by Dr Robert Fischer | Feb 29, 2012 | Coos County, Oregon
March 13 is the date for the Coos County Commissioners to decide whether or not to permit The Williams Companies, Inc., owners of a nationwide system of interstate natural gas pipelines, and one of the nation’s largest transporters of natural gas, to bury 2.4 miles of...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Jan 20, 2012 | Coos County, Oregon
Fred Messerle had it all handed to him. When County Commissioner Nikki Whitty died, Commissioner Bob Main appointed Messerle to take Whitty’s place on the Board. That was splendidly efficient, since Messerle didn’t have to trouble himself with getting elected. There...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Dec 1, 2011 | Coos County, Oregon
Structure Committee’s Draft Findings & Conclusions The primary mission of the Structure Committee is to assess the County’s organization structure and determine if an alternative structure can reduce the cost of operating the County. Its secondary mission is to...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Sep 18, 2011 | Coos County, Energy, Oregon
“Yep, we are going to be a gigantic importer of oil and a gigantic exporter of natural gas.” Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” What Could Possibly Be Wrong About That? The Oregonian’s Steve Duin makes it clear that not only is something wrong with the proposed...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Sep 6, 2011 | Coos County, Oregon
PUBLIC NOTICE ORS 192.640 Public notice required; special notice for executive sessions, special or emergency meetings. (1) The governing body of a public body shall provide for and give public notice, reasonably calculated to give actual notice to interested persons...
