By Cara Mico First, what is AI? It’s expansive, it’s in almost everything, and it’s already more intelligent than most living humans. AI is diverse, it’s a set of programming parameters in…
Category: Op-Ed
I’ve Been Thinking: History is Bunk
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about history. I was around for a fair amount of recent history, but the day job distractions kept me from really understanding what…
OP/ED: Divergent Thoughts on STRs
By Deb Simmons About a year ago, four retired professionals pulled together to study the significant problems facing our city. Short term rentals (STRs) was only one of several issues studied. This…
A Look at the Economy …
By Cara Mico A long trend of the past two centuries has seen rural areas shrink as people move to areas of greater economic opportunity. Economic cycles see recessions when US gross…
OP/ED: Voter Rules
By Kim Rosenberg My husband Ben and I moved here (Manzanita) full-time in May of 2020. Our house on Edmund Lane was a licensed short-term rental at the time. Like a lot…
OP/ED: A TOWN FOR ALL AGES
By Deb Simmons, candidate for Manzanita Mayor Lately in Manzanita, attention has re-focused on our Comprehension Plan (CP) as both the Planning Commission and the City Council, made decisions to deny the…
TRYING TO SEE: Repetitive Tragedies of Great Nations
By Michael Randall Fiery July 4th celebrations are now behind us. Having expressed proper gratitude for our country, perhaps we can acknowledge something a bit different. So often, we recognize our own…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Taking the Long Way Around
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we are hearing from irritated locals and visitors alike about the Hwy. 131 closure, about blowing past roadblocks and ignoring “road closed” signs, here’s some insight from Neal. There…
OP/ED: More Than a Neighborly Imposition…Much More
By Dave Benneth, Neskowin OK. I admit it. We impose on our neighbors. When we’re gone, we’ve asked Joanie to feed our cat and Christi to water our flowers. We reciprocate when…
Tillamook County Democrats Condemns Anti-Semitism, Calls for Community Unity
July 19, 2022 Dear Citizens of Tillamook County: The horror of anti-semitism has returned to our community. We have no reason at this point to believe that more than one person was…