EDITOR’S NOTE: See below for the LIVE video of the rally. The Pioneer was there on the street and the estimates of 500 attendees are conservative; participants lined Hwy. 101 from Hoquarton…
Category: Op-Ed
A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE: Boiling the Frog and Blaming the Thermostat
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an installment from Tillamook County’s State Representative Cyrus Javadi’s Substack blog, “A Point of Personal Privilege” Oregon legislator and local dentist. Representing District 32, a focus on practical…
Transient Lodging Tax Proposed Increase
I have heard information both for and against the proposed increase to our Transient Lodging Tax. I understand this is the first request for an increase in the 10-year history of the…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Tillamook Hands Off – Protests Do Make A Difference
Thousands gathered across the country on April 5 for HANDS OFF protests expressing their anger and fear regarding Trump’s executive actions. An estimated 500 people protested in Tillamook. I was there. I’m…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: Let’s Keep Tillamook Bay Healthy
By Scott Gordon, Friends of Tillamook Bay Reporter Mateusz Perkowski recently published a story in the Capital Press about the Northwest Environmental Defense Center and Northwest Guides and Anglers Association having filed…
Appeal to the Manzanita City Council: Consider Community Livability – Right Place for Everyone
EDITOR’S NOTE: More HOUSING! Yeah! But wait, it’s right in your backyard, literally. And the developers have an 80 acre site to work with – why are they placing it in the…
Tillamook County Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) – Everything You Need to Know About TLT
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tillamook County has a measure on the May 20th ballot to increase the Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) from 10% to 14% – for more information – https://www.tillamookcounty.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/clerk039s_office/page/69486/sel_801_tlt000.pdf By Doug Olson …
LETTER TO EDITOR: Not a credible messenger
When we read social media posts, it may not be obvious that no one has vetted the credibility of the statements. Randy Kugler has been posting long, rambling posts on overhead cost…
Special Edition – An Oceansider Editorial: Realtor-Funded Mailing Misfires in Effort to Derail ONA Zoning Updates
(Our regular newsletter will go out later today.) By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider As the Oceanside Neighborhood Association (ONA) Zoning and Plan Review Committee nears completion of its recommendations for a…
OP/ED: Follow the Money – More Tax Cuts for the Wealthy & Higher Costs for the Rest of Us
By Mimi Maduro It’s that time of year again—April 15th, Tax Day, is around the corner. This week as I was preparing my IRS federal taxes, I found myself wondering: What will…