By Oceanside True Friends PAC The other day the petitioners for incorporating Oceanside sent an email with a shouting subject line: ENOUGH BICKERING ABOUT INCORPORATION! Wow. Did their “caps lock” button get…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Measure 114
From Joshua Brown, Tillamook County Sheriff Oregon Voters’ Pamphlets are now arriving in the mail. As always, I urge you to read the entirety of each measure before casting your vote. I…
OCEANSIDE INCORPORATION: Oceanside City Hall/offices/trailer discussion…
From Oceanside True Friends, PAC ID#22336 We reflected on many deficiencies of the proposed city of Oceanside in our other articles – roads, STR management and enforcement, policing, liability in making land…
WHEELER CITY COUNCIL – Candidate’s Statement: WHAT ARE WE??
By Deanne Ragnell If Manzanita is a village, then Wheeler – so much smaller — could be called a Hamlet. The fact is, we are a small community doing its best to…
Indigenous People’s Day: Call for Garibaldi Maritime Museum to Remove Captain Gray’s Statue from Prominent Location
By Kristin Koptiuch Today Oregon celebrates Indigenous People’s Day, honoring the contributions that native peoples have made to the U.S., particularly contributions of Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes to the history, culture,…
OCEANSIDE INCORPORATION: What The Petitioners Don’t Want You to Know About Land-Use Decisions
By Oceanside True Friends PAC* The discussion of whether Oceanside should incorporate has primarily focused on finances, and that will probably continue until Election Day. But there are other things to talk…
TPUD Response: Vegetation Management Crew Given Permission to Proceed with Best Option
EDITOR’S NOTE: See https://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/unauthorized-tree-removal-by-tpud-request-for-just-compensation-for-loss/ By Joanna Stelzig, TPUD Public Relations Manager It is Tillamook PUD’s responsibility to provide our customers and community with safe and reliable electricity. Along with continual system maintenance…
Unauthorized Tree Removal by TPUD, Request for Just Compensation for Loss
By Nancy Skopin, Tillamook On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022, at approximately 4:15 pm, a representative of the Tillamook PUD knocked on our front door, and informed my husband that their crew was going…
OCEANSIDE INCORPORATION: Don’t fall for the storm drain ploy!
By Jerry Keene, Oceansiders United Oceanside faces a historic decision: whether to continue under the County’s governance as it has for 100 years, or to form a new city and manage its…
Tillamook County Creamery Association CEO Op/Ed: ‘Preserve’ your culture at your own peril
EDITOR’S NOTE: This op/ed by TCCA CEO Patrick Criteser appeared on Fortune.com, and was shared on social media. We reached out to request sharing it with our readers because the messages about…