Occasionally our community is lucky enough to have a great leader in a critical position ready and able to make innovative and positive change. We have that leader in Marc Johnson. He…
Category: Letters to the Editor
Don’t harm the Sheriff’s Office
OIOpublisher Apparently it is more important to the County Commissioners to have a fancy Offices in a new building than it is to cut 6 Deputy positions. Law Enforcement should be the…
RESPONSE: “You Can’t Recruit for Positions that Don’t Exist”, says Former Tillamook County Sheriff’s Deputy
Dear Editor (or whomever ends up reading this), I posted the following on Facebook, because friends reached out to me for my opinion. Up until around this time last year, I was…
Congressional Support for a new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy; Senators Merkley and Wyden Back $3 Million Appropriation
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported funding requests for dozens of local projects across Oregon last year, however no project receiving Congressionally Directed Funding had more local support or will have…
From Tillamook County’s Housing Coordinator: Resignation Announcement, Transition to New Role
By Thomas J. Fiorelli After two fulfilling years as Tillamook County’s Housing Coordinator, I am excited to announce that I will be joining my partner in devoting our full time and attention…
Marc Johnson for Nehalem Bay Health District Board
To be an informed voter in our county, you must become a persistent detective. Thanks to our local media for publishing letters as one way to learn about candidates! In this election,…
About Clatsop County’s STRs – Measure 4-221
Dear Tillamook County Friends and Clatsop County Voters, How are you? I hope each of you are doing well. And I hope you are feeling happy, healthy, and loved. And if you…
Response to Mr. Bones: TREAT – Tillamook County Retired Educators & Teachers PAC Nonpartisan, Welcomes All
*See link below for Mr. Bones letter to the editor. Mr. Bones! AKA Moses. Yes it is good to hear from you. It has been a while since our paths have crossed…
Nestucca Valley School District Deserves Our Applause and Our Support
We are retired now but both worked for the Nestucca Valley School District (NVSD) for many years. Since retiring in 2016, we have watched with pride and gratitude as the current NVSD…
Questions about TREAT – Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers
Dear Tillamook County Friends, I taught for 13 wonderful years at East School in Tillamook and 13 wonderful years for Beaver Grade School which later became a part of the Nestucca Valley…