By Randy Kugler, Manzanita Recent Manzanita City Councils have a history of finding creative ways to use Water Fund revenue to pay for questionable activities or projects. The Warrenton overhead allocation model…
Category: Op-Ed
2023 May Special Election – Tillamook County Pioneer’s Questions for the Candidates: Tillamook County Transportation District
What’s so special about this election? The May 2023 election is all about “special districts” – school boards, transportation district, recreation district, fire boards, health districts and more. And for Tillamook County…
OP/ED: THOUGHTS ON THE COHO SALMON LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT – GO COHO!
By Ron Byers, Tillamook There was a significant breakthrough in the effort to save Oregon Coho salmon, a federally-listed endangered species. To settle a federal lawsuit brought by conservation groups, the State…
OP/ED – CALL TO ACTION: Proposed Changes in FEMA National Flood Insurance Impacts Us All; Community Comes Together at Meeting Last Week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Paul Fournier for putting together this information that explains the implications of the FEMA “BiOp” – Biological Opinion — that we’ve been hearing about for several years, will…
TSD#9 Board Election – Re-elect Lachenmeier, Aufdermauer; Vote for Boggs, Spratt
Our children and staff deserve responsible board members to set policies that direct local education. An ideal candidate would have knowledge of State laws and regulations, a history of support for public…
VOTE YES for the Nehalem Bay Health District Bond Measure
I am asking you to take the long view and VOTE YES for the NBHD Bond Measure. Our North Tillamook County region has demonstrated the foresight and long view for health and…
Fresh Starts and Second Chances
By Kim Rosenberg I heard from so many folks after my last post* and I want to thank you all for sending out the love. Something that kept coming up in your…
The Indecisive Candidate
An informed voter hopes to have good information about a candidate’s background and policy positions. Right, left, or center on the political spectrum, voters deserve to know the qualifications, and the institutional…
Op-Ed: Yes, we welcome working together!
Our group, Oregon Coast Hosts, would like to offer the following response to the recent Op/Ed penned by Karen Babbitt published by your publication recently (see link below.*) By Pete Stone, Board…
Vote to Re-elect Marc Johnson to Nehalem Bay Health District
Dear Editor, Tillamook County Pioneer: I urge all my neighbors in North Tillamook County to vote in the May 16 election and re-elect Marc C. Johnson to his position on the Nehalem…
