by Dr Robert Fischer | Sep 2, 2011 | Coos County, Energy, Oregon
As recently as last March, Bob Braddock, the project manager for the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal was claiming that the report that his company was considering changing the terminal into a export facility was not just false, it was a...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Aug 13, 2011 | Coos County, Oregon
To paraphrase St. Francis of Assisi, “Preach nonviolence at all times. Use words if necessary.” In the early morning of Tuesday, July 26, the Cascadia Forest Defenders, Earth First! and other activists put up tree sits and blockaded access to the 87 acre...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Jul 3, 2011 | Bandon, Veterans
Brian was born into a Southern Baptist family in upstate New York. He was a religious fundamentalist and reactionary Republican. He was supportive of the U.S. War in Viet Nam, but he didn’t want to go there. He received his draft notice before he finished law...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Jun 26, 2011 | Coos County, Featured, Oregon, Veterans
Brian Willson is doing his book tour the hard way. He is cycling on a hand-powered, three-wheeled recumbent, 800 miles in 22 days, from Portland to San Francisco. He will arrive in Bandon on Friday, July 1st, and that evening at 6 pm, he will discuss his new book...
by Dr Robert Fischer | Jun 13, 2011 | Coos County, Oregon
People with Agendas Need Not Apply Commissioner Bob Main is adamant: He does not want people with agendas on county committees. He said so on May 10th when the finalists to replace the late Commissioner Nikki Whitty were interviewed, and he said so again at the June...
