EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter was shared with the Pioneer by Jim Heffernan, and Steve gave his okay to publish it. According to Jim, “The first bus ride I took was with Steve…
Category: Op-Ed
Erin Skaar: A Vote for Experience, Skill, and Commitment
We have lived in Tillamook County since 1992 and have watched closely the priorities and decisions of the several County Commissioners who have been elected during our years here. We so appreciate…
PRIMARY ELECTION – MAY 2024 – Tillamook County Pioneer’s QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES: Tillamook County Board of Commissioners Position #2 – Paul Fournier & Darcy Jones
It’s an election year – and the primary election is coming up May 21st. There are several important positions on the primary ballot, including two Tillamook County Board of Commissioners. We’ll hear…
OP/ED: Club Manzanita – Don’t Ask Those Questions!
By Randy Kugler The City of Manzanita’s “new ask us your questions initiative” should perhaps be better described as “ask us your questions that we want to answer.” Given that the City…
OP/ED: Wheeler Water Customers Helping Build New Manzanita City Hall?*
By Gary Gitzen, Wheeler, OR The new 2024-2025 budget process is now being assembled for proposal to Wheeler citizens. With that in mind, The Voice wants to bring up a couple of…
Where’s Gordon? All the best in your recovery … An Update …
Dear Gordon, I had been missing your excellent reports and was about to write the editors about the unusually long spell since your last posting when I decided to check the recent…
OP/ED: Ice Cream or Peace
By Chuck McLaughlin Complicity in genocide is now the modus operandi of the Biden Administration, both houses of Congress and at least three of the announced candidates for the presidency: Biden, Trump…
OP/ED: CLUB MANZANITA – Oops! Update
By Randy Kugler The Manzanita City Council held their first reading of an Ordinance to change our water billings from the current quarterly period to a monthly reading and billing on March…
TRYING TO SEE: PART TWO – TRUMP DECLARES HIS PLANS FOR AMERICA
EDITOR’S NOTE: The leprechauns were at work yesterday with some of our computer code, so Part 1 of Mike’s column did not get posted. We re-posted, so it will be included, and…
TRYING TO SEE: PART ONE – HOW DEMOCRACIES DEVOLVE INTO DICTATORSHIPS
EDITOR’S NOTE: There was a technology glitch in yesterday’s posting of Part 1 of Mike Randall’s series … so here is the full Part 1 column. By Michael Randall Today’s column is…