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Whit Gantenbein, with ties to White Lives Matter wants to buy Giddings Boatworks

In response to federal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirements, the City of North Bend and the Port of Coos Bay have adopted resolutions to ensure that public entities do not engage contractors who fail to comply with these laws. This move aims to prevent public funds from supporting businesses associated with discriminatory practices.

A Biden Effort to Protect Old Forests Hasn’t Curbed BLM Logging

Earth Day Promise: In 2022, President Joe Biden announced a new effort to protect old forests, which are key to the fight against climate change. But it hasn’t made much of a difference.
Logging Continues: The Bureau of Land Management has allowed timber companies to cut these forests at a faster pace since Biden’s executive order than in the decade that preceded it.

Democracy vs The Big Lie – Post debate interview

For those interested in an exposé of the misrepresentations Frank made at the debate see this enlightening interview with Dr Grimmer.

Defending Democracy From Anti-Democracy Charlatans

Taylor has drunk so much Kool-Aid that even God couldn’t convince him Trump lost the 2020 election. He remains as defiant as convicted felon and election conspiracist Tina Peters at her sentencing.

Defending Democracy Against The Big Lie

Grimmer argued that Frank’s methodology is flawed and his “conclusions are based on profound statistical errors” It would be impossible for me to do justice to Grimmer’s presentation but I will share two slides that demonstrate Frank’s turnout rate prediction is off by 8.54% in Coos County.

Far Right’s Vision For Local Control

Since he was elected county judge — a position similar to that of mayor in a city — O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. He has led efforts to cut funding to nonprofits that work with at-risk children, citing their views on racial inequality and LGBTQ+ rights. And he has pushed election law changes that local Republican leaders said would favor them.

Judge Cannon Fails to Disclose Junket

Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school.

Epic Democracy vs The Big Lie Battle Right Here in Coos County

if you’re not someone who, like me, spends all day working on statistics and data, six order polynomials and nearly perfect correlations — it sounds like he’s uncovered something really impressive.”

Main turns down $50K grant for county

Main also implies a nefarious connection between democracy and socialism. Considering he has worked decades for socialist organizations like Coos County Government I’m not sure what point he is trying to make other than to betray his own prejudice and ignorance.

Inside Project 2025 Training Videos

The Project 2025 videos coach future appointees on everything from the nuts and bolts of governing to how to outwit bureaucrats. There are strategies for avoiding embarrassing Freedom of Information Act disclosures and ensuring that conservative policies aren’t struck down by “left-wing judges.” Some of the content is routine advice that any incoming political appointee might be told. Other segments of the training offer guidance on radically changing how the federal government works and what it does.

GLOBAL

Keystone PipeLIES Exposed

Keystone PipeLIES Exposed

Keystone PipeLIES Exposed from Center for Media and Democracy on Vimeo. This film, produced by the Center for Media and Democracy, debunks the claims of proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline regarding jobs, energy security, gas prices, safety, and climate change....

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Taylor and Main waste valuable resources while county goes broke

Taylor and Main waste valuable resources while county goes broke

The glaring irony of Rod Taylor, who joined an assemblage of right-wing MAGA zealots at the US Capitol with the purpose and intent to oppose the continuing authority of the United States Constitution having the audacity to believe he is an authority on what is and is not constitutional cannot go unchecked.

BOC turns away from transparency

BOC turns away from transparency

Transparency  and public participation  should be a cornerstone of government.   Tis requires citizens to receive timely notice of what matters government is considering.  In August  the Coos County Board of Commissioners {BOC}  adopted two resolutions through a process that undermined these principles. 

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Energy

Big Gas and Big Solar are Big Friends

Big Solar and Big Gas seem to have formed a rather close and mutually congratulatory relationship.   Big Gas & Big Solar Are Big Friends, + More From Sustainable Energy In America 2013 Factbook Discussion (via Clean Technica) Earlier today, I joined the...

Coos County

Sheriff wants jail levy while ignoring rape victim

Sheriff wants jail levy while ignoring rape victim

The culture and the policies implemented and enforced within the leadership of an agency should be acceptable to the citizens served before the voters agree to provide that leadership with additional funding. Fabrizio is a personable fellow, but he can’t expect to manage the agency just by employing “combat marketing”,