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Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Mark Kuestner
To learn facts, go to an actual reliable source: The last Manzanita City Council meeting, Oct. 8 update is just that. Our Council and our City Administration is made up our our neighbors, who are honest people and are doing their jobs in full public view. Insulting them, while handy for attempting to manufacture social media outrage is tacky and inaccurate. And coming from an individual who has cost Manzanita tens of thousands of dollars in frivolous legal costs and whose vindictive actions have directly wasted innumerable hours of staff time over the years makes assertions about funding issues even more absurd. The presentation on Classic St. Project was very interesting, and we now have a work-around to the way too-expensive west-side of Classic retaining wall: Relevant audio of that meeting starts about 17 minutes into the City Council meeting. https://youtu.be/DMaatrAquhw For further clarification, the Council invites all of us to send questions to their shared email address: citycouncil@ci.manzanita.or.us

Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Of course, Dixie! It had to be Soros who shelled out the cash that caused seven million people to come to the conclusion that Trump and his Project 2025 hooligans are bad for America and then to show up in 2700 places coast to coast!

I’m sure he blew through a wad of cash buying inflatable frog costumes.

And of course! Those who did show up Saturday, in addition to being Soros-paid agitators, were terrorists, Marxists, pro-Hamas and antifa who hate America. House Speaker Mike Johnson and his Whip, the congressman from Lake Woebegon, Tom Emmert, were stalwart in telling us this in front of every camera they could find.

By modern standards, Soros’ wealth is out of scale compared to the tech bros who now embrace Donald Trump and the fascist right. And yes, Soros does spend his money in support of projects many moderate and left-wing people would consider generally appropriate.

George Soros net worth: 7.5 billion. He and his organization have probably given away 30-ish billion over his lifetime. He controls no global media/information platforms.

Elon Musk net worth: 490 billion. He literally bought the 2024 election for Trump, including just handing out cash to voters. He controls X and Grok AI. You can GoogleAI the worth of Musk’s delusional, far-right, eugenicist tech friends for yourself.

Koch family net worth: 150 billion. They fund Heritage Foundation/Project 2025.

Of course let’s be real, these days Those-Clouds-Are-Chemtrails!! is a far more compelling conspiracy theory than Soros-Funds-Everything-I-Don’t-Like.

Gene Dieken

(Usual note: Dixie Darrow is NOT the proprietor of the lovely Dixie’s Vino on Laneda in Manzanita.)

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland has been damaged by protestors. In June 2025, protestors broke glass doors and caused other damage, leading to the building being temporarily inoperable for nearly a month. Authorities have since arrested and indicted individuals for acts of vandalism and other crimes, including the damage to security cameras. 
Damage details: During protests in June 2025, protestors broke glass doors at the ICE facility. Other incidents included flammable material being placed against the building and a lit flare being used. One man was indicted for allegedly causing over $1,000 in damage to security cameras.
Impact: The incidents led to the facility being forced to close for nearly a month (from June 13 to July 7).
Law enforcement response: Federal agents have responded with pepper balls and rubber bullets during the demonstrations. The city of Portland police have made arrests, and a federal grand jury has indicted at least one man for damaging government property. 
Many more arrests have taken place this October.
The above info was copied from a page on the internet.

Do you think it is OK to damage property? What should happen to people who violate the law and damage property and buildings? What should happen to persons who block streets so that people going and coming home from work cannot get through? How about protesting from 10 pm to about 3 am in the morning sleep depriving persons who live in the area and have to go to work everyday? All these things are against the law -public nuisance and noise violations – but should be ignored? Sen Ron Wyden who is an Oregon senator even though he doesn’t live here, which is against law -says nothing is happening here – crickets – over reaction from the feds!
There is plenty to see if you watch the up-to-date videos on the internet. Portland used to be a wonderful city – I have lived in Portland from the time I was 13 and then retired here at the coast. I went to Portland State college and spent a lot of time in the park blocks downtown.
There was hardly any crime and no homeless people.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS ONCE BEAUTIFUL CITY,
AND WHY?

Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Ms. Sophorn Cheang
Director of Business Oregon

Ms. Cheang,

The Manzanita Mayor and City Manager in describing to State officials the City’s need for funding the reconstruction of Classic Street specifically highlighted the failing road base and the need for a retaining wall along the west boundary of Classic Street.

Citizens were given the same story including a design for vehicle travel lane widths that complied with the City’s minimum standards for vehicle safety. We’re now getting none of this.

The City will claim that it doesn’t have enough money to pay for the recommended design. That’s a false explanation.

The City’s General Fund which is substantially funded by visitor Transient Lodging Tax revenue contains approximately $3.7 million dollars in unappropriated revenue in the current Budget. The purpose of these funds is to ensure that the City has adequate operating revenue from the start of the fiscal year on July 1st until property taxes are distributed from the County in November.

For Manzanita, the General Fund is not as dependent on property taxes as most other cities. A generous unappropriated ending fund balance to meet this contingency would be $500,000 thus leaving $3.2 million that City officials would be hard pressed to explain why these funds are not being used for City infrastructure improvements like Classic Street. There is nothing to prevent the City from spending these funds after completing a supplemental Budget process

City officials tell us that visitors pay for most of the City’s infrastructure and then refuse to allocate a single dollar of the available TLT revenue from the General Fund for this project. The hypocrisy of City officials is on full display.

20 years ago City officials were responsible for the initial poor design and construction of Classic Street that has given rise to the present unsafe conditions. Given a second opportunity, will they repeat their blunder based on false claims of an inability to find funding?

Ms. Chaeng, as I see it, Businesses Oregon has two options. Require the City to comply with the construction of the retaining wall and street design that was a part of the City grant funding request from your department. Businesses Oregon then becomes a partner in resolving a public safety issue and providing a long term stable Classic Street that provides safe transportation to both residents and the thousands of visitors who are coming to Manzanita and traveling on City streets.

Or, Businesses Oregon ignores the City’s stated objectives that were the basis of its funding request, fails to question the City’s false claim that it lacks funding to construct the project as recommended by its consultants, shrugs at the construction of a major street project that fails to meet minimum standards for public safety and is content to be a partner in a project that does nothing but put another band aid on Classic Street.

Ms. Cheang, Manzanita citizens are entitled to an explanation as to how your agency plans to address the status of this project going forward given the above facts.

Respectfully, Randy Kugler

Submitted By: nehalembayexperience@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Zombies at TAPA,
Stand Up at NCRD,
Mojo at Netarts,
Fruit and Veg at the White Clover Grange!
COAST TIME WeekEnd PreView – October 23, 2025
run time 3:15 – no Ai – Cheers, Drew.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDisMjv9_ezqqTav8qUrd

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

DISCLAIMER: According to Alexa, there are 38,500 female persons in the US with the name Dixie! There are 135 female persons in Oregon with the name Dixie! So when you see an article in the BBQ written by Dixie, and you think it is the Dixie in Manzanita with the wine shop, you are not using critical thinking skills. Is it possible there could be another person named Dixie in this area? Yes! Its possible! If you have been rude to the Dixie in Manzanita because of mistaken identity, bring her some flowers and tell her you’re sorry. Thats how we all get along!

I have been seriously thinking about the local “NO KINGS” marchers. The people who turn out every Saturday for the “NO KINGS” march, care very much about our country. It takes a lot of dedication to turn out every Saturday. There is no question about their patriotism. These are dedicated people who love and want to protect their country.

I am guessing that they think that something is wrong somewhere with our country and they want to stop it! They are right in thinking something is wrong!! There is something very wrong! Most of us who try to keep up with what is happening feel the same way. So they do the “NO KINGS” protest, and the rest of us try keep up with the latest best info – (Not to be found in main street media) What we have found so far:
The following in no way demeans the patriotism
of the local NO KINGS protesters.

“THE NO KINGS” rallies are funded! These protests are funded!! The signs, the messaging, the TV promotions in the news, etc. about these rallies are funded by the George Soros’s “Open Society Foundation”!! ( I do not think the local protests here is funded in any way) The Open Society Foundation, founded by George Soros is the world’s largest private funder of independent groups, SECRETLY working towards a “One World Government.” George Soros funded with millions of dollars, district attorneys running for that office, who vowed not to prosecute criminals!

KEY FINDINGS – the following information is from the FGA – the Foundation for Government Accountability:
George Soros has spent $40 million to elect district attorneys in states across the country. Soros backed district attorneys have a track record of failing to prosecute criminals, leading to rising crime rates across the country.

These Soros-backed district attorneys now represent more than 70 million Americans— They are now poised to treat ELECTION SECURITY the same way they have treated public safety!!

ELECTION SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY backed by George Soros dollars? BYE BYE AMERICA!

Right now Oregon has the worst voter rolls in the nation – proved by a lawsuit brought about by Judicial Watch. ( legal document to be found on the internet)

The One World government is to be achieved by many different ‘quiet weapons’ such as laws sneaking past unknowing voters, TV news that distorts reality, funding Antifa and opposition groups etc. This ‘one world government’ will not be a democracy – It will be more like, but worse than, Chinese Communism!

We should all be worried! President Donald Trump is very small potatoes compared to the power of these groups that want to have a One World Order! POWER and MONEY? They have most of it, but they don’t have the power of the people. That is why they are dividing us and pitting us against each other. A COUNTRY DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND. Do you get it now!!

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Please join our North County Resistance Group this coming Saturday, October 25 in Nehalem from noon to 2 PM. We need to protect health care, end the shutdown of our government, make sure people have enough food, stop the harassment of all our citizens, and do it in a peaceful manner. We need to keep up our commitment to non-violence while sending a message to our elected officials that we are not happy. More later.

Best,
Patty