By Jim Heffernan That’s not a joke. Our Democracy is not only threatened, but it was dealt a body blow. It’s not some sinister foreign conspiracy which threatens us. The threat is right here in Tillamook. And it’s not just a few of us, it’s more than two-thirds of us. (67.15% to be exact.) That’s the percentage of people who…
Category: Op-Ed
Response to Published Article – Crunch Time for County STR Committee
Editor, Tillamook County Pioneer I am writing in response to an article by Jerry Keene originally published in The Oceansider and titled “Crunch Time at the County STR Committee; Meeting Tomorrow March 14th”. The Pioneer republished the article on March 13, 2023. (See link to article below.) As a full-time, active resident of Neahkahnie, I believe it is critical to set the…
Manzanita Musings: Resolutions – They Aren’t Just For the New Year Anymore! (OP/ED)
By Kim Rosenberg We are always dealing with history–our personal history, our family’s history, our nation’s history. And when it comes to the city hall in Manzanita, our town’s history. Whether or not we agree about the path taken for city hall, we’re on it now and we’ve invested a ton of resources. We’ve gone through changes in councilors, the…
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 2:00 A.M. – Spring Forward! History & Where We Go From Here …
What Is Daylight Saving Time? Daylight Saving Time (“DST”) is the practice of moving the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months and changing them back again in the fall. The general idea is that this allows us all to make better use of natural daylight: moving the clocks forward one hour in the spring grants…
RANDOM BYTES: Perception
Capitalism’s greatest worry is the ease with which ignorant people become wealthy. Couple this with a government where money equals power; a supposed legal interpretation of the Constitution suggesting truth is optional; a populace mostly informed via the greatest propagandist tool (internet) in the history of time; and you will find yourself exactly where we are at. Nevertheless — Vote!…
I’ve been thinking … RESPONSE RESORTS TO NAME-CALLING – Statement Verification, Clarifications
EDITOR’S NOTE: See below for links to Jim Heffernan’s Op/Ed – Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Committee, and April Bailey’s Response. By Jim Heffernan I will admit that when I first read Ms. Bailey’s response, my immediate reaction was “how dare her call me a liar!!” And I immediately fired off a response … and after several revisions, multiple…
Response to Jim Heffernan Op/Ed – Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Board
Sometimes politics taints an individual’s vision of truth so bad that they cannot see those they disagree with as people or see themselves in a mirror. Such is the case in a recent opinion piece entitled “Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Committee” (link below) Unlike the author, a Democrat PCP, who defended another Democrat PCP that he would have…
OP/ED: Select and Appoint Process of Manzanita City Council
By Kim Rosenberg I supported changing Manzanita’s appointment process back in August and I supported fixing the glitches in the new process this January. Prior to 2022 it was solely the Mayor’s purview to appoint the members of any board, commission or committee. The Mayor also had all the responsibility to remove appointees. It made sense back in the days…
OP/ED: The Power of Your Voice
EDITOR’S NOTE: There is a special election happening in the City of Tillamook due to a ballot error. The elections for two City Council positions is being conducted again. For information about the candidates, go to the MooVoter group on Facebook or the County’s election website (links below.) By Yvette Clark The City of Tillamook is represented by a council…
OP/ED: Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Committee
By Jim Heffernan When Justin Aufdermauer was appointed to the vacant school board position, a vacancy was created on the School District’s Policy Committee. Two people submitted applications and I have included the applications below. Board members Petty, Werner, and Mizee voted for Tiffany Jacob. Look at the applications for yourself. They are available at the website www.tillamook.k12.or.us, but you…
