By Julian Macassey These days pretty much everyone has Internet access, whether it is via a smart phone, library or school terminal or top of the line laptop. Not only has the…
Category: Op-Ed
LETTER TO EDITOR: Internet Connectivity is the Key to Opportunity
I took having access to the Internet for granted. It was part of daily life and something that I had always known. I used it for school, entertainment, gathering information, etc. Then,…
COMMUNITY VOICES: Should Teachers Bring Guns to School?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This commentary was Isabeal Donohue’s presentation to the Tillamook School District board on Monday Feb. 14th. One of the issues the board was considering involved a decision about arming teachers. …
“I’ve been thinking …” – Tillamook School Board Meeting Comment Period Reveals Real Divide, Need for Dialogue
By Jim Heffernan I have been very interested in the school board’s proposed policy of “local control”, particularly how it would apply to wearing face masks. So I went to the Feb….
LETTER TO EDITOR: Bring Broadband to All – High Speed Opportunity
EDITOR’S NOTE: The joint meeting of the entities that comprise Tillamook County Lightwave will meet tomorrow, Friday February 18th at TBCC. The meeting will also be available virtually. See https://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/tillamook-lightwave-joint-meeting-agenda-virtual-link-feb-18-2022/ for meeting…
Tillamook’s Logan Laity Files for House District 32 to Lift Community Voices
On February 14th, Logan Laity, Community Organizer and Small Business Owner from Tillamook County filed as the Democratic candidate for House District 32 in the Oregon State Legislature (HD32 encompasses all of…
“I’ve been thinking” … Codger Power
By Jim Heffernan Who’s up for a movement? I am! Bill McKibben (the environmental guy) inspired me by an editorial he wrote in NYT praising Neil Young for telling Spotify to not…
OP/ED: Better Internet Access
EDITOR’S NOTE: A community-wide effort has been launched to inform the efforts to bring equity to community communications, to bring broadband internet to all in our communities, and is gathering signatures. Click…
Oceanside Incorporation Supported by Family with 100 Years of Community History
Dear Editor, I am writing to you on behalf of our family whose history in Oceanside dates from the time when my husband’s grandparents purchased one of the first three cottages built…
Oceanside incorporation – Commissioners asked to reconsider, allow community vote
To: The Editor I was dismayed by the failure of the Tillamook County Commissioners to refer the Petition to Incorporate Oceanside for the May election ballot for Oceansiders to decide up or…
