To the Editor: I don’t know what is going on with the Pioneer. Your site is huge benefit to our community, and I visit almost every day. Recently, coverage seems to want…
Category: Op-Ed
More Voices: Lessons in Wording, Meaning and More
To the Editor, and to TCP readers: In reference to the 11/18 article/editorial by Cara Mico, I’m wondering where she got her information and who fact-checked it? Also, there are several confusing…
The Giving Season – Tillamook County Giving Guide Celebrates, Educates Community’s Organizations; Many Ways to Give
By Laura Swanson The seventh annual Tillamook County Giving Guide is in every mailbox in Tillamook County this week. The Guide features profiles of over 45 nonprofits and includes a list of…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Recent Manzanita City Hall Story Labeled as Biased
Which part of Cara Mico’s writing on Manzanita’s City hall is distorted and biased? Quite a bit. I counted half a dozen inaccuracies, not to mention judgements without support. If this is…
THE VIEW FROM HERE: Power and Force
By Lianne Thompson Did you know Michael Burgess, “Uncle Mike,” a beloved writer, editor, community icon, and force of nature? Many of us did. He coached us, his community of writers, in…
Drew’s Editorials: SAG STRIKING, STUDIOS SLAGGING
By Andrew Jenck After 146 days, the writer’s strike finally ended on September 27, as studios and the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) came to a tentative agreement; concerning writer’s pay, employment,…
Can’t Complain … They Are Building Workforce Housing; Construction Impacts Neighbors – Sharla Needs Shelter Go-Fund-Me
UPDATE – Nov. 2023: This lament was shared on social media over a month ago as the impacts of new housing were felt in a local neighborhood. Now a friend and neighbor…
Send NCRD a message by defunding it? Vote to Renew Levy
That’s some strange logic. There have been 15 (or is it 20?) years’ worth of investment in NCRD based partially on the presence of the renewable tax levy. And now out of…
NCRD is Vital Resource – Please Vote YES on 5-Year Tax Levy
Hi, My Fellow Community Members I am asking you to vote “Yes” on the 5-year Optional Tax Levy for General Operations for North County Recreation District (NCRD) in November. This funding is…
NCRD Yes!
A friend texted me to say she was confused about how to vote for NCRD. She asked, What were my thoughts? I was confused, too. So I went to the Executive Director…
