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Port of Coos Bay economic development has a dismal record

by | Apr 24, 2011 | , | 8 |

the public has witnessed the Port enter into a highly unorthodox land option secured by $25 million in loans signed by the Port only to terminate it without explanation five years later. The Port borrowed another $5 million, in advance of receiving State lottery funds allocated for dredging knowing they didn’t have a railroad or valid terminal operator… the Port has declared a recently acquired railroad line an emergency in order to facilitate repairs so that an unnamed private wood products company can deliver product from Reedsport to Veneta at the blazing speed of 10MPH no later than June.

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Who terminated Weyco land option? An ‘evolving story’

by | Apr 24, 2011 | , | 3 |

There is an “old saying” that when people tell you stuff you already know there is something they aren’t telling you. … A realtor has informed me that in the real estate world the slow dissemination of selective emerging facts is known as an ‘evolving story’. Buyer beware, caveat emptor or in this case publicus caveo…

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Jordan Cove blows $11 million on terminated Weyco land deal

by | Apr 21, 2011 | , | 5 |

In yet another desperate plea the Port has paid for advertisement, the eighth in an occasional series and elaborated on his authorship by labeling people who disagree with the Port’s positions NIMBYS in a power point presentation. Bishop’s salary is paid for by port district residents and calling your benefactors names is both impolitic and extremely unprofessional so naturally the commissioners went right along with it.

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SDAT urges expanding narrow agendas and opening communication

SDAT urges expanding narrow agendas and opening communication

by | Nov 28, 2010 | , , , , , | 2 |

Happily, I am pleasantly surprised by the AIA Sustainable Design Assessment Report for Coos County. Walking away from the SDAT presentation last June, I was concerned the team was overly influenced by a small faction of the county but it seems they did a lot of homework and recognized some of the bottleneck for future economic success.

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