By Vivi Tallman, Lane deMoll & Barbara McLaughlin The ultra-conservative political movement to take over elected boards across our state and nation is gaining traction in Tillamook County. Next week, ballots for…
Category: Commentary
OP/ED: Comment on “Why is The Water System Building Our City Hall”
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: See link below for the Op/Ed “Why is the Water System Building Our City Hall*” By Will Stone, Manzanita Since building a home in Manzanita twenty years ago, I’ve…
OP/ED: THOUGHTS ON THE COHO SALMON LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT – GO COHO!
By Ron Byers, Tillamook There was a significant breakthrough in the effort to save Oregon Coho salmon, a federally-listed endangered species. To settle a federal lawsuit brought by conservation groups, the State…
OP/ED – CALL TO ACTION: Proposed Changes in FEMA National Flood Insurance Impacts Us All; Community Comes Together at Meeting Last Week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Paul Fournier for putting together this information that explains the implications of the FEMA “BiOp” – Biological Opinion — that we’ve been hearing about for several years, will…
Fresh Starts and Second Chances
By Kim Rosenberg I heard from so many folks after my last post* and I want to thank you all for sending out the love. Something that kept coming up in your…
Have Hope
By Kim Rosenberg I don’t usually write much about my personal life, but I went to a meeting the other day, and somebody I know asked about my health. They know I…
OP/ED: STRs…Can we really work together?
By Karen Babbitt I’m the STR Committee rep from North County and a full time resident. I’ve lived in the area for 21 years. I’m not opposed to vacation rentals, as we…
Clatsop County residents fight for public’s right to vote as vacation rental industry seeks to block local election; Petitioners of Measure 4-221 filed a motion to intervene today on a case brought against Clatsop County
Astoria, Ore.—Petitioners on a Clatsop County ballot measure to protect homes in rural neighborhoods from being converted to vacation rentals today filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought against the…
Short Term Rental Industry Blatantly Breaking Oregon Campaign Finance Laws; Opponents of a citizen initiative to preserve residential housing stock in Clatsop County ignored multiple campaign finance rules
EDITOR’S NOTE: There is an initiative on Clatsop County’s ballot – Measure 4-221 – to phase out short-term rentals in unincorporated Clatsop County. For more about the Measure, see links below. Astoria,…
PAGE 6: Tech Storm Nightmare
By Robin Swain What is a Tech Storm, you ask? Well, that would be when Mother Nature and the Universe collaborate to mess with our gadgets of connection for the mere pleasure…