By Butch Freedman Well, it couldn’t be worse. 2025 was a bitch. (No offense to female pups.) Trump and his toadies turned every good thing upside down. I’m not now going to…
Category: Op-Ed
COAST TIME – VIDEO RETROSPECTIVE 2025 – WINTER
COAST TIME in partnership with the Tillamook County Pioneer proudly present RETROSPECTIVE 2025. This edition WINTER 2025 covers the stories and events that shaped life here on the North Oregon Coast. RETROSPECTIVE…
A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE: The Most Dangerous Question In The Room
Why Universal Healthcare without Cost Controls Won’t Fix Anything EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege.” Oregon legislator and local…
COAST TIME & TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER – VIDEO RETROSPECTIVE 2025
Retrospective 2025 A Short Preview COAST TIME and The Tillamook County Pioneer present a look back at 2025 news and events here on the North Oregon Coast. WINTER – Release Sat. Dec….
OP/ED: Our First Amendment Rights are Under Siege
By Sonya Kazen The US Constitution, Amendment 1/Bill of Rights ratified 1791 states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Senses
My puppy Ollie was laying on my lap this morning; when I asked him “What are you made of? You feel so good.” He didn’t say anything; but I could tell it’s…
Manzanita City Council Administrative Failure on Classic Street
By Randy Kugler In May, the City received the low bid of $3.5 million dollars for the reconstruction of Classic Street with all of the features recommended by the City’s consultants including…
TRYING TO SEE: Peaceful Non-Violent Protests Are Essential – Series – Part 3 of 3
(The following is “Part Three” of a three-part series about (1) the emerging Trump dictatorship; (2) Trump’s determination to stay in power at all cost; and (3) what people can do peacefully…
TRYING TO SEE: Stay in Power At All Cost (Series – Part 2 of 3)
By Michael Randall (The following is “Part Two” of a three-part series about (1) the emerging Trump dictatorship – link below; (2) Trump’s determination to stay in power at all cost; and…
Regarding the impossible math of modern healthcare
To the Editor: I read with interest Rep. Javardi’s comments on the crisis in healthcare*, particularly for rural communities. He is correct on all points except one. The greed of the managers…