The Tillamook County Pioneer provides our communities with our expanded election coverage – Questions for the Candidates – provides our communities an introduction to the candidates and an unbiased view to compare…
Category: Op-Ed
Make Informed Decisions Voting for TPUD Board
OIOpublisher An election is a job interview. A panel (the voters) is presented with a set of candidates. Each member of the panel evaluates the candidates. Then the panel members announce, through…
FAIR PLAY IS NEEDED FOR FAIR ELECTIONS – CALL TO STOP REMOVING HARRIS-WALZ SIGNS
EDITOR’S NOTE: Someone had to have seen the removal of the signs – if you see something, say something. Please contact the Tillamook County non-emergency line at 503-815-1911, or contact the Tillamook…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: Protecting Salmon Smolt from the Threats of Mechanical Oyster Farming
By Scott Gordon for Friends of Tillamook Bay As thousands of us get excited and gear up for the height of the fall salmon season, we should take a moment to question:…
ROCKAWAY BEACH CANDIDATES FORUMS: Timeline, Facts, Official Forums to be held Oct. 11 (Mayoral Candidates) & Oct. 16 (City Council Candidates)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer is sponsoring two candidates forums for Rockaway Beach, to ensure all candidates (or most of the candidates) could attend and due to the number of candidates,…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Five Lessons from a Banned Book …
“It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It’s the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear…
ENDORSEMENT FOR MARY LEVERETTE, WHEELER CITY COUNCIL
I am happily endorsing Mary Leverette for Wheeler City Council. Her intelligence and enthusiasm will be a welcome addition to the council. She has attended nearly every council meeting and has a…
A different take on water billing in Manzanita….
Ordinances are amended or replaced over time to reflect changes. Manzanita is getting ready to reevaluate its Comp Plan and there will be Ordinances that will be rewritten, updated, amended. This is…
OP/ED: Let’s have a real discussion on Manzanita water rates and the Referendum
By Randy Kugler A recent post (on social media) that attempts to portray my position as City Manager of Philomath on monthly water meter readings as being inconsistent in light of my…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY UNITED AGAINST BOOK BANS: Letters Continue to School Board, Request for Reversal Not on TSD#9 School Board Agenda
EDITOR’S NOTE: The letters continue to come in, and more community members sign up united against book bans. The Tillamook School District Board did not have the book ban reversal on the…