This is in response to: tillamookcountypioneer.net/call-to-action-curbside-recycling-in-north-county/ Your attention to recycling is commendable. Unfortunately, not all recycling is equal. Commingled is recycling in name only: once different plastics are combined they […]
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By Neal Lemery (12/24/2018) “I know my limit,” one young man kept saying, his bloodshot eyes and pale complexion seemingly at odds with his statement, as he held his energy […]
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By Chuck McLaughlin, Nehalem It’s interesting to me that hundreds of thousands of dollars are being awarded by Visit Tillamook Coast from monies derived from transient lodging taxes to promote […]
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By Betsy Bredau, for the Tillamook County Pioneer Betsy Bredau has lived in rural, suburban and urban communities on the West Coast, and experienced the impacts of poorly planned development. […]
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By Julie Chick, FACT (Families & Communities Together) Coastal Program Coordinator Now that sheltered workshops in Oregon have been phased out (a place where groups of individuals often earned pennies […]
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Sometimes deciphering a ballot measure can be confusing. Does one’s vote mean “yes, let’s change that,” or “yes, let’s continue that,” or “no, we don’t want that,” or no, don’t […]
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By Brian Halvorsen, Independent/Progressive candidate for House District 32 Since I started my campaign for the 32nd District State Representative over a year ago, I made the key focus of […]
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It takes a special kind of creativity to frame bad things in an appealing way, but that’s what has happened with most of the ballot measures this election. At first […]
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By Julian Macassey There are several measures in this upcoming election cycle. One that is being heavily promoted in supermarkets is Measure 103. This is presented to us as a […]
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By John Rogan, Tillamook In the past one of the constant themes of the Republican Party was that Democrats were burdening our children with an enormous national debt. The refrain […]
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