“The time has come,” the walrus said, “to talk of many things”
We’ve had a long and pleasant reprieve but it appears, unfortunately, that the...
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Takes one to know one, a shill I mean
Benton and Barton’s reasoning is flawed and illogical and based upon faulty assumptions even in this matter.
Read MoreBOC in Lakeside tomorrow, still no Cole invoice
Perhaps Messerle will just send them the structure and governance advisory committee reports…
Read MoreGovernance change discussions fall short of convincing
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.
Read MoreAre the structure and governance advisory committees irrelevant?
Despite Al Pettit’s doom and gloom presentation last week about rampant vandalism, grandma’s uncollected rotting corpse, declining services, lost mushroom pickers and all volunteer deputies oh, my gosh, raising taxes*,
Read MoreMcKelvey statement on administrator and county governance
If it is determined that adding a county administrator will make Coos County more efficient and productive, then by all means we should do it. But we shouldn’t have to “pay” for it by neutering our BOC. There are twelve other Oregon counties with both a full time, three member BOC and a county administrator.
Read MorePettit pens missive, claims structure advisory vote was December 19
The meetings are themselves so disorganized that even Pettit is confused. For example, when Pettit gave his power point presentation to the commissioners recently he claimed that a unanimous vote had taken place on November 9, while in his letter he says the vote was on December 19. He also claims that all members were present on December 19, however, Laird Bryan was absent.
Read MoreReal reason for county administrator revealed today
Bice behaved like a wanna-be shock jock at times, referring to “knuckle draggers” and “CAVE people” to which Barton and Pettit cheered but otherwise the show was pretty underwhelming except when the audience was treated to the sound of Jon Barton belching. Pettit appears to be masking his hate for Randy Sanne by continuing to pick on Solid Waste, so there was nothing new there and Barton and Slater sounded like, well, Barton and Slater.
Read MoreLawyer files public records request with sheriff for structure advisory committee emails
Pursuant to ORS 192.440, I am writing to respectfully request copies of all emails, and attachments thereto, that you have sent or received from any of the following individuals between the dates of August 11, 2011 and February 23, 2012, which in anyway relate to the business of the Coos County Structure Committee:
Read MoreSanne calls structure committee co-chair Pettit “rogue”
It is clear that commissioner opponents, incumbent Bob Main and challenger Randy Sanne share a few common views, in particular, their mutual disdain for the opinions and tactics used by structure advisory committee co-chair, Al Pettit. Speaking at the Americans For Prosperity meeting this week, Sanne fielded a question about the recommendation to hire a county manager. The recommendation is not popular with AFP members and it opened the door for more comments about the often insulting Al Pettit.
Read MoreCoos citizens request structure advisory committee vote on findings
in the absence of a public vote, it is not possible for the public to ascertain whether a majority of members support the Structure Committee’s recommendations. Similarly, in the absence of a public vote, the public cannot identify the individual committee members who support or oppose the Structure Committee’s recommendations. The public needs and deserves this information, particularly in light of recent events suggesting the Structure Committee’s recommendations do not have the unanimous support of members.
Read MoreSanne to discuss the county’s budget at Americans for Prosperity meeting
Randy Sanne, candidate for commissioner position number one, will be speaking tomorrow evening at the Americans for Prosperity meeting to be held at the ESD building in North Bend. Sanne will present his budget plan and explain how close the county os to a balanced budget already. Sanne is expected to provide a detailed analysis that belies recent claims made by the structure advisory committee co-chair, Al Pettit, that the county is close to insolvency.
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