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Coquille school district maintenance ignored by board

These needs are all high priority and should be of great concern to the Coquille School District Board of Directors. Unfortunately, the school board members show little interest in building maintenance at the board meetings and rarely ask questions. Interest and enthusiasm by the members is mostly seen when the talk is about the sports teams and games. If the board members are only interested in sports they should just read the newspaper. If the safety and health of the school occupants are of little concern, then why do we even have a school board?

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We must tax timber more and subsidize it less

Opening 1.5 million acres of public land to industrial logging protected only by a narrow economic interpretation of the O&C law, as U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio proposes in his trust plan for O&C lands, is unthinkable. While the giveaway works well for the timber barons, continuing to waste our public lands at a loss is ridiculous.

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Casino meeting is political move

If the commissioners follow through on their plan to hold a public meeting on the ordinance for an administrator and five commissioners at The Mill Casino, which is a foreign nation, they (the commissioners) have no shame.

I mean no disrespect for the tribe, but this is a business that sells gambling and alcohol that contributes to a lot of social problems. A lot of our people in this area will not go into the casino. This me

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Commissioners, please slow down

What are the legal ramifications if your referendum to employ a county administrator and the ARRRG organization’s proposed amended County Charter ballot measure that prohibits a county administrator both succeed at the ballot box? Who will be paying the many lawyers to resolve that conundrum?

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