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Category: Election News
CITY OF BAY CITY, OREGON – Letter from Mayor: Calls for Stop to Negativity in Local Election, Community to Elect Candidates Focused on Positive Future
EDITOR’S NOTE: See links to Tillamook County Pioneer’s Questions for Candidates – Bay City Candidates and a link to the Bay City Candidates Forum below. October 19, 2026 Dear Friends and…
ROCKAWAY BEACH MAYOR TALKS ABOUT CITY CHARTER: Why Rockaway Beach Charter Amendment Measure 29-187 Is One Charter Package
EDITOR’S NOTE: In response to Rockaway Beach citizen David’s op/ed (see link below) about why the City chose to “package” the City Charter amendments into one measure, here’s the methodology behind…
RESPONSE TO ROCKAWAY BEACH MAYOR TALKS ABOUT CITY CHARTER: SOME VERY IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT NOT COMBINING THESE INTO ONE MEASURE
Here are some things to think about. My takeaway is these should be separate issues we vote on. Measure 29-187 is not inherently a bad idea to put before voters—Oregon law…
SECRETARY OF STATE TOBIAS READ: Get Ready to Vote; New System Tracks Ballot; Drop Box Locations in Tillamook County
EDITOR’S NOTE: See the Pioneer’s “Questions for the Candidates” series for more information about the people asking for your vote. See links below. Ballots started being sent to voters in Oregon on…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER’S QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES NOV. 3, 2026: STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16
The Tillamook County Pioneer provides readers with expanded election coverage – Questions for the Candidates – gives our communities an introduction to the candidates and an unbiased view to compare the candidates…
BUTCH’S BLOG: A Decent Man
By Butch Freedman “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” -MLK Jr. It’s easy to feel frustrated with the state of today’s political landscape. And…
Governor Kotek’s Visit to Tillamook Shows Her Support for Rural Oregon
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo from the Tillamook County Family YMCA and the banner greeting Governor Kotek during her August visit.) To the Editor: It was incredibly heartening to see Governor Tina Kotek…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: Why I Left the Republican Party
On books, belonging, and the increasingly lonely business of thinking for yourself. EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege”…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER’S QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES GENERAL ELECTION NOV. 3, 2026: STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 32
The Tillamook County Pioneer provides readers with expanded election coverage – Questions for the Candidates – gives our communities an introduction to the candidates and an unbiased view to compare the candidates…
