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Tag: Weyerhaeuser
Krieger is wrong. Blame Salem for fiscal crisis
rather than passively waiting to see what Congress is willing to handout the commissioners actively pressured Salem to require the timber companies to pay their fair share.
Read MoreWeyerhaeuser buys more Oregon timberland
The company is acquiring approximately 645,000 acres of unique, high-quality timberlands in Washington and Oregon that are highly complementary and contiguous with the company’s existing acreage.
Read MoreGovernance change doesn’t address the real issues
The greatest assets are undervalued to benefit private groups that heretofore have failed to reinvest in the area and create new jobs.
Read MoreWhat is good for the Port may not be good for the rest of us
In the case of ships transporting whole logs there may be a significant cost to the economy in the form of lost mill worker jobs and lost tax revenue.
Read MoreBOC makes it hard for public to attend committee meetings
If the commissioners truly want more citizen involvement why don’t they schedule meetings at times and in locations that give more citizens the opportunity to attend, something that Mr. Parry said at the time of his appointment to the board was a priority for him, she also asked that the new committees meetings be scheduled at times and in locations that would allow more citizen attendance
Read MorePort of Coos Bay economic development has a dismal record
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.
Read MoreWho terminated Weyco land option? An ‘evolving story’
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…
Read MoreJordan Cove blows $11 million on terminated Weyco land deal
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.
Read MorePort/Weyco land option terminated amidst legal concerns raised by public
a big change in a $25 million Weyco land option that many citizens have criticized and even sent to the Oregon Attorney Generals office with concerns about legality. Today the Port issued its agenda and it appears the Weyco deal has been terminated.
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