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 of driving us insane with frustration. Torrential rain, high winds, flooding, trees down, power outages with snow being the icing on the cake just was not enough. Nope,…
Category: Op-Ed
OP/ED: The Village Near the Mountain – A Grimm Fairy Tale – Part 2
By Will Stone, Manzanita The councilors and the City Manager gathered around the conference table to discuss the pressing issue of how to pay for a new City Hall building. Attending via Zoom call were several consultants hired to give valuable (and expensive) advice when needed or possible. The leaders were a colorful group. There was Bob, the old-timer who…
MANZANITA MUSINGS: The Meaning of the Meeting – Oregon’s Public Meetings Law
By Kim Rosenberg Just like the reclusive Varied Thrush that skirts my yard avoiding other birds, you almost never see more than one or two Councilors at the same time outside a public meeting, not because they’re antisocial but because of Oregon’s Public Meetings Law or OPML. The law helps to ensure that decisions affecting the public are made in…
OP/ED: Letter to State Representative about Housing & Accessibility
By LaNicia Duke Here’s an email I just sent to my new (to me) State Representative regarding housing and accessibility. Fortunately she’s also on the housing committee. I did edit some personal details. My name is LaNicia Duke. I am one of the newest residents to the community. I just signed my lease on March 15th. I wanted to share…
Response to “Crunch Time at the County STR Committee” – March 13
In response to Jerry Keene’s March 13th newsletter titled, “Crunch Time at the County STR Committee…”, we are writing to take this opportunity to introduce our group. Oregon Coast Hosts is a newly formed alliance of homeowners and local businesses who support tourism while advocating for balanced regulations that meet mutual goals for the greater community. We came together in…
OP/ED: Our Democracy is Threatened!
By Jim Heffernan That’s not a joke. Our Democracy is not only threatened, but it was dealt a body blow. It’s not some sinister foreign conspiracy which threatens us. The threat is right here in Tillamook. And it’s not just a few of us, it’s more than two-thirds of us. (67.15% to be exact.) That’s the percentage of people who…
Response to Published Article – Crunch Time for County STR Committee
Editor, Tillamook County Pioneer I am writing in response to an article by Jerry Keene originally published in The Oceansider and titled “Crunch Time at the County STR Committee; Meeting Tomorrow March 14th”. The Pioneer republished the article on March 13, 2023. (See link to article below.) As a full-time, active resident of Neahkahnie, I believe it is critical to set the…
Manzanita Musings: Resolutions – They Aren’t Just For the New Year Anymore! (OP/ED)
By Kim Rosenberg We are always dealing with history–our personal history, our family’s history, our nation’s history. And when it comes to the city hall in Manzanita, our town’s history. Whether or not we agree about the path taken for city hall, we’re on it now and we’ve invested a ton of resources. We’ve gone through changes in councilors, the…
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 2:00 A.M. – Spring Forward! History & Where We Go From Here …
What Is Daylight Saving Time? Daylight Saving Time (“DST”) is the practice of moving the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months and changing them back again in the fall. The general idea is that this allows us all to make better use of natural daylight: moving the clocks forward one hour in the spring grants…
RANDOM BYTES: Perception
Capitalism’s greatest worry is the ease with which ignorant people become wealthy. Couple this with a government where money equals power; a supposed legal interpretation of the Constitution suggesting truth is optional; a populace mostly informed via the greatest propagandist tool (internet) in the history of time; and you will find yourself exactly where we are at. Nevertheless — Vote!…
