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…
Category: Commentary
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…
PEACE OUT LOUD: Pay Attention – Fact Check Sources – Who’s really behind these mailers?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Romy Carver for doing some research and shedding some light on the sources of the postcards and flyers appearing in our mailboxes. There are a lot of candidates…
COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Who is the Mayor of Manzanita?
This is the story of one man’s relentless “war” with Manzanita’s City Council and City Manager as disclosed in a review of public records. We, the undersigned Manzanita voters, describe this story…
MANZANITA MUSINGS: Transparency and Compensation
By Kim Rosenberg When I taught Writing as Critical Inquiry at PSU, I always told my students to go to the primary source material before writing that 5,000 word final paper on…
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…
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…
We Get What We Pay For – About Nehalem Bay Health Care Bond, Investment in Future
By Kim Rosenberg I bet everybody who lives in Tillamook County knows friends, family, or neighbors who have either traveled hours and miles into the valley for health care or have moved…
