The old sayings goes: “You win some and you lose some.” With regard to the local election results, we won one, we lost one, but we gained a lot even where we…
Category: Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO COMMUNITY: Thanksgiving Food Baskets, Holiday Gifts for Children – Resources for Giving
Dear Folks, Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Baskets are being done by the Rockaway Beach Lions Club. If you would like to help them buy foods for one or both of these…
LETTER TO EDITOR: We Need Housing, Not False Hope.
I will preface this letter by saying that I have no immediate plans to build a home or rental property within Tillamook County. I will also say that I’m about as liberal…
Letter to the Editor — Please support the “Construction Excise Tax”
I have given the issue of affordable housing in Tillamook County considerable thought and investigation. I participated in the County’s Housing Task Force and have attended meetings throughout Tillamook County about this…
Letter to Editor: South County – Unraveling Our Infrastructure Dilemma
It is no secret that many of our roads, sidewalks, boat ramps, recreation areas and bike lanes are shipwrecked and have seen better days. While the Haystack area in Pacific City has…
Is Housing Important?
Dear Friends, The Tillamook County Democrats voted unanimously to support an initiative called the Construction Excise Tax, which aims to proactively address the workforce housing crisis we are facing throughout the county….
Letter to Editor: It’s Time to Take a Stand (Friday September 29th)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillmaook County Pioneer did not receive this letter from LaNicia Williams until today (Oct. 3) due to problems with emails (ahhh, technology.) This provides background information about the racist…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Election Integrity Statement from Tillamook County Democrats Officers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TILLAMOOK, OR, September 24, 2017: Following the elections in November 2016, the chairs of the two largest political parties in Tillamook County released a joint statement, calling on “the…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Misleading “poll”
In mid-September, a so-called “public opinion poll” was launched in our community regarding a measure that will be on the November ballot. This “poll” has angered many of the people who were…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Misleading “survey” distorts truth, not Tillamook Way
Tillamook County has just experienced a new low in political campaigning. A person, who wishes to remain anonymous, has paid for a push/pull telephone survey in our County regarding the proposed 1%…
