EDITOR’S NOTE: Checking the Secretary of State website, there are only 520 votes separating the candidates for House District 16. Many races are still “too close to call.” Therefore, the Pioneer is…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Final Note on Elections and Some Comments on Infrastructure
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Election day is tomorrow! If you haven’t already, please take time to review the candidates and issues, and deliver your ballot to the County Clerk,…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Elections, Family Leave, Going Green, and Time Changes
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 By now you should have received your ballot for the upcoming election. If you haven’t received your ballot, contact your local County Elections office. Voters in any…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: The Fog of Politics and Economics
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 I thought I’d begin my report this week with a few words about fog and hot air. After all – it is election season! Driving…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: HD 10 By the Numbers
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 My report this week will contain a lot of numbers. I’ve just finished reading the 2022 edition of Oregon by the Numbers. As Oregonians face new…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: What’s Shaking in HD 10?
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 I was just getting my day started early Friday morning when the house shuddered. Years of messaging flashed before my eyes. Drop, Cover and Hold…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Productive Trip to DC
By Representative David Gomberg Regular readers have heard me talk in the past about the Big Creek Dams in Newport. In 2011, engineers learned that the two earthen dams that store the…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Opportunities on the Coast
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Over the course of four years, I worked with Dr. Bruce Mate at the Marine Mammal Institute to authorize a Coastal Playground gray whale license plate. Eventually,…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Forest Lawsuit Resolved
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Dear Neighbors and Friends, Here is some big news that you might not have heard. The Oregon Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from timber…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Red Flags and Power Disruptions
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Two years ago this week, wildfires devastated Oregon and raged through northern Lincoln County, forever changing lives and landscapes. In a cruel irony, nature chose…