After finally admitting during the last BOC meeting that the still mythological community service fees to paid by the Jordan Cove LNG project are, in fact, “derivative of tax dollars“, John Sweet now admits to promising the schools money to “get elected.” Reporting on the latest board meeting of the SCCF (South Coast Community Foundation), […]
As tedious as many public meetings are to sit through one can almost always mine little nuggets of gold from statements made by elected officials. From the inception of the CEP (Community Enhancement Plan) elected leaders from Rep Caddy McKeown to Commissioner Melissa Cribbins denied or questioned whether the so-called community service fees paid into […]
Please forgive the infrequent posts of late as I had a particularly nasty flu and looking at the screen has only now become tolerable. First, the Coos Commons Protection Council made a decision to hold off submitting signatures for the May ballot because with the holidays, bad weather and flu season we did not feel […]
The BOC has been entertaining the possibility of awarding a $15,000 a year or 25% pay raise to the Coos County HR Director Shari Jackson. One of the reasons given for this salary increase is that Jackson is doing work above and beyond what she expected when she replaced Mike Lehman. During a work session […]
The board of the SCCF and no doubt every other facet of the CEP is being populated with one dimensional, uni-directional ideologues. Gasp! The day after the election the representatives of the four enterprise zone sponsors appoint Keith Tymchuk, Al Pettit and Commissioner John Sweet’s campaign manager, Andy Combs to the board of the so-called […]
The Federalist Papers #10 published November 22, 1787, addresses how to guard against “factions”, the subject of paper #9. Founding father, James Madison defines faction as “…a number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse […]
The CEP (Community Enhancement Plan) and its various devices to reapportion taxes and privatize public funds still isn’t finalized but already a similar scheme is afoot. Some folks in Lakeside are hoping to place some sort of bond measure on the November ballot according to attendees of a recent meeting to discuss the algae problem. […]
“I have said all along,” declared Melissa Cribbins while discussing the SCCF during a May 20, 2014 board meeting. “I want all three commissioners to vote on this.” Cribbins was referring to an earlier claim she made that a May 2 work session vote approving the county joining the SCCF (South Coast Community Foundation), its […]
The board will discuss the actions taken by commissioners Melissa Cribbins and John Sweet during a May 6, 2014 work session regarding the SCCF. According to the agenda item coversheet for today’s meeting- Therefore, the Board may now discuss the following actions previously taken on May 2, 2014: • Consenting to being a member of […]
By Ronnie Herne How do you start a letter that deals with going through Alice’s rabbit hole backwards, and darkly? I’m going to throw some pebbles in the murky water and just follow a couple ripples. In the middle of this morass are our three commissioners. They clearly told us on May 6th, 2014 (filmed) […]