By Brad Hart As I’m sure many of you have seen on social media and the City Council Meeting on 5/3, a lot of emails were released from a request to the…
Category: Op-Ed
(UPDATED) Total transparency in Republican walkout regarding HB 2002
EDITOR’S NOTE: UPDATE – We have removed our note about the information regarding the age restricions regarding parental notification for children. See below for Jim Heffernan’s review of the legislation. We want…
Vote Marc Johnson for Nehalem Bay Health District Board (and YES on Health Care Bond Measure)
Occasionally our community is lucky enough to have a great leader in a critical position ready and able to make innovative and positive change. We have that leader in Marc Johnson. He…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Possible Budget Solution Identified
From Tillamook County Sheriff Joshua Brown I want to thank you for your continued support and many messages of encouragement I have received since our last post. We are very fortunate to…
Don’t harm the Sheriff’s Office
Apparently it is more important to the County Commissioners to have a fancy Offices in a new building than it is to cut 6 Deputy positions. Law Enforcement should be the number…
RESPONSE: “You Can’t Recruit for Positions that Don’t Exist”, says Former Tillamook County Sheriff’s Deputy
Dear Editor (or whomever ends up reading this), I posted the following on Facebook, because friends reached out to me for my opinion. Up until around this time last year, I was…
Congressional Support for a new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy; Senators Merkley and Wyden Back $3 Million Appropriation
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported funding requests for dozens of local projects across Oregon last year, however no project receiving Congressionally Directed Funding had more local support or will have…
From Tillamook County’s Housing Coordinator: Resignation Announcement, Transition to New Role
By Thomas J. Fiorelli After two fulfilling years as Tillamook County’s Housing Coordinator, I am excited to announce that I will be joining my partner in devoting our full time and attention…
Tillamook County Board of Commissioners Chair Clarifies County Budget Process, Proposed Budget Funds Current, Open Sheriff’s Office Positions
As of today, the (sheriff’s) department … has a total of 11 vacant positions. They have operated without these 11 positions for the past 8 years. Budgeting funds we don’t have for…
Marc Johnson for Nehalem Bay Health District Board
To be an informed voter in our county, you must become a persistent detective. Thanks to our local media for publishing letters as one way to learn about candidates! In this election,…
