Apparently it is more important to the County Commissioners to have a fancy Offices in a new building than it is to cut 6 Deputy positions. Law Enforcement should be the number…
Category: Op-Ed
RESPONSE: “You Can’t Recruit for Positions that Don’t Exist”, says Former Tillamook County Sheriff’s Deputy
Dear Editor (or whomever ends up reading this), I posted the following on Facebook, because friends reached out to me for my opinion. Up until around this time last year, I was…
Congressional Support for a new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy; Senators Merkley and Wyden Back $3 Million Appropriation
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden supported funding requests for dozens of local projects across Oregon last year, however no project receiving Congressionally Directed Funding had more local support or will have…
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…
Marc Johnson for Nehalem Bay Health District Board
To be an informed voter in our county, you must become a persistent detective. Thanks to our local media for publishing letters as one way to learn about candidates! In this election,…
OP/ED: Lawsuits, Walkouts, True Transparency
By Melissa Busch, candidate for State Senator District #16 I am incredibly disappointed by the recent actions of Senator Suzanne Weber. My former opponent, and now my Senator in the Oregon State…
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…
About Clatsop County’s STRs – Measure 4-221
Dear Tillamook County Friends and Clatsop County Voters, How are you? I hope each of you are doing well. And I hope you are feeling happy, healthy, and loved. And if you…
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…
