Commissioners miss an opportunity
Dissent is a long American tradition. You are reading this in the United States because a number of people, for a variety of reasons, joined together in questioning the authority of the King of England.
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Empty seats greet commissioners 1:30 PM governance hearing
meeting time, location and questions of legal jurisdiction may have ensured the 41 person turnout – just slightly more than one-tenth of a percent of the number of registered voters for the May 2012 election.
Read MoreThe lost art of reporting
The best reporting comes from “boots on the ground” – when a reporter tells the story of an incident from the perspective of someone who is actually there when it happens. A good news report (or feature story) places the action...
Read MoreRod Schilling Plays Spin Doctor for Lakeside Ordinance. Says it Doesn't Mean What it Says.
Last Wednesday, Coast Lake News Reported on City Hall’s passage of an Ordinance which handed any ‘designated enforcement official or designee’ the ‘Right of Entry’ upon private property and more than tripled the fines to $750 per violation per day.
We spelled out the secretive measures taken by the Council in the passage of this Ordinance, including lack of proper notice to the public, leaving it off of the Council’s meeting agenda, referring to it only by number and later by title and the lack of any discussion.
Read MoreNo Trespassing! Lakeside City Hall, this means you! Part 3
In short, according to Oregon law, this ordinance should have been properly posted so the public knew it was coming; openly placed on the agenda, so interested individuals could attend that meeting; and the decision to adopt it should have been arrived at openly…
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