Lakeside resident to ask BOC to put new taxing district to ballot
Tim Bishop will be asking the county commissioners on Tuesday to consider putting a measure on the...
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Bad ideas catch on and become worse ideas
The CEP (Community Enhancement Plan) and its various devices to reapportion taxes and privatize...
Read MoreRegarding controversy over executive sessions and the media
closed discussions all too often stray over the exempt boundaries as described by law and once suggested that local papers collaborate or at least coordinate to take shifts or turns having reporters observe these sessions. This Tuesday I will be speaking on the Mark McKelvey show between 5 and 6 PM and will discuss specific local examples of abuse of the executive session exemptions.
Read MoreThe World promotes same county governance as Lakeside
Electing volunteer commissioners will attract “leaders” rather than “job seekers”, says the paper and we have all seen how well this model works in Lakeside with its volunteer council and city manager.
Read MoreLakeside paper pens open letter to The World
When The World’s editorial board uses opinion to bash our Mayor for attempting to do what a majority of the citizens elected him to do, it is easy to wonder to what end they are bothering to offer an opinion. But, this is the same newspaper that called our editor a ‘nettlesome crusader’ for attempting to force the former mayor and council to follow the law.
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 MoreLakeside Follows Law in Executive Session
It was a small victory, but it was sweet. Last night reporters from Coast Lake News sat in on the first Lakeside City Council Executive Session since the June decision by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission re-affirmed their...
Read MoreElliott Forest activist extraction team staging in Lakeside UPDATED
Witnesses report that law enforcement from many different agencies are staging in Lakeside at the county park. Updates and pictures soon
Read MoreODOT Rail says there are ten years left on these bridges
Bob Melbo, Rail Planner at ODOT Rail was kind enough to research some pictures taken by Terry Falcone, of Lakeside, while he was fishing near the vicinity of one of the bridges.
Read MoreConsequences of violating Oregon open meetings law
“The real punishment is that you have been publicly identified as having broken the law,” he said. “The public culture of Oregon continues to be one of valuing openness,”
Read MoreCounty looks to divest maintenance on city roads, Lakeside, Coquille
Roads 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 MoreWhen does revenge turn into self immolation?
<those of us believing in Karma will argue it is immediate and there is a fair example of this going on in Lakeside. Coast Lake News, because of its habit of actually reporting the news in Lakeside, including actions of the city council, has been the object of great attention by a Lakeside blog. The blog, LakesideInfo, has run a series called 'Mad as Hell' taking pot shots at Coast Lake News and its editor, Jessica Lloyd-Rogers. Now, after its preferred mayoral candidate, Rod Schilling, lost his position, the blog has gone even lower and is publishing what appear to be false quotes. This from a long list of "Facts" meant to discredit the newspaper –
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