By Randy Kugler A recent post (on social media) that attempts to portray my position as City Manager of Philomath on monthly water meter readings as being inconsistent in light of my…
Category: Op-Ed
TILLAMOOK COUNTY UNITED AGAINST BOOK BANS: Letters Continue to School Board, Request for Reversal Not on TSD#9 School Board Agenda
EDITOR’S NOTE: The letters continue to come in, and more community members sign up united against book bans. The Tillamook School District Board did not have the book ban reversal on the…
OP/ED: City of Manzanita Water Rates – Business as Usual?
By Randy Kugler The City will hold a workshop on September 11 at 2 pm to discuss what new quarterly water rates will be should voters approve the November Referendum to return to quarterly…
TILLAMOOK SCHOOL BOARD – Book Ban Process Flawed from Beginning, Every Step; TSD#9 School Board Meeting Monday Sept. 9th
SEVEN…that’s the number of women who have disclosed to me their story of sexual assault/abuse in the last few weeks. No, I don’t work in the medical or legal field. I don’t…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Book Banning in Tillamook
As a writer and long-time high school English teacher, I find myself deeply troubled by the Tillamook School Board’s decision to ban the lovely novel “How The Garcia Girls Lost their Accents”…
LETTERS TO TILLAMOOK SCHOOL BOARD & SUPERINTENDENT: Banning Books Abhorent; Call to Reverse Ban
Dear School Board members & Superintendent, We are writing to you to express our distress and disagreement with the recent removal and banning of Julia Alvarez’ book, “How The Garcia Girls Lost…
Request for reversal of Tillamook School Board’s decision to remove How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez from high school curriculum
EDITOR’S NOTE: Over 50 local, Tillamook County community members signed a request to the TSD#9 School Board to reverse the book ban. Local people continue to be added to the list ……
Tillamook School District Ignores Requests to Reverse Book Ban from Parents, Community Members
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook School District #9 School Board meeting is Monday September 9th at 5:30pm. There is NOT an agenda item about reversing the ban on “How the Garcia Girls Lost…
OP/ED: Public Engagement, Transparency and Justice Are Promoted in Rockaway Beach
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rockaway Beach Mayor Charles McNeilly provided a report about the city’s recent lawsuit in which the judge decided in favor of the City. One of the plaintiffs, Justin McMahan, also…
Letter to Editor: Water Rates Comparison of Three Villages
Having read the discussions about water rates in Manzanita, I was curious about how we, as a town, compare to our neighbors. Until 2024, Manzanita hadn’t raised its rates in about nine…
