Act One – The Beginning If you are unaware of Coos Community Radio which operates at 98.1 FM, you aren’t alone. Sadly, with the exception of Democracy Now and Economic Update, (both programs I brought to the station), and thanks...
Read MoreAny solution utilizing federal assets and resources will require an act of Congress and of all the options out there so far, enforcing an existing Act would seem the most likely to succeed and provide the best outcome for county services.
Read MoreIt combats the corruption, deception and incompetence head on. There’s just nothing out there for the citizens right now but the Charter.
Read Moreunless two of the three come to some agreement… the entire exercise of drafting an ordinance and holding hearings is a waste of time.
Read MoreThe foremost recommendation in the majority report to hire a county manager belies many of the claims made by co-chairs Jon Barton and Al Pettit and effectively implicates the pair in an attempt at skullduggery.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreAm I convinced that fraud and corruption are rampant in Coos County, absolutely. Is the governor and his staff involved, absolutely. Will the rest of the state pay for their plans, absolutely.
Read MoreIn the end, it all boils down to public participation and public participation is hugely dependent upon a real press doing their job to properly inform the public. Consequently, in Coos County, at least, it probably doesn’t matter what form of governance we use, the public is going to be left out of the process.
Read MoreThe same irresponsible clear cutting and flawed stewardship that closed local mills and has left Coos County Oregon with a 14% unemployment and declining property values is occurring in the once pristine and diverse forests of Latvia.
Read MoreCoos County Judge Michael Gillespie found three Lane County commissioners, including board chair, Pete Sorenson, guilty of violating Oregon’s Public Meetings laws.
Read MoreA list of Coos salaries has been made available. The date of the attached report is not listed but includes monthly salaries as well as a cumulative total of annual salaries of $13,459,872.00.
Read MoreWilliams is one of the companies attempting to lay a pipeline from a proposed LNG terminal in Coos County, more than two hundred miles to Malin, Oregon.
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