By Brad Hart As I’m sure many of you have seen on social media and the City Council Meeting on 5/3, a lot of emails were released from a request to the…
Category: Commentary
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Possible Budget Solution Identified
From Tillamook County Sheriff Joshua Brown I want to thank you for your continued support and many messages of encouragement I have received since our last post. We are very fortunate to…
From Tillamook County’s Housing Coordinator: Resignation Announcement, Transition to New Role
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…
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…
