Our community is changing. Existing families and families moving here after landing a new job with decent wages can’t find affordable housing. If we don’t adapt to change, then our County’s…
Category: Letters to the Editor
$15 Minimum Wage
Editor’s Note: This is a conversation that started on a local Facebook page – North County News, prompted by a post by Tom Bender. He then posted this summary on the local…
Letter to Editor: MANZANITA JUNCTION
It’s now been TWENTY-SIX years and $9 MILLION DOLLARS that ODOT has invested in improving the Manzanita-Hwy 101 Junction. As recently as February 7, 2017, ODOT reconfirmed that “the project includes widening…
Letter to Editor – THE “VILLAGE” AT MANZANITA
Do you have concerns about the request from developers asking the City of Manzanita to approve a “resort” that would accommodate up to 1200-1600 people in short-term-rentals rather than address Manzanita’s lack…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Libraries are central to lifelong learning
Board of Commissioners for Tillamook County Chair Tim Josi, Vice Chair David Yamamoto, Commissioner Bill Baertlein When we think of libraries, we tend to think of books, and rightly so: public…
Because I’m All About That Bond!
It’s not every day that someone offers you $1.93 million in free money! But that’s just what happened to our schools. Tillamook School District has been offered $1.93 million (and maybe as…
Letter to the Editor: Merrianne Hoffman for Tillamook County Transportation Board
I was a little surprised when I saw who was running for the Tillamook County Transportation Board Position #5. I was on the board of that organization when it chose not to…
Letter to the editor: We need a new roof on the barn
There is no question that Tillamook County is a beautiful place with a history of strong, creative and intelligent people. From the earliest settlers, these attributes, along with good common sense ,have…
Letter to Editor
To the Editor, I wish to encourage my fellow citizens to support two of the foundations of our community: our public schools and our public library. They represent basic equality and access…