Category: General Interest

Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Posting on behalf of Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Revenue Diversification Community Conversations

At the end of the Special Session Council Meeting on November 8, council discussed how best to engage and prepare the community for different strategies of revenue diversification.

Councilor Spegman spoke a little about the work he and Council President Kozlowski have been doing to start the ball rolling by meeting with what Spegman called a focus group. The mayor and a few folks in the audience had questions about the formation of the group, how people were chosen and who was asked to participate. The group is not an ad hoc committee or a committee of any kind.

I emailed Councilor Spegman to get some answers. When I don’t know the facts about something it’s easy for me to build a story that backs up whatever my perceptions are. Sometimes those are misperceptions. In a vacuum without facts, that’s exactly how conspiracy theories arise.

Jerry Spegman was appointed by a consensus of the last council to take the lead on revenue diversification. Linda Kozlowski took the lead as Council President on the “Conversations With Councilors” community discussions. The first topic of those conversations was city hall, the second was short term rentals. The mayor was asked to participate in these meetings with her colleagues but chose not to, which explains why she didn’t know about this.

After the conversations about short term rentals, Councilor Kozlowski suggested that revenue diversification should be the next topic.

In his email to me Spegman wrote, “it seemed like a no brainer, except more complex than str’s because it involved multiple strategies with overlapping timelines and different approval and enforcement mechanisms.
“We immediately realized that we needed to roll out these conversations sequentially, over an extended timeframe, and with more aggressive outreach to gain public buy-in (or not), given how difficult it can be to raise taxes/fees
“In order to design the conversations properly, we agreed to consult on the front end with a mix of community members – I may be missing someone, but I believe the list is Brian Postle, Judy Suggs, Sue McGrath, Deb Galardi, Connie Burton, Doug Sparks, John Gufstufson, Brad Hart (out now), Joy Nord, and Gerald Wineinger.
“…I see this group as sort of a planning committee to get the conversations right, and somewhat akin to the focus group Linda and I practiced our city hall conversation with at the Cottages up on Classic.”

So, it’s not a standing, policy-setting committee requiring applications and appointments. City Manager Aman called it a “stakeholder’s group” with two councilors collaborating to tap into a range of community insights about how best to engage the community on revenue diversification.

When I looked at the list of community members who were tapped, I see a broad cross section of people with a variety of perspectives. Two of those folks won’t be part of the group—Brad Hart, who is now on council, and Gerald Wineinger, who sadly passed away. I trust Councilors Spegman and Kozlowski to choose whether or not, they need to fill those spots.

Any of the strategies for revenue diversification will mean some change for members of the community, but it will also mean mo’ money from mo’ sources and less dependence on short term vacation rentals. That’s a good thing.

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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BINGO! BINGO! BINGO! at the Pine Grove Community House

Members — Join us Tuesday November 21 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm for Bingo at The Pine Grove Community House, located in Manzanita.

Become a new member at the door. Come share food, drink, community and Bingo!!

Submitted By: columbiagrove@msn.com – Click to email about this post

FOR THOSE WHO MISSED THE MANZANITA CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023

(The body of this letter was previously emailed to the City of Manzanita, Mayor Deb Simmons, Council Members, and the City Manager Leila Aman.)

I am very embarrassed by the behavior shown at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, continuing a behavior not appropriate.

What happened to Roberts Rules of Order, decorum, common courtesy, and politeness?

Mr. Spegman’s behavior toward Mayor Simmons was despicable, bullying and aggressing and reprimanding her, while she was speaking, showed all of us how out of line you are. You and the other councilors and the city manager are a microcosm of the national lack of civility the last few years.

Mayor Simmons has been endlessly polite and has tried to operate as a professional with integrity, following the rules of the city charter and the city.
For example, learning that Mr. Spegman and Ms. Kozlowski had formed an “ad hoc” committee against the city’s rules, didn’t cause her to yell at the two of you. But, her pointing out your thwarting of the rules was too much for you.

Mr. Spegman used to be an attorney, so he should know better!

Why did no one step up to defend Mayor Simmons, and try to control Mr. Spegman? His anger and hate and frustration were so excessive and inappropriate.

A number of citizens, some months ago, during public comments, called out the behavior of the entire council and city manager toward Mayor Simmons. So, you are aware how the citizens feel about your collective behavior.

“Residency” does not specify ownership of home or renting, etc.
“Residency” does not deny one’s ability to leave the city limits for whatever reason the person chooses.
“Residency” does not demand that you need permission to visit or go shopping or whatever you want or need to do. If it does, none of us are residents.

Instead of applauding Mayor Simmons’ dedication to our community, you attacked her.

Two of the council members are brand new, filling positions open by resignation, and APPOINTED by THREE people. Mayor Simmons was ELECTED to her position, receiving 356 votes from the community, more than the two councilors elected the same day: Mr. Mayerle, 307 votes and Ms. Kozlowski, 294 votes.
Mayor Simmons probably had even more supporters, since many do not vote for a person running unopposed.

Many of us are upset by the continued behavior of the councilors and city manager, including trying to contaminate Mayor Simmons by extensive public opinion pieces.

The results of the “complaint” and “resolution” should be made available to the public. Too much has been kept from the community, even though many have asked for financial and other details. The community is paying the bills!

What are you hiding from the public? How are we supposed to trust you?

If you want the support of the entire community, you need to act as responsible adults and apologize, and change your behavior, and start treating the citizens and the mayor and your fellow councilors honorably.

Our entire world is in chaos, and our community should be better than this!

Sandy Wood
11-11-2023

P.S. If you would like to view the video of the incident being referenced above, the video is posted on the City of Manzanita’s website, at the end of the regular session meeting on 11-08-2023 at the 1:38:38 timestamp mark.

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

I have been getting hate mail accusing me of leaving BBQ once I was ‘challenged’. This is not true, so I am asking BBQ to reconsider my final contribution, which contains my response to that challenge.

I am asking this in the name of equity and inclusiveness. It isn’t fair that I was challenged and then got cancelled and was not allowed to respond.

At the very least, this post has an amazing, historic video from 1974, Geraldo Rivera actually, that every American should see. It should be required viewing in every high school history class.

If this doesn’t get posted so be it, but I think it’s only fair.

+++++

It’s been fun, but I’m done posting on BBQ. This forum is going back off my radar. My posting on BBQ happened kinda by mistake anyway, after I was told a ‘community member’ took a picture of the bumper stickers on my car and said I was a retard or something like that. I had no other way to respond (his post pissed me off) because I abhor social media, cell phones, etc., mostly a mind-control waste of time in my view (we only live once people, let’s stop staring at those screens), and BBQ was the only way I could think of to address his insult.

And then ya’ll got months of my thinking, some of it appreciated in emails, some of it not (hate mail).

The thing is, I’m really not that interested in continuously educating ya’ll with this three year-old vax stuff. I’m more interested in what the tech/banker/globalist planners have in store for us in the future, other than the ongoing wars. What do they think they are going to do, and how will THEIR plans affect US, if at all? (Their plans usually affect us, big time.)

In fact, I thought my recent Whitney Webb post (the future plans of our overlord tech priests) might be my last, but then I chimed in to defend and thank Dixie for her contributions to the ‘vax’ dialogue on BBQ. (Dixie Gainer! NOT the Dixie that owns the wine shop on Laneda Ave. in Manzanita! And you should go buy some wine from that Dixie! Lots of it! Then go home and drink it while reading the other Dixie’s posts!) Doh!

Anyway, I’ve left a lot of links to great resources if you shot the vax and want to understand what happened to you. None of the links are from the big-tech big-pharma sponsored fact-checkers though. I also left a trail of other links explaining how, in my view, World War Three started and could have been stopped.

But I’m moving on to other stuff with my time, looking more at things being proposed by the tech/banker creeps that might show up a few years down the road, after the wars. And I’m fishing and hunting and working.

TODAY’S ALMOST LAST POST:

This insurance industry article (boring!) is actually a good read. What is causing the excess deaths in young folks? The article doesn’t offer an answer.

I have a guess though.

And I am choosing to use this article as yet another cautionary flag: I still ain’t shooting their junk!

From an insurance-industry trade rag:

insurancenewsnet.com/innarticle/excess-mortality-continuing-surge-causes-concerns

I am very curious though, how a military-draft would affect excess-mortality calculations in premiums for young people?

You gotta remember, this is the most diverse administration in U.S. history! This administration is all about equity and inclusiveness!

They will most-assuredly be drafting our young women (if there is a draft), along with our young men, to fight in their wars.

After all of their fake-equity nonsense, they kinda have to draft the young women, you know?

So yeah, will life-insurance be more expensive for 18 year-old girls in the coming year(s)?

thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4289645-bring-back-the-draft-a-divisive-battle-may-loom-over-any-major-war/

And we all better hope that North Korea doesn’t enter the war, because they will clearly out-groove us:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbC6dLG_dQY

Joking aside (hey, you gotta laugh or you’ll just cry all the time), the world war situation is actually much worse than you probably think. The neo-Cons running the Woke War-Con, aka “Biden”, are very much planning to attack Iran:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMj1Fz5BLA

And here is yet another great video from John Campbell! Gotta love that natural immunity!

It worked for me! (I got sick, then I got better!)

Then I watched billions of adults shoot a vax into their bodies that they didn’t need.

Then I watched them shoot that nasty junk into the bodies of their children.

And the shots didn’t even help the immune-compromised; the shots hurt/are hurting them, too.

(But now they can sue! Woot woot! Score one for the peeps!)

This talk of John’s is about natural immunity vs. vax immunity, not a hugely controversial thing, just interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Rvjt-UN5c

Responding to another BBQ post stating Nader should have endorsed Gore, then Gore would have won the Presidency??? Come on now! Gore DID win the Presidency! Bush STOLE it (don’t ya remember?), but Gore was too much of a pansy-*ss to claim his throne! There were ways, he gave up. I think with 9/11 and the neo-con war-pig’s brutal invasion of Iraq coming down the pipe, he likely calculated ‘screw it, history can lay that sh*t on George’. Whatever the case, he would have made a horrible president. Nader shoulda stuck to seatbelts though, I agree with the author there.

Here is a great, historic film of when the CIA/neo-con war-pig bankers murdered RFK, Jr.s uncle, a few years before they murdered RFK, Jr.’s father. And don’t you worry Democrats! RFK, Jr. will NEVER be president of the United States! You heard it here first! The war-pig neocons running today’s Democrat Party will absolutely, undoubtedly, most-assuredly kill him first. I’m sorry to say he doesn’t stand a chance (I’m keeping my RFK, Jr. for prez bumper-sticker on my car anyway). And they will likely kill him soon after he starts running as a 3rd Party candidate and starts spoiling the race for Biden or Gavin or whomever else the woke war-pigs want in power next.

Trump remains the only presidential candidate that can reel-back World War Three, which ‘Biden’ has already started. Trump never would have started these wars. Putin would never have invaded Ukraine if Trump was in power. But methinks the wars will be blown-up to monster-size by the time of the presidential election, so there might not be much that Trump, or anyone else, will be able to do to stop World Wars Woke. (Wars, that’s better)

The CIA even tried to bait Trump into attacking Iran when he was president, he declined. Tucker Carlson and Col. Douglas McGregor advised him, in person, against attacking Iran after the shot-down drone thing. (Trump: (after Iran shot down the old drone the CIA flew down the Iranian coast): “eh, it was old, only worth 2-million dollars…”. Luv it!!!!!!

Moving on to this fascinating piece of history:

Context Geraldo Rivera’s 1974 weekly show “Good Night America”. (A super ironic name when this particular episode aired.)

Hoover’s FBI and Dulles’ CIA took Abraham Zapruder’s Super 8 film footage of the assassination from him (he gave it to them, they didn’t give it back) and hid it from the public for TEN YEARS. The film proves JFK was killed by someone other than Oswald, that he was hit from shots fired in front of him. You can see it in the film for yourself. Oswald, so we are told from Dulles’ assassination report (History!), was behind John. In this video (it’s 60 years later so it no longer matters to the spooks running Google that the vid is displayed on their very useful-to-them YouTube channel), Geraldo Rivera and Dick Gregory show the film to the public for the first time, EVER. Think about that sh*t: ten years later. No cell phone cameras. No cameras on the sides of every building. You had to develop your film, wait days to see what you shot. So nobody saw what actually happened (unless you were there, and many were, and many talked, gotta research it…) for ten years.

When you watch the film and see Jackie climbing onto the back of the limo to pick up the pieces of John’s brain, remember that Oswald is supposedly behind John, firing the shots. He wasn’t, which his why Hoover’s FBI and Dulles’ CIA hid this film from the public for ten years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGdM7ut-Kk4

And here is my response to Hank’s ‘challenge’ of the John Campbell Switzerland video, which I wrote yesterday, but didn’t get posted for some reason. (I love the ‘challenge’, the dialogue, etc., and I hope we still wave to each other when we pass on North Fork!)

THE RESPONSE POST THAT DIDN’T GET POSTED:

A quote from a ‘reputable fact-checking organization’, linked to in a previous BBQ post:

“It’s being claimed a study by researchers in Switzerland found COVID-19 vaccines cause myocarditis in one in 35 people. This is false. The study found one in 35 participants reported levels of elevated troponin, which is not the same as having the inflammatory heart disease.”

That’s good news????

“It’s all good! I just have elevated levels of troponin, I don’t have myocarditis yet!”

Eh, I’m still not shooting the junk.

How about some research on those glass particles in the Remdisivir thing? That looked legit.

Or some ‘fact-checking’ on that legal case in Michigan that will finally allow folks to sue for their vax injuries?

John Campbell is a beautiful and highly intelligent man. I hate seeing him slandered by the ‘fact-checkers’ like Poynter (sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…and the oil and plastic and vax-loving Koch Brothers) or anyone else. I encourage everyone to watch John Campbell’s videos if you’re into the subject matter he presents.

I screwed up in one of my last posts, and I apologize. I wrote that my friend who is of 40 years, whose doctor told her that her myocarditis is likely from the vax (which was administered locally), “had to go see him twice a week”. I was wrong, and I apologize. She only has to go see him twice a month. I guess that’s good news too.

Oh…and if you want to fact-check that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsors Poynter (used by another to check facts in a previous post), you’ll have to do some fact-checking other than checking your facts with the big-tech-sponsored fact-checkers (basically all of them), and do a wee little bit of actual research.

Bonus:

The ‘Ukraine War’ is over. And just like I said, the negotiation will see Russia getting what it wanted (NATO to go away) before Boris Johnson (UK) killed the peace deal, which he killed by lying to Zelensky and telling him that Biden’s $110,000,000,000 in murderous ‘aid’ would actually help Ukraine.

The Democrats’ ‘aid’ for Ukraine could have seen $300,000,000 for each congressional district. There’s your NCRD money, paved roads, food for the homeless, drug sobriety programs, money for schools so teachers don’t have to strike and kids can actually go to skool, etc. etc.

Spending our money on the above instead of destroying Ukraine would have been very progressive.

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1722034150595522695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1722034150595522695%7Ctwgr%5Ed9c95ce8c6204ad338c4412d3642bb1969706d86%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2F

Yet still, today, the WSJ ran this advertisement (link) for more war. Apparently the only Ukrainians left for America to kill (we fund it) are the girls:

dnyuz.com/2023/11/08/if-not-me-who-as-ukraine-seeks-troops-women-prepare-for-the-call/

This is where all that fake-equity leads: the girls get to die too.

END OF TRANSMISSION
Andy Morris

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Go to WILD on Laneda Ave in Manzanita and see the November colored photo poster of truly great looking dogs and cats Labs Shepards who need a beach a hiking parent. Check Poirot the Cat They are there for no fault of their own discarded when no longer a puppy Left behind when moving a breakup family abuse loss of jobs finances some think its cute to make puppies So look at one in their eyes and say with the depth of your heart YOU ARE GOING TO BE OK NOW and understand that it may take 2 weeks or 2 month for them to feel safe that this is it Corinna and kie recently adopted from a hoarding breeder seized by animal are control

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

The cold and rainy weather is here again and some of our neighbors can really use a bit of help. The Food Pantry at Nehalem Methodist Church also has a clothing bank as you know and we also provide things like sleeping bags, tarps, tents, other outside gear when we have it. All made possible by your generous donations. I have also noticed that sometimes we have a client who is without a car, is walking, and that can sometimes affect how much food they are able to get. If they had a backpack it could really help make a difference for them. This doesn’t always mean they are homeless, or don’t have a job, they just don’t have a car. If you have a backpack you are not currently using, we can use it! And of course we can take clothing, tents, tarps, other outside gear you may have as well. A financial donation can also help us purchase non food items.

The church is located at 36050 10th St, near the Nehalem Post Office and is open Fri, Sat, Monday from 10-2 and Wed 12-4. Thank you for your continued support and assistance and if you have some free time, we would enjoy having you volunteer with us!
Kathleen Larson
volunteer

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Hello again to my fellow north coast people 🙂
It’s been six or eight months since my first post on NCBBQ.
My name is Scott Robertson and I am a handyman/ carpenter with some availability on my schedule!
Been living in Cannon Beach for the past couple of years now and have enjoyed the privilege of working with some incredible clients on many fun and challenging projects.

Please text me at 2069305401 and we can schedule a meeting or open a line of communication so that I can help you get ready for the Holidays and winter.

Lots of experience with all sorts of home maintenance from decks to siding/ trim, kitchens and bathrooms, shelving and storage, windows and doors, you name it.

looking forward to helping out however I’m able.

Yours,

SWR

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Thanks for the posts brother! I’m guessing you got plenty of shit as well!

Check out my stripper movie! Lots of Oregon in it!

Tempest Storm opens it and when we filmed her in Vegas I gave her a kiss on the cheek. I’m now two kisses away from JFK and Elvis! She dated both…

I asked her a few things about John. She said Jackie didn’t care that she was screwing John. Fun anecdotes.

Have a great night brother!

Here is The Dancer Diaries, I wrote the book during the production of the Iran film. Needed to de-stress after a days work on the film, a strip club down the street accomplished that objective:

tubitv.com/movies/575933/the-dancer-diaries

Andy

🙂

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Posting on behalf of Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Mayor’s Residency Discussion Fact Check

To clarify both the information and timeline presented during the discussion on the mayor’s residency, I watched and transcribed the November 8 regular session at hour 1:38 to the end at 2:06 several times.

Since the emails to council from the mayor on October 3 (in which she quotes Councilor Spegman’s September 23 email) and from Luke Belant at the Secretary of State’s office in response to Councilor Spegman query had been made part of the public record, I was able to access those emails along with information about the sale of the mayor’s house from the County. All this information is public. To understand how we got to where we are now, a timeline of how it unfolded is helpful.

Simmons said that her home sold in September. However, the property is listed in the Tillamook County property database (document number 2023-003467) as sold August 7, 2023. She and her husband bought a home in Wilsonville on August 10, 2023 (Clackamas County property database document number 2023-028696).

Simmons gave the address of a friend’s home on Dorcas where she now stays when in town.

Simmons said she shared her situation with two neighborhood groups and at a Mayor Monday but she didn’t contact any of her colleagues on Council until October 3 after her residency was put on the agenda.

On September 23, Councilor Spegman emailed Simmons:
hi, Deb – I have asked Leila to place the question of your residency on the agenda for the October 4 meeting so that the council can determine, under ORS 236.010 and Charter sections 12(3) and 32, if you should remain in office.
Like others, I was expecting you to clarify your situation at either the September
meeting or work session, if not sooner. We cannot wait any longer as we will soon have
the results of the investigation and we’ll have to decide as a council how much, if any,
we should share with the public, and then determine next steps in that process
I regret that we have to deal with this in such a formal and perhaps adversarial manner.
You may well have facts to share which could warrant a different approach and/or
outcome, but you have not been forthcoming to date. Let me know if you would like to
discuss this prior to the October meeting. Jerry

At the November meeting when Spegman asked Simmons why she didn’t speak with anyone on council earlier, she said she was moving and had a personal health crisis with her husband. She said she believed that as a volunteer she had a right to keep private her situation. The private reasons for her move were not the subject of concern, but her residency is. Simmons moved in August but it wasn’t until her residency was put on the agenda that she alerted council with the October 3 email.

Simmons states in that email and in her remarks at the November meeting that she spoke with several authorities to confirm her residency—the county elections clerk, Luke Belant in the Secretary of State’s office and with her personal attorney, who then contacted the city attorney. Simmons said at the meeting and in the email of October 3 to council that she was assured by these authorities that she was resident of Manzanita in good standing.

Her October 3 email reads:
When I moved .3 of a mile from Treasure Cove Lane to Dorcas Lane in Manzanita, I registered my new residence with the City Hall as to the advice from our city manager.
In addition, I spoke with the Secretary of State Election’s Division, Deputy Director, Luke Belant. He was familiar with the prior research, reviewed my questions on residency and felt my residency was valid. Further, my attorney notified the facts of my move to the city attorney, James Walker. Mr. Walker said there is no issue with my residency as long as I registered it with the City Hall, and added he would advise the city council of his opinion.
Completing my process, I maintain the same mailing address at the Post Office, notified the DMV of my change of address who, they informed me, notified the election clerk of Tillamook County. I am, without question, a resident of Manzanita in good standing.

Here is Luke Belant’s email response to Councilor Spegman’s query about Simmons email. Following a phone conversation Spegman sent Belant Simmons email and he responded:

From: BELANT Luke * SOS <luke.belant@sos.oregon.gov>
Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2023 1:11:58 PM
To: Jerry Spegman <jspegman@ci.manzanita.or.us>
Subject: FW: ATTENTION: Luke Belant

Thank you for providing a copy of this statement after our phone conversation. After reading the statement, I want to clarify a few things that may have been misconstrued.  
 
The Elections Division does not provide formal validation of residence for voters via verbal communication or otherwise.  It is not our role to do so.
The Tillamook County Clerk is responsible for Investigating the registration of a voter and making a determination of residency.
If an individual believes a violation of election law has occurred, they are encouraged to report a violation to the Elections Division. To view information about the types of investigations conducted by the Elections Division, and to submit a report, please visit:
sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/election-law-violation.aspx

At hour 1:53 when discussing the mayor’s residency James Walker, the city attorney, stated, “I want to be clear, that the question that was presented to me with respect to the mayor’s residency was a narrow question, about conceptually if someone moves from one location within a city to another location within the city, does that sole fact on its face impact that person’s residency and the answer is no…”

But there are two separate issues concerning residency. The first is residency as it pertains to voting. I’ve included the rule which most applies here.

ORS 247.035 Rules to consider in determining residence of person for voting purposes.
(c) A person shall not be considered to have gained residence in any location in this state into which the person comes for temporary purposes only, without the intention of making it a person’s home.

Besides a current driver’s license and post office box an elections official may also consider where utilities are paid and, “Where any immediate family members of the person resides.”
Simmons said that her husband is living in the Portland area to be close to medical facilities.

The second issue regarding residency is as it pertains to members of an existing governing body. Under the Charter a vacancy can occur in a few self-executing ways—death, committing a felony and loss of residency. The action creates the vacancy.

Spegman pointed out that until now, no member of the governing body has tried to remain in office after moving. He pointed out that Councilor Mayerle resigned when he moved out of town and his seat was filled by a resident. Council has a duty under the Charter to resolve the issue, if they find that a vacancy has occurred.

At the 1:52 mark, Walker says the Charter supports council’s ability to be the final judge of the qualifications of its members and that includes residency. When pressed to weigh in, he made clear that it’s not the city attorney’s role to determine what the qualifications of members of the governing body are or the residency of its members.

When asked if there are any ramifications by ignoring the residency of the mayor Walker said, “Well, I would say that one item the council should be mindful of in looking at the residency question—it’s important to carry out that responsibility because it can impact the effectiveness of certain decisions that the governing body makes. It’s important that every member of council is a resident for voting purposes. If there are votes conducted for example that have non-residents it could impact the efficacy of the vote, if it’s a close split and concerns the underlying efficacy of decisions made by council.”

What that means is if a councilor or mayor becomes a non-resident and votes on something contentious like the Manzanita Lofts and the decision is a close split, the city could face legal trouble.

Allowing a non-resident to hold a seat on Council also sets a precedent for the future. What would the ramifications be for the City?

At the end of the meeting, it was decided that Council will meet in executive session to receive legal analysis and advice from Walker. Simmons is out of the state until December 4.

The next Council meeting is December 6.

If you weren’t able to watch the meeting, I encourage you to do so.

https://youtu.be/cEWAkDSTeCE
(you might need to cut and paste)

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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If anyone wants to see what was to be my final BBQ post, including my response to Hank’s ‘challenge’ to the John Campell video, which I wrote within one hour of that dumb-*ss post, feel free to email me. It’s four days old now though…
I am now finished trying to wake ya’ll up to what happened to you three years ago.
Screw you Covidians for what you did to the children. I will never forget what you all did to them.
And screw you pro-war liberals, don’t even bother to say hello, you disgust me.
Enjoy your wars and your pandemic #2, ‘liberals’.
For the final ‘BBQ’ post, shoot me a line:
AndyNorris21@yahoo.com
🙂

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Hello Folks in BBQ land, If you have responded to one of my BBQ announcments and have not received a response from me, it could have landed in my Spam folder. I apologise for not suspecting that this could happen. It happened today. I have never looked at the Spam folder. I got the feeling that I should today. I found a time sensitive request for cleanning. I promise from now on, if I post, I will check the Spam folder. Take good care, Suzanne

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I’m a Certified Health Coach and would like to share what role a health and wellness coach can play in your life.

I’m a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NY State. I chose that school for their well-rounded curriculum encompassing everything from diet and nutrition habits to physical fitness, creative expression, spiritual, mental and emotional health and more. The journey through the coursework had to be part of my own healing as well. We’re all on the road…

“Health & wellness coaches partner with clients looking to enhance their well-being through self-directed lasting changes, aligned with their values. In the course of their work, health & wellness coaches display unconditional positive regard for their clients and a belief in their ability to change, honoring the fact that each client is an expert on their own life while ensuring that all interactions are respectful and non-judgmental.”
We are all bio-individuals. What works for one isn’t always the exact recipe for another. I’m here to support you in your process along with having knowledge of many avenues of support and common ways of natural health that can be adapted to fit your needs. Our bodies are all natural gardens. What we put into our soil, what our lives consume (through foods, habits, relationships etc.) will dictate what we grow; good health, not so good, emotional balance or imbalance, spiritual contentedness, cancer, metabolic diseases etc. We used to think our inherited genetics where the luck of the draw and that our habits wouldn’t matter, but our genes only affect 10% of our health outcomes. How we live dictates whether the dimmer switch of those genes are turned up or down. We can affect the other 90% of expression. That’s a lot of power!

If your Dr. has made a recommended lifestyle change and you’d like support to get there? Health coaches are a proven factor in getting the results you seek. Are you simply wanting to be healthier and not sure where to start or want support in any of the following areas:
I’m here for you!

Better sleep habits
Increasing social support
Decreasing stress
Decreasing toxin exposures / healthy home environment
Relief from depressive symptoms
Improving physical activity
Improving metabolic health
Weight loss
Healthy food and hydration choices
Healthy eating habits and recipes
Personal Chef / making cultured foods at home
Improve gut and immune health
Intermittent and extended fasting
Spiritual and meditative practices
Healthy fertility, pregnancy, postpartum nourishing, and healthy happy kids
Breast health / cancer prevention
Anti-cancer living (preventive or healing/living with)
Longevity
Cultivating joy

“Health & wellness coaches train in behavior change theories and motivational strategies. They use these to support the client in creating and sustaining change for improved health and well-being.”

I have a 25 year background as a holistic bodyworker using massage, acupressure, reflexology, aromatherapy and other natural spa wellness habits. Using aromatherapy with acupressure and reflexology are a powerful combination. I love sharing these skills with my clients. I also work in the world of maternity support and was a maternity specialized massage therapist and birth doula for 15 years as well as a Dancing For Birth Trainer and class Instructor. DFB promotes empowered birthing in all environments and is for those who are preconception to postpartum.

I’m currently building a new website so don’t have a live one yet, but you can reach me for a free health coach consultation / discovery session. timeandtidehealthcoaching@gmail.com
971.977.0166 / phone / text

We meet on the phone, video or in-person in your home or a public meeting place. We discuss your health goals and how they can be achieved.
We then decide on a length of contracted 45 min. sessions. This can be one session, 6 in 6 weeks, 6 in 3 months or 12 over 6 months with most sessions happening every other week. Once contracted we choose where to meet for sessions and can sometimes enjoy a moving meeting where we hike some of our local magnificent trails and beaches together. My favorite!

Please feel free to reach out to me to see how I can be of service to you. Wellness and health are my passion as they are a gift to me that I don’t like to take for granted.

Thank you for valuing your health and mine.

Yours in kindness and wellness,
~ Libby
Elizabeth Golden Seaver
Time and Tide Health Coaching

Quoted sections above taken from NBHWC – National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches

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

POSTED IN BEHALF OF DEBBIE CURLEY

I LOVE NCRD! That’s why I’m urging you to Vote YES on the upcoming renewal of its 5-year tax Levy.

From the moment I walked into the doors of NCRD, I felt welcomed, included, and supported! My passion for fitness led me to join the center, but it’s been the members, staff, and the variety of programs, that have kept me coming! The fitness and yoga instructors are top notch, and the classes offered are inclusive of all abilities, whether you’re young or wizened!

In addition to the classes and the fitness center, I’ve attended a number of fund raising and social events in the gym and in the various rooms that can be rented and used by the community. One of the attractions that draws me down the hall, is the art that adorns the walls of the River Room and the art room. The art is by local artists, and when the items are for sale, some or all of the proceeds benefit local programs or communities, so it’s a win win!

Another program that impressed me, and that I volunteer at, is the before and after school program, Playcare. Angie and her team, assure a safe, well-supervised, stimulating environment, for the children attend. This important program, is offered at a fair price and there are scholarships to those families that need assistance. As a single mom, I know how much a program such as this, was a life saver when I was raising my daughters!

While my participation and use of programs at NCRD has been limited to my personal interests, I’m very much aware of the Aquatics programs, the preschool program that uses the space, and the many other services and programs that are offered at NCRD. I’m proud to be a member of this organization that provides so much to the community! Connection, Community, and Inclusivity are at the heart of this center.

Vote YES for NCRD! No increase in taxes to you, and none of this goes to the funding of the new pool! This levy will assure that all programs, services, and operational costs can be covered! How has NCRD been part of your life and those around you? Let’s keep it going!

Debbie Curley
Member, Volunteer, Friend of NCRD

Submitted By: onesmartwoman99@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I previously posted that Tillamook County is planning to award a $337,600 contract to renovate the DA’s office.

This is still true, however the square footage I quoted was incorrect. 166 sq ft was from a previous bid announcement that went out but was never awarded and was from a smaller portion of the project.
Thanks

Submitted By: onesmartwoman99@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

This Wednesday, November 8th 2023, the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners plan to approve a contract with Columbia Cascade Construction Inc for a $337,600 renovation of the District Attorney’s office. The space to be renovated is stated as 166 sq.ft, which is roughly the square footage of a 11ft x 15ft room. This contract approval will happen at the Commissioners meeting which starts at 9:00am, at Tillamook County Courthouse 201 Laurel Avenue, Tillamook, Oregon 97141. The public is welcome to attend.
The contract consideration is item #7 on the agenda.
You can see the agenda here: www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/board_of_county_commissioners/meeting/88901/2023-11-08_bocc_agenda_-_final.pdf
You can read the contract here: www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/board_of_county_commissioners/meeting/88901/7._pwr_columbia_cascade_-_da_office_remodel_exp_2024_06-30.pdf
You can see the public notice call for bids that states the square footage of the project here: publicnotices.djcoregon.com/search/detail.aspx?detail=2473315
My question is, does anyone in the community know any details? What necessitates such a high price for such a small area? Commissioners have not provided public answers thus far.
Thanks.

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

Helping with Hunger in our Area

I’m sure most of you know we have two Senior Meal Sites and the North County Food Bank in our area.
The two Senior Meal Sites are located in Nehalem and Rockaway Beach.
This is some information I copied off the Senior Meal WebSite in Rockaway Beach:
Who We Serve
Our goal is to provide senior citizens in the area with a place to congregate, socialize, be entertained, and have access to an appetizing and nutritious dining experience. We serve senior citizens in North Tillamook County. Our patrons come from Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Brighton, Nedonna, Rockaway Beach, Twin Rocks, Barview, Garibaldi and from unincorporated areas of the North County. Our target population is senior citizens, with a special dedication to seniors who are home bound. For those people who are unable to come to the meal site, we deliver a freshly prepared, complete packaged meal, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Many of these homebound are not able to shop; thus, we also deliver additional frozen meals and snacks, so they have meals for six days of the week. This Meal Site in Rockaway Beach is open from 11:30 to 12:30, at the Catholic Church Dining Hall. This year, 2023 they are on track to serve about 13,000 meals. This comes out to a little over 240 meals per week! They ask for a donation of $4 per meal, but it is not required. $20 would provide 5 meals for our Seniors. You can help by sending a check to Meals for Seniors, Inc., PO Box 852, Rockaway Beach, Oregon, 97130.

Nehalem Senior Lunches are provided at the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church. Meals here are $5, and again, no one is turned away. This is information I copied off the Nehalem Senior Lunches website:
Senior Lunches
Nehalem Senior Lunches provides lunch for people to dine in-house for community and conversation, pick up, or delivery to home bound folks. Request $5 donation per meal.
Hours:Tuesdays/Thursdays noon to 1
(Call the church office at (503) 368-5612 to order pick up or request delivery). Your contribution to this cause can be sent to Nehalem Senior Lunches, PO Box 156, Nehalem, Oregon 97131

The North Tillamook County Food Bank located in Wheeler is a huge help to our local families. Not only do they provide food but also have a clothing bank. Here is some information from their website:

Click the button to donate online by debit/credit card or using your PayPal account. You will have to go to their website to do this.
Financial donations enable us to purchase wholesome food at wholesale prices from the Oregon Food Bank and local grocers.
You can also send checks made out to “North County Food Bank”:
North County Food Bank
P.O. Box 162
Wheeler, OR 97147
We will send you a donation acknowledgement for your tax records.
If you would like to make a gift of appreciated stock, please contact us for wire transfer information.
Information about the Clothing Bank is as follows:
You are welcome to bring donations of food, gently used clean clothing and shoes, and hygiene items during open hours at the Food Bank. We are currently open from 12 pm – 3 pm on Tuesdays.
We especially appreciate donations of non-perishables, such as peanut butter, dry pasta, soups, canned fruit and vegetables, beans, rice, and other staples.
For clothing, we especially need men’s work clothes (jeans and work shirts—not business clothes), practical shoes for men and women, leggings/yoga pants for women, and clothes and shoes for children. We need children’s toys and stuffed animals, as well as sheets, blankets, and towels.
If you can’t make it on a Tuesday with your donation, contact us and we’ll arrange a pick up. Contact information: If you have any questions or comments, please contact us via email or phone.

Email
northtillamookcountyfoodbank@gmail.com

Phone
(503) 368-7724 (messages only)
Please note the North County Food Bank will be providing all the trimmings and a turkey dinner for Thanksgiving.
The Rockaway Beach Lions will be serving about 22 families for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. They would love a donation sent to Lions, PO Box 611, Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136.

If you’ve read all through this you probably deserve something, but for right now let’s concentrate on helping and donating what we can to our neighbors and their families for the holiday season. Thanks very much! Patty

Submitted By: Cpossibility1023@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Dear Community, we’re coming down to the wire. Ballots must be dropped by 8pm tomorrow. Regardless of the outcome, I implore you to get involved, attend the board meetings (2nd Thursday, 6pm) ask questions, be a stand and ensure the NCRD becomes a Treasure for ALL.

Take a moment to read again what was said directly to me when meeting with a BM while specifically looking for stage accessibility in the PAC: ‘Why are you poking your nose in this’, ‘I have a disability, you don’t see me asking for special favors’; ‘You don’t want to get on the wrong side of the board, ‘WE HAVE OUR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS’. Again, not one board member or staff disputed those comments, not one.

My dream for having the NCRD be a treasure for ALL is ATTAINABLE. I believe in the mission statement: which is to promote the Educational, Recreational, Social and Physical well being for the entire North County Community by providing activities for all ages and abilities in an inviting environment.

AND change is not going to happen as long as the status quo culture is supported with OUR tax dollars.

Again, Voting down the levy will not be the end of the NCRD. It will not be the end of the swim program or the after-school program, or those coming from the Health district. What it will do, it will send a clear message, it’s time for the NCRD to be for ALL.

So one last time:

If you are one who has had a negative experience, or been treated with less than respect with the NCRD staff or board.
Vote No.

If you are one who experiences the NCRD as not listening to the needs for ‘all ages and abilities’ as stated in the (nowhere to be displayed) mission statement.
Vote No.

If you are someone whose experience of requesting clarity, or asking questions to the board or the NCRD is as effective as spitting in the wind.
Vote No.

If you are someone who doesn’t trust the NCRD, or the Board, for any reason.
Vote No.

If you believe the NCRD functions as an ‘old boys club’, and you’re tired of paying for it.
Vote No.

If you are someone who is no longer using the NCRD.
Vote No.

If you believe the board should create committees to look for stage accessibility; youth recreation (skatepark); community alliance; and won’t.
Vote No.

VOTE NO for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility

/Constance