EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
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A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: We the People… Unless You’re the Wrong People
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical…
TRYING TO SEE: Trump’s People Must Like His Cunning Selfishness
By Michael Randall Much of Donald Trump’s political rise is due to his shameless cunning. As any budding dictator knows, Trump had to create specific targets of hatred for “his people” to…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: If You Think SNAP and Medicaid are for Freeloaders, You Might Be Talking About Me
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
“I Pledge Allegiance” … We Take an Oath
By Patty Rinehart Many of us remember standing in classrooms at the beginning of our school day to recite the pledge of allegiance–hand over heart. I went to find out about this…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: Battle for Fairness — Sports, Business, and the American Promise
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Why Oregon Should Stop Playing Border Patrol with Mental Health Licenses
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: Boiling the Frog and Blaming the Thermostat
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical policies…
Appeal to the Manzanita City Council: Consider Community Livability – Right Place for Everyone
EDITOR’S NOTE: More HOUSING! Yeah! But wait, it’s right in your backyard, literally. And the developers have an 80 acre site to work with – why are they placing it in the…
Tillamook County Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) – Everything You Need to Know About TLT
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tillamook County has a measure on the May 20th ballot to increase the Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) from 10% to 14% – for more information – https://www.tillamookcounty.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/clerk039s_office/page/69486/sel_801_tlt000.pdf By Doug Olson …