TPP Opponents Mobilize as Powerful Forces Seek to Ram Through ‘Fast Track’ Trade Authority
Published on Monday, March 30, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer With Congress...
Read MorePublished on Monday, March 30, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer With Congress...
Read MoreTime is fast running out for the commissioners to correct oversights in Senator Ron Wyden’s forest resources bill relating to the distribution of funds derived from the CBWR grant lands.
Read MoreThe letter will also clarify that proceeds from CBWR be distributed on this formula only to Coos and Douglas based upon what is harvested within each county.
Read MoreSince 1989 Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands have generated more than $73 million in revenue, but where is it?
Read MoreSenator Wyden’s bill does not fix this problem. Wyden’s website says his bill will double the timber harvest on the O & C lands “compared to the last 10 years
Read MoreIf Senator Ron Wyden’s bill is enacted as is it will no longer be a choice but a small boon to the other seventeen counties and could cost Coos County as much as $10 million a year in taxable revenue.
Read MoreCCAP has donated $1,000 to the Wyden for Senate campaign even though his term isn’t up for four years. Senator Jeff Merkley is running again in 2014.
Read MoreMay be an elaborate hoax but here is a preview of Wyden’s forest resources bill
Read MoreThere were gasps from the chartreuse crowd when Gow said he had been offered only $14,000 by the pipeline company and afterwards many of them approached him to say they had no idea this project would impact people in this way
Read MoreIt is time to force this issue either through a citizen initiative or polite protest or downright civil disobedience or all of the above.
Read MoreNational Security Agency has a secret backdoor into its vast databases to search for email and phone calls of U.S. citizens without a warrant
Read MoreThey also profit by persuading borrowers to use the product like a credit card, renewing loans over and over, leading to ballooning extra fees and interest.
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