a city to be valid putting an end to any legal questions around the status of the rural community that was thrust into the spotlight of controversy and debate.
The past two years in Damascus have been a tug of war, with a new pronouncement of whether it was a city or not being made seemingly every month.