OP/ED: This Time It’s Easy – Vote NO!
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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OP/ED: Money floods into the House District 32 race
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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OP/ED: WORDS MATTER
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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OP/ED: What is the intention of Measure 103?
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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OP-ED: Save Medicare and Social Security
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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OP/ED: Register to vote by Oct. 16 because ‘If you don’t vote, you can’t complain’
By Brian Halvorsen, Independent/Progressive candidate State Representative District 32 After telling my boss that I needed time off to campaign, he told me something that stuck with me, “I used […]
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OP-ED: Rinehart Clinic Board unanimously opposes Oregon Measure 105
The Board of Directors of Rinehart Clinic voted unanimously at its September 26, 2018 meeting to issue a public statement opposing Oregon Measure 105, which would repeal Oregon’s sanctuary state […]
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Listening, With Respect
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to work with Neal Lemery, and I’ve shared his “musings” quite often here on the Pioneer. He has a way with words — […]
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Vote YES on Measure 102
By Erin Skaar, Executive Director of CARE (Tillamook County Community Action Resource Enterprises Inc.) and Melissa “Mis” Carlson-Swanson, Branch Services Manager for Oregon Food Bank Tillamook County Services Housing, food, […]
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JUST THINK: Advice for tourists (maybe they’ll listen)
By Victoria Stoppiello Even with tourist season almost over, I still lose my patience with the behavior of some of our visitors. I wish we could have a more mutually […]
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