In another testament to why this county remains in the economic funk it has enjoyed these last two decades, The World endorses the incumbents for Seats 2 and 3 in the upcoming commissioners race. Thankfully, for those of us ready for some fresh thinking, The World has a poor batting average for predicting winners… they endorsed loser John Griffith, gone but not forgotten, these last four years.
There is the added bonus too. The World can’t write an op/ed worth a damn. Consider this graf (and gaffe) from an editorial endorsing Whitty.
Experience should be the deciding factor in the Seat 2 race for Coos County commissioner. Incumbent Nikki Whitty has it. Her opponents don’t.
“Experience should be the deciding factor…” Experience? Experience in what… pipeline mismanagement? Employee mishandling? Public meeting manipulation and obfuscation? The author just throws out declarative statements as if they are spectators at a football game. “Drive the ball! Move those legs! Run” They may as well have said… “Blue should be the deciding factor. Whitty has it. Her opponents don’t”. Blahhh
Consider the author’s assessment of Stufflebean.
Defying the road workers union showed courage on the taxpayers’ behalf. He supports industrial development that will create jobs. He’s an effective advocate for social services.
Yet his handling of the Road Department layoffs was as clumsy and arrogant as it was courageous. We have reservations about his candor.
Here we see this author, like the incumbents, has no critical thinking skills. Stufflebean..”showed courage on the taxpayers’ behalf”. How was that, exactly? The road department layoffs may have been many things, including hidden from the public and based upon bad, unapproved budget projections but courageous wasn’t one of them. (gutless is more like it) He supports “…development that will create jobs.” Everyone supports development to create jobs, so what?
Now, I love this line. “We have reservations about his candor”. In other words they suspect, as I do, that he lies!!!! Yet they endorse a liar! Actually, The World endorses a November run off between a suspected liar and another status quo candidate, previous Commissioner Gordon Ross, (he was in on the pipeline mess too). Ughh!
This time I am actually grateful for lousy writing!
Here Ducky ducky, revisited.
March 2, 2010
2010, is providing additional challenges for the City councilors of Coos Bay Oregon. Along with their regular duties of passing through tax dollars, donating tax dollars to special interest groups, they have been called upon to decide tenant rent increases, Business License. Health issues, smoking in the parks. Noise and safety issues, Duck hunting, as well as ethical and moral considerations.
Same old story: God given rights, and government given rights, the latter are revokable. Poor timing for hunting to be a noise issue in the Eastside area of the City of Coos Bay Oregon. The Oregon Resources Corp. pile driving noise at this time keeps me awake.
The pile driving for the Coos Bay visitor center kept me awake. Guess what, government sponsored projects, tough, to me.
OK, noise might not get it, so lets try safety. Just like second hand smoke and global warming, “Nor have there been reports of people getting shot or pellets landing on peoples’ heads”. For sure that is 23 years, but its also never. Not like woulda, coulda,
Safety? I think that cars are too close to the school, we have documentation that cars have far more potential lethal damage to children than pellets.
The port, “with due process?,” just closed off the not so “public land” that they control in Eastside to duck hunting. Where was the public outcry?
Why does one person, or five, who solicit government for redress and change have more rights, and support, from the public officials. Well, they got off the couch, and they may have voted for these folks that want to take your rights from you. Until you get involved, and say “no” they will keep chipping away. So is this about noise, safety, or Guns?
den
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/03/13/news/doc4b9b43c25b8f8657221742.txt
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Coos+Bay&state=OR&zipcode=97420&country=US&latitude=43.3541&longitude=-124.23&geocode=ZIP
Ducks, revisited.
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/05/05/news/duck_hunting_area_shrink_14a5.txt
May 3, 2010
$50K given organizations by Coos Bay. $7,500 grants given to Business owners in Urban Renewal Districts, money given to South Coast Development Counsel.
Private citizens did not get a cost of living increase, last, or this year. The public did, last year, and this year, and benefited also by measure 66 & 67
The council wants to extract more fees and rate increases in an economic down turn from those who can least afford it.
Councilors’, Coos Bay, ever consider effects your decision have upon the citizens of Coos Bay? Where you extract revenue in fees rate increases. The flippant comment in the paper, Hopeing your flippant decision will be more considered.
“The council also will consider several fee and rate increases, including a 6.5 percent bump on sewer rates. The additional revenue will help pay for $40 million worth of upgrades to the wastewater system mandated by the Department of Environmental Quality”.
In 1982, read a study for the Water Board , which projected population of our are area to be 120,000 people, in 2020. Necessitating growth of water and sewer systems.
Justifications you need? Right. And the DEQ.
New dam, up water rates. Infrastructure, north spit, who pays? Current rape payers. Remodel water board headquarters for efficiency. Who pays?
Every five or seven, and some years in-between, sewer rate increases, because? Because, because. Done right, correctly 25 years ago, the largest crises in sewer increase history. Adding the percentages of increases the last 25 years, it’s got to be 500 percent, and it still is not enough.
Will, this increase go to cost of living increase remodel of office, new trucks etc., of OMI. Sewer services. I bet you don’t know.
I bet you don’t know that the water board remolded their offices or how much it cost, were all paying for it, now you want new money from your citizens.
And, if you were to ask, or, inform, the rate payers, would they want to pay for a remodel, benefit increase, infrastructure for 120,000 people that will come, would they say sure, or lets put it to a vote. Or, lets not let you to continue to decide to take new money from our pockets. What happened to the property tax dollars?
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/05/03/news/doc4bdf0a5587e45185637460.txt
And, after the meeting.
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/05/05/news/cb_council_oks_sewer_rate_hike_14a4.txt