by magix | Feb 22, 2023 | Coquille
What consenting adults do on their own time is their business but when it crosses over into the workplace, especially when that workplace is Coquille City Hall, it may be problematic. More than that it may indicate a systemic carelessness and disregard on the part of...
by magix | Jan 9, 2022 | Coquille
It’s taken longer than planned to publish part three in this series owing in part to the holidays but also verifying information and obtaining public records can be both costly and time consuming, particularly if the reporting agency puts up an argument. (We’ll have...
by magix | Nov 20, 2021 | Coquille
Hired in February 2021 by the City of Coquille as finance director, Rick Hohnbaum apparently didn’t really want the job because he was on the hunt for new employment almost immediately.We wrote about Hohnbaum’s checkered past here in May and by June he was...
by magix | Nov 11, 2021 | Coquille
The definition of a good cop and more specifically a good small-town cop will likely vary wildly depending upon whether asking members of the public or people in the law enforcement profession. The public may envision some updated version of the empathetic and patient...
by magix | Nov 6, 2021 | Coquille
One of the benefits of publishing investigative work is that people start sending records and photos and additional evidence that either further supports the story or provides more information for future stories. Presently, I’m working out Part 2 of an ongoing series...
by magix | Nov 1, 2021 | Coquille
The City of Coquille and the Coquille Police Department will soon be contending with the consequences of long past as well as more recent failures of management, inadequate oversight and the negligent retention of substandard police officers. A federal case relating...
