EDITOR’S NOTE: I have to admit I was happy to receive this letter from a 27-year-old that was voting … Yeah! Take note, everyone, please get those ballots filled out and dropped…
Category: Letters to the Editor
Re-elect Current TBCC Board Members
I am running for reelection to the Tillamook Bay Community College Board, with Mary Jones, Bet McMahon, Shannon Hoff, and Andrea Goss. I have served on the board for 10 years. We…
RESPONSE: Wait, I’m Not An 80-Year-Old EVCNB Volunteer!
By Brad Hart As I’m sure many of you have seen on social media and the City Council Meeting on 5/3, a lot of emails were released from a request to the…
(UPDATED) Total transparency in Republican walkout regarding HB 2002
EDITOR’S NOTE: UPDATE – We have removed our note about the information regarding the age restricions regarding parental notification for children. See below for Jim Heffernan’s review of the legislation. We want…
Vote Marc Johnson for Nehalem Bay Health District Board (and YES on Health Care Bond Measure)
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…
Don’t harm the Sheriff’s Office
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 number…
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,…