As promised here is the cathartic and revelatory commission smack down delivered by retiree Sharon Shinnick, formerly of the Coos County Road Department. Pay attention to how Main tries to laugh off Shinnick’s complaints and make no mistake, the commissioner is using his position on the bench to campaign for reelection.
Read MoreReading from a prepared statement that was probably two years in the making Shinnick scolded the board for being dysfunctional, micromanaging and for being unavailable to department heads and for not knowing what they are doing.
Read MoreTo refresh your memory, LIDs allow local property owners to finance road improvements on local access roads not on the county road maintenance list by spreading the cost over ten years via their property taxes. Commissioners Parry and Main appear to agree the road department can no longer afford to fund these improvements.
Read MoreRoads in Lakeside and Coquille have recently been brought up to county standards and County counsel, Jacqui Haggerty is going to look into ways to force the cities to accept responsibility for the roads.
Read MoreThe fund was accumulated as a consequence of not doing the work the department is expected to do and that former commissioner, Kevin Stufflebean promised would continue when he cut the department.
Read MoreDuring recent annual budget hearings, commissioners Main and Parry learned the Coos County Road Department had a huge surplus of unused funds to carry forward. … Andy Jackson advised the board the county roads were in horrible shape and the roadmaster, John Rowe claimed he could not keep up with the maintenance requirements with the minimal staff
Read MoreCam Parry definitely exudes energy and enthusiasm and offers lots of interesting ideas. Hopefully we can all work together to implement some of those ideas and build a foundation that embraces input from a diverse group as recommended by the SDAT final report.
Read MoreToday’s votes herald a new dawn in in how the county treats its employees but I wonder if some management positions may be short lived.
Read Morethere is the intangible benefit of helping correct a terrible wrong perpetrated by an incompetent commissioner who arrogantly believed he could double
Read MoreCommissioner Kevin Stufflebean is perhaps most famous, (on this blog anyway), for his ability to confuse things. During the road department layoffs he presented to the public information suggesting the department had been...
Read MoreThe World has posted an odd article. Odd in that it contradicts its own reporting and then has...
Read MoreThe World is reporting the cost of the Wallace Road Local Improvement District at $54,000. This is true but only if excluding the ten private driveways paved at an additional cost of $36,000. The total cost of the project is...
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