You should have received your ballot for the upcoming May 16th special election. If you haven’t received a ballot, pleasea contact the Tillamook County Clerk’s office for more information, at 503-842-3402 or…
Category: Op-Ed
2023 May Special Election – Tillamook County Pioneer’s Questions for the Candidates: Nehalem Bay Health District
This is it – the last group of candidates, and ballots are in mailboxes (probably sitting on kitchen counters or tables.) The Pioneer will post a “Voter’s Guide” that will include links…
Endorsement for Heidi Luquette for NKN School District; Support for Women Candidates for TBCC, Tillamook School District Boards
Anywhere you find meaningful and positive change in Tillamook County, you will find smart, capable, and dynamic women. Recently, I had the privilege to meet one of these women from TBCC, shake…
ERIN FOR NCRD
A candidate for NCRD Board position #2, Erin Laskey-Wilson represents the spirit of our North County community and North County Recreation District. Erin grew up in this community, attended Nehalem Elementary School,…
Constance Shimek for NCRD
North County is fortunate to have Constance Shimek seeking a position on the North County Recreation District (NCRD) board. I have known and had multiple contacts with her for the last couple…
OP/ED: Discourage or Ignore Manzanita Citizens If Necessary
By Randy Kugler In an attempt to offer examples of the City Hall staff efforts to provide administrative support for the operation of our Water Fund the City Manager claimed “ the…
Another side to this story … Preserve Property Rights – Vote NO on Clastop County Measure 4-221
This article* from April 1 is incredibly one-sided in favor of taking away people’s existing businesses that they have developed for years. I run an STR out of my own home in…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CYRUS JAVADI: I finally heard back from Governor Kotek …
By Representative Cyrus Javadi, House District 32 Friends and Neighbors, Last week, I finally received a response from Governor Kotek regarding my March 7th letter regarding the devastating impacts of the Oregon Department of…
RESPONSE: A Story about Transportation
(*See below for link to A Story about Transportation) Hello Danielle, I’m Jim Heffernan and I too am running for Transportation Board (Position #1). I sympathize with your plight. If you are…
Betsy for Education! Support for Betsy McMahon for TBCC Board
Education is an interesting thing. The more we learn, the more we understand how little we know — but we learn how to approach topics, decipher problems, and come up with opinions,…
