Category: General Interest

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

One of the saddest moments of my life was pulling into Neahkahnie Middle School to pick-up my daughter and seeing dozens and dozens of sad, masked children, outside, standing six-feet apart, not talking, staring at their phones and feet.

The school shutdowns and mask mandates handed down from the CDC to the OHA to then Governor Brown to the boards of education traumatized a generation of children, drove up suicide rates, drove up drug abuse rates, increased domestic violence (specifically at-home child abuse), and set all of our children back emotionally and academically.

All of this was done ostensibly to prevent children from getting SARS-CoV-2, a disease from which the vast majority of children barely express symptoms.

Candidate Bayouth-Real has a history of social media posts containing hysterical views associated with the pandemic. Many of those posts suggest that the anti-scientific, unhealthy, and devastating restrictions placed on our children were not Draconian enough. She clearly lacks the balance and emotional stability needed to properly care for our children when difficult situations present themselves.

Landon Meyers is steadfast, firm, educated and a proven public servant. Our children need stability right now, they need a rock, they need someone who will fight for them, someone who will let them go to school, someone who will let them be children. Landon Myers is that someone.

Our children deserve a break from the hysterical covid tyrants. Let the kids learn, let the kids be kids.

Landon Meyers for School Board, Zone 2.

Andy Norris

Neahkahnie School District

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

The WHO says, today, that the ‘pandemic’ is over!

But let’s take a look at Fauci, the undeserved ‘hero’ of the last several years.

Fauci’s been accused of mass-murder for decades.

First AIDS, now ‘covid’.

Remember AIDS and AZT? I do.

rumble.com/v2m2pq2-nih-protests-1980s-against-fauci-suppressing-effective-treatments-pushing-d.html

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

This is the story of one man’s relentless “war” with Manzanita’s City Council and City Manager as disclosed in a review of public records. We, the undersigned Manzanita voters, describe this story below in the interest of full transparency and in the hope that Mayor Deb Simmons will step up and stop this clandestine and destructive interference in our city’s affairs.
For the past five years, Randy Kugler, who was a city manager here 30 years ago, has persistently pushed his personal agenda on the Council and city administration because of what he calls “inept” public officials and a “complacent citizenry.” In 2018 and 2019, he pestered city staff to advance his budget and city hall proposals. Though unappointed and unelected, he pressured the Hoffman Center for the Arts Board to sell its property as part of an unauthorized city hall scheme. He issued imperious demands to the city manager if his requests were not answered quickly enough. Even now he continues a campaign of harassment of the current city manager. Mr. Kugler’s contempt for our entire community is best illustrated by his dismissal of “80-year-old EVC volunteers” as participants in a scheme to promote Manzanita as a “disaster destination.”
When he came in dead last in his 2020 bid for election to the Council, Mr. Kugler settled the next year on a new tactic—what he termed the “Simmons project.” As part of that project, Mr. Kugler joined forces with Bill Simmons, a similarly disgruntled resident. They chose Deb Simmons, Bill’s wife, as someone with the necessary “star power” to be the spokesperson for their positions on local issues. Mayor Mike Scott’s unexpected withdrawal from the 2022 mayoral race on June 2 presented the opportunity to put Deb forward as a candidate for mayor, which she announced three days after Scott withdrew.
After her uncontested election, Mr. Kugler began coaching Mayor Simmons for the role of mayor and dispensed advice to her and Councilors Brad Mayerle and Jerry Spegman as a self-appointed “trusted advisor.” He also prepped Mayor Simmons before Council meetings. Describing their campaign of disruption as a “war” in a March 9 email to Ms. Simmons, Mr. Kugler congratulated her on getting “Lelia [sic] to say some dumb things that I will further investigate.” He urged Mayor Simmons to be content with winning some “skirmishes” before moving on to “a battle here and there.” He encouraged her by saying, “You are getting better with each meeting. We’ll do some practice for next month.”
Did Manzanita voters elect Mr. Kugler as Mayor? Or did we elect Ms. Simmons? It appears from these public records that Mr. Kugler is pulling the strings behind the curtain. We do not object to the Mayor seeking advice from a trusted advisor, but Mr. Kugler has been an obsessive faultfinder for many years. He has consistently shown disdain for any opinions other than his own—on a new city hall, allocation of overhead costs, and short-term rentals. We urge Mayor Simmons to sever her relationship with a man who has harassed our city managers and sought to tear this city apart rather than to bring people together as the Mayor has said she wants to do. We also urge the City Council to support the City’s employees and protect them from harassment.
Deb Tinnin Judy Sugg Doug Sparks Kim Rosenberg Ben Rosenberg Connie Burton Bruce Burton Linda Kuestner Mark Kuestner Cindy Kenne Jack Kenne Paula Peek William Peek Brad Hart Christopher Mullins Lee Hamilton Laura Bailey Jenny Greenleaf Mary Marken Toni Greening Richard Neuman Thomas Aschenbrener Trevor Eastman
Public records request link This link provides access to 478 pages of records dating back to 2018 provided by the City of Manzanita in response to a public records request.
Here’s the full link: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zynKMPsX09z5Q6sTIg9DWRuMdHUW8JTR
Sources for this document Paragraph 2: February 13, 2018, Kugler email to Alamillo and Scott; August 26, 2019, Kugler email to Alamillo; August 2, 2021, Kugler email to Aman; February 16, 2023, Kugler email to Simmons, Spegman, and Mayerle; April 29, 2023, Tillamook County Pioneer op-ed Paragraph 3: August 28, 2021, Spegman email to Kugler; November 11, 2021, Kugler email to Spegman; June 6, 2022, BBQ post Paragraph 4: Kugler emails dated January 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 22, 23, 25, 2023; February 16, 19, 2023; March 6, 9, 14, 21, 2023; February 26 and March 9, 2023, Simmons emails to Kugler)

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

This from Suzanne Weber:

Today I am announcing that I am suing Senate President Rob Wagner and legislative leadership.
It has become clear that some members of the legislature don’t even know what is in some of their most extreme legislation. There is no greater example of this than the audible gasp that was heard from one sponsor of HB 2002 when they found out in a public hearing that their bill would allow a 10 year old girl to get an abortion without her parents even knowing about it.
It made me wonder; how could someone not know how extreme legislation they put their name to really is? How could they not understand what is in their own legislation.
The reality is that legislation and summaries of legislation are regularly written at a comprehension level of college graduate or higher.
The Senate has a rule against this. It’s a rule that we’ve been violating for a very long time and now, because of some of the most extremist legislation the Oregon Legislature has ever considered, we are reaping the results.
I brought this up on the floor to President Wagner. He ignored me. I objected. He overruled me. He will not ignore me now.
I cannot stand for such disregard of the rules, the law and the constitution.

Dixie Gainer says –
Dear Tillamook County resident, The Democrats, including Governor Kotek, are behind this atrocious rule making abortion and gender change available to ten year olds without parental knowledge. Do you really want a ten year old person getting an abortion or gender changes without parental notification? Really! Our Oregon legislature is totally corrupt as I have been pointing out from time to time – caused by a practically 14 year Democrat majority.
Even though the Oregon constitution says that Oregon voters get to vote for their supreme court justices – every supreme court judge in Oregon has been placed there by Kate Brown. The Democrats, including Governor Kotek, are behind this atrocious rule, making abortion and gender change available to ten year olds. This means that more than likely if the supreme court rules on this – they will rule in favor of the violator of the rules. You can make a lot of money on the side if you are a legislator in Oregon! Recently Shemia Fagan, our Secretary of State tried to do that but was caught!

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

POLITICAL/ SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Here’s a challenge for for anyone who appreciates proper, civil English diction, theater, and seamless editing, presenting very important information at rapid fire speed,( keeping up with him being one aspect of the challenge and the other is to consider the ideas).

If you accept the challenge, bear in mind that the first few minutes are Mr. Brands standard introduction, then the show begins.

Enjoy,
Tevis

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

Submitted By: danielccarroll@comcast.net – Click to email about this post

Today I stopped in at the Handy Creek Bakery in Wheeler to pick up some tasty treats and meet Erin Laskey. Erin impressed me as a kind, enthusiastic young mother with some wonderful ideas regarding the future of NCRD. After chatting for about 20 minutes, I felt like she would make an excellent representative reflecting the family values that I and most of my friends hold with high regard. My friends tend to be people that work in the construction trades, Dairy Farmers, work at the bank, deliver your rock or concrete, our first responders or work at the lumber yard – you know, the folks that work hard and get things done around here. Erin struck me as someone who would do a great job representing those of us that don’t have a lot of time to get involved but appreciate what NCRD offers them and their families. I offered to put one of her yard signs up for her. In the past, I have put up yard signs for candidates in my friends pasture at the corner of Hwy. 53 and Northfork rd., only to have them stolen within 24 hours. During the 23 years I have been part of this community, I believe this is only the second post I have ever sent to the BBQ. So my ask is, if you are planning on voting for the person that is running against Erin, don’t steal Erin’s sign. Don’t try to silence the opposition. Our community is too great to lower to such intolerant tactics.
-Dan Carroll

Submitted By: elaskey86@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I’m posting this on Linda’s behalf, Thank you Linda!

ERIN HAS MY VOTE
There are two candidates for Director 2 position on the board of North County Recreation District. Both candidates express a passion and energy for making changes at NCRD. Here is why Erin Laskey-Wilson has my vote.
First, I’m voting for Erin because I support her goals to bring back the fully inclusive “learn to swim” program and to grow the youth sports and family activities at NCRD. As a young parent whose children use the facilities, she is aware of the need in this community for expanding inclusive children and family services.
Second, as a lifelong patron of NCRD for swim lessons, child care, children’s activities, adult fitness, she has a broader, deeper awareness of the programs, services, and needs of the organization.
Erin believes in the greatness of NCRD and has a passion for making it greater. I believe that Erin is the best candidate for Director #2 position on the NCRD board.
Linda Makohon

Submitted By: Moliver@nvcarecenter.org – Click to email about this post

Looking for entertainment of any kind (volunteers are always welcome) for our residents at Nehalem Valley Care Center. Please contact me if you’re interested! Wishingfortherain@gmail.com

Submitted By: bachase411@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

If you want to be an informed voter in our county, you must become a persistent detective. Thanks to our local media for publishing letters as one way to learn about candidates!

In this election, voters will determine leadership of the Nehalem Bay Health District (NBHD) Board. As a Wheeler resident, I first became aware of this Board when it was doing little to improve local health outcomes. More recently, the reconstituted Board is remarkable for what it is delivering: a strategic plan shaped by citizen involvement, a vision for the future of local health services, and a range of funding resources to make it real.

All of this and more has been accomplished during Marc Johnson’s Board tenure. Results have taken time, expertise, and persistence. I attribute Marc’s leadership as a major factor in how the NBHD Board is serving us all.

My personal experience with Marc has demonstrated his effectiveness. Marc was a member of the Education and Engagement Committee I chaired for the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay. Marc was thoughtful, collaborative and invaluable in applying his experience to create more effective messages to our community about emergency preparedness. While I served on the Tillamook County Library Board, Marc was president of the North Tillamook Library Friends, the non-profit that provides and maintains the library building while the County provides staff and materials. Marc was an excellent steward of this win-win partnership. Marc is a leader who builds relationships that produce results; just one example is $3 million in federal funding for the new Nehalem Bay Health Center with the support of Senators Wyden and Merkley. Marc Johnson is the right leader to bring the new Nehalem Bay Health Center to completion. He deserves your vote!

Betsy Chase
Wheeler

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

Please join me in voting for Constance Shimek for the NCRD board, position 2.

I have known Constance for almost 10 years as a friend and fellow Nehalem Bay Garden Club member and know her to be a very hard worker and conscientious. She is right there doing whatever needs doing for the Club: from planning meetings and outings and making connections to hauling dirt and plants and making signs for the annual sale.

She is always thinking, looking for ways to make a difference. She is not afraid to think out of the box or to speak her mind. We haven’t always agreed and we have always remained friends because she is also a collaborator wanting to include other voices and isn’t attached to getting her way. If she sees something that needs attention she doesn’t just complain, she speaks up and offers solutions. These qualities are a winning combination in my way of thinking.

She is very passionate about the North County Recreation District. She has been on the Friends of NCRD board and attends NCRD board meetings regularly. She is deeply committed to making sure the pool gets built–a pool that is so very much needed and supported by our community. And she actually enjoys and is good at fundraising!

She is also passionate about transparency and making NCRD more available to all residents of the district.

Her heart, energy, enthusiasm, positivity and many skills are a great asset to our community and to NCRD in particular.

Please vote for Constance.
Thank you, Barbara McLaughlin

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

This is the story of one man’s relentless “war” with Manzanita’s City Council and City Manager as disclosed in a review of public records. We, the undersigned Manzanita voters, describe this story below in the interest of full transparency and in the hope that Mayor Deb Simmons will step up and stop this clandestine and destructive interference in our city’s affairs.

For the past five years, Randy Kugler, who was a city manager here 30 years ago, has persistently pushed his personal agenda on the Council and city administration because of what he calls “inept” public officials and a “complacent citizenry.” In 2018 and 2019, he pestered city staff to advance his budget and city hall proposals. Though unappointed and unelected, he pressured the Hoffman Center for the Arts Board to sell its property as part of an unauthorized city hall scheme. He issued imperious demands to the city manager if his requests were not answered quickly enough. Even now he continues a campaign of harassment of the current city manager. Mr. Kugler’s contempt for our entire community is best illustrated by his dismissal of “80-year-old EVC volunteers” as participants in a scheme to promote Manzanita as a “disaster destination.”

When he came in dead last in his 2020 bid for election to the Council, Mr. Kugler settled the next year on a new tactic—what he termed the “Simmons project.” As part of that project, Mr. Kugler joined forces with Bill Simmons, a similarly disgruntled resident. They chose Deb Simmons, Bill’s wife, as someone with the necessary “star power” to be the spokesperson for their positions on local issues. Mayor Mike Scott’s unexpected withdrawal from the 2022 mayoral race on June 2 presented the opportunity to put Deb forward as a candidate for mayor, which she announced three days after Scott withdrew.

After her uncontested election, Mr. Kugler began coaching Mayor Simmons for the role of mayor and dispensed advice to her and Councilors Brad Mayerle and Jerry Spegman as a self-appointed “trusted advisor.” He also prepped Mayor Simmons before Council meetings. Describing their campaign of disruption as a “war” in a March 9 email to Ms. Simmons, Mr. Kugler congratulated her on getting “Lelia [sic] to say some dumb things that I will further investigate.” He urged Mayor Simmons to be content with winning some “skirmishes” before moving on to “a battle here and there.” He encouraged her by saying, “You are getting better with each meeting. We’ll do some practice for next month.”

Did Manzanita voters elect Mr. Kugler as Mayor? Or did we elect Ms. Simmons? It appears from these public records that Mr. Kugler is pulling the strings behind the curtain. We do not object to the Mayor seeking advice from a trusted advisor, but Mr. Kugler has been an obsessive faultfinder for many years. He has consistently shown disdain for any opinions other than his own—on a new city hall, allocation of overhead costs, and short-term rentals.

We urge Mayor Simmons to sever her relationship with a man who has harassed our city managers and sought to tear this city apart rather than to bring people together as the Mayor has said she wants to do. We also urge the City Council to support the City’s employees and protect them from harassment.

Deb Tinnin
Judy Sugg
Doug Sparks
Kim Rosenberg
Ben Rosenberg
Connie Burton
Bruce Burton
Linda Kuestner
Mark Kuestner
Cindy Kenne
Jack Kenne
Paula Peek
William Peek
Brad Hart
Christopher Mullins
Lee Hamilton
Laura Bailey
Jenny Greenleaf
Mary Marken
Toni Greening
Richard Neuman
Thomas Aschenbrener
Trevor Eastman

Public records request link
This link provides access to 478 pages of records dating back to 2018 provided by the City of Manzanita in response to a public records request.

Sources for this document
Paragraph 2: February 13, 2018, Kugler email to Alamillo and Scott; August 26, 2019, Kugler email to Alamillo; August 2, 2021, Kugler email to Aman; February 16, 2023, Kugler email to Simmons, Spegman, and Mayerle; April 29, 2023, Tillamook County Pioneer op-ed

Paragraph 3: August 28, 2021, Spegman email to Kugler; November 11, 2021, Kugler email to Spegman; June 6, 2022, BBQ post

Paragraph 4: Kugler emails dated January 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 22, 23, 25, 2023; February 16, 19, 2023; March 6, 9, 14, 21, 2023; February 26 and March 9, 2023, Simmons emails to Kugler)

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

We are lucky to have four fine candidates for two open NCRD Director positions. I’ll be voting for Constance Shimek for Director Position #2.

I’ve known Constance for twenty years as a fellow learner, a client, a neighbor, and a friend. In our community, there are few people who bring so much energy and thoughtfulness as a volunteer to SO MANY efforts. I may not always agree with her but she has my confidence and respect.

Other supporters have written at length about her experience and efforts in the community and how they believe she’ll deal with NCRD’s challenges. In reading her own statements, here are a couple of items that really stood out for me:

1. About being a cancer survivor Constance wrote:

“I say welcome the diagnosis, we can only impact that which we are aware of.”

This kind of steely resolve can bring some dynamism to a board that’s had a few stumbles recently and will also be invaluable in hiring a new executive director who has the background, skill & courage to bring transformative change.

2. Constance made a specific point of talking about her hands-on participation in fundraising, not just for NCRD but for many other community causes. In fact, she seems to like doing it! This is reassuring to me when I think about the new pool project because we’re breaking ground without sufficient funds to finish. It will take a person like Constance, unafraid to make powerful requests, to succeed.

Please vote for Constance!

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

But what about all the lies?? And there were many, many, many of them:

And:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEl8NKSqThg

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

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

Transparency and Compensation

When I taught Writing as Critical Inquiry at PSU, I always told my students to go to the primary source material before writing that 5,000 word final paper on whatever subject they chose related to our text—a behemoth of a book titled American Earth. They could have any opinion they wanted, of course, but an opinion without source material cited in their bibliography wasn’t ever going to cut it for me. Oh, and 5,000 words means 5,000 words and they better be spellchecked, honey.

There’s been some talk about a raise or a bonus for the City Manager. It’s on the agenda for the next council meeting Wednesday May 3, at 6pm. I was recently with some folks and the subject of a raise for the City Manager came up. People chimed in with their opinions but it struck me that it would be a good idea to have more information—some kind of source material and not just beach gossip or coffee talk between friends, in order to form an opinion.

The City Manager’s performance review was completed a few weeks ago in an executive session. The public couldn’t attend the meeting or read the materials presented so there’s no information about why a raise is justified now or what kind of work she’s been doing.

Performance reviews are usually completed every year to identify the areas you excel in as an employee and the areas in which you don’t. You make career goals as an employee and have a discussion with your boss to help you reach those goals. If your job involves oversight of other staff, there’s input from that staff to see what kind of leader you are.

In a private company all that information goes into your personnel file where it hangs out in a drawer until the next year. Nobody sees it except you, your boss and HR until it’s hauled out again to see how you’re doing. Raises in compensation above the cost of living increases that I sincerely hope you always get or got are tied to your performance. If you do your job well, the company can reward you with a raise or a bonus or like at the mobile home factory where I worked for one sad year–a frozen turkey at Christmas.

As Council President, Kozlowski has traditionally taken the lead on performance reviews. She also has a long career and experience in human resources. She’s one of two councilors who have worked with the current city manager since she was hired. Plus, Kozlowski’s worked with a number of the previous city managers during her time on council. She put together the review form for staff and the council to submit. Three of the five on council are new and have only worked with the city manager for a few months.

Kozlowski summarized the performance review for the public at last month’s council meeting, but because the review itself took place behind closed doors justification for a raise isn’t clear to the public and neither is how well she does her job or what challenges and obstacles she’s faced in performing her job.

Performance reviews can be done in public sessions and review materials can be made public after the fact, if the employee agrees. The city manager gave permission to share the documents with the public.

You can read Aman’s performance review materials including staff and council’s input and community comments on the city’s website by clicking the City Manager Employment Agreement link. The review materials begin on page 7.

Four of five councilors feel Aman has exceeded her role as City Manager. Staff input shows Aman to be a “transformational manager.” These are the people who work with and for her every day—staff and council. I trust their opinions.

The only way to let the light in is to open the curtains. As they say in the 12 step groups, we are only as sick as our secrets.

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

City Manager Contract and Performance Review (pages 7-15)
ci.manzanita.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Council-Packet-Additional-Materials-RS-Item-H-05032023.pdf

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

The Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers, TREAT, PAC endorses school board candidates who want to secure the future of public education in Tillamook County.

TREAT’s endorsed candidates (below) bring a variety of skills that will keep the positive momentum going at TBCC. They understand state and district curriculum policies and budget issues and have communication skills that will ensure that board business is conducted in a collaborative and cooperative manner. They also have extensive experience in finance, business, and building construction. Above all, their highest priority is providing a strong foundation for all students, whether that be preparing to transfer to a four-year college or preparing for a career in the trades through the many TBCC certificate and apprenticeship programs.

In addition to the three TBCC candidates below, TREAT supports the election of candidates Andrea Goss and Shannon Hoff who are running unopposed. They need your support, too.

For information about each endorsed TBCC board candidate, visit the TREAT website at: www.tillamookretiredteachers.org. When you reach the website, be sure to sign up for the TREAT mailing list so you receive the latest election updates.

TREAT is also on Facebook at tillamookretiredteachers.

Your VOTE matters!

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

www.the-sun.com/news/8007124/jeffrey-epstein-calendar-noam-chomsky-meetings/

If you thought Noam was just a nice old man, this news might come as a shock.

But Noam advocated starving me (see below), so for me, it is no leap to see him befriending a known gun-dealing bank-rigging Mossad/CIA-agent/pedophile.

smartfish.substack.com/p/letter-to-noam-chomsky

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

Glenn is gay, he lives with his husband and several of their rescue dogs in Brazil. Glenn is anti-war. He is for gay rights and fiercely supports the civil rights of individuals worldwide. He is a true liberal, and an environmentalist.

So when the ‘left’ goes after Glen for being anti-war, when they chastise him for being concerned about the tens of thousands of Ukrainian men being conscripted then murdered in Biden/NATO’s/Zelensky’s war, it must be because Glen is pro-Putin??

It’s called a psy-op. Without the work of the intel agencies that run the mainstream media, who on earth would think of Glenn Greenwald as ‘pro-Putin’?

Again, were we ‘pro-Saddam’ when we protested Bush/Cheney attacking Iraq for reasons fabricated by the same intel agencies trashing Glenn?

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1653042092006862849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1653042092006862849%7Ctwgr%5Eefb456fe67b188235bec5b343da61158bf781233%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infowars.com%2F

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

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

Transparency and Compensation

When I taught Writing as Critical Inquiry at PSU, I always told my students to go to the primary source material before writing that 5,000 word final paper on whatever subject they chose related to our text—a behemoth of a book titled American Earth. They could have any opinion they wanted, of course, but an opinion without source material cited in their bibliography wasn’t ever going to cut it for me. Oh, and 5,000 words means 5,000 words and they better be spellchecked, honey.

There’s been some talk about a raise or a bonus for the City Manager. It’s on the agenda for the next council meeting Wednesday May 3, at 6pm. I was recently with some folks and the subject of a raise for the City Manager came up. People chimed in with their opinions but it struck me that it would be a good idea to have more information—some kind of source material and not just beach gossip or coffee talk between friends, in order to form an opinion.

The City Manager’s performance review was completed a few weeks ago in an executive session. The public couldn’t attend the meeting or read the materials presented so there’s no information about why a raise is justified now or what kind of work she’s been doing.

Performance reviews are usually completed every year to identify the areas you excel in as an employee and the areas in which you don’t. You make career goals as an employee and have a discussion with your boss to help you reach those goals. If your job involves oversight of other staff, there’s input from that staff to see what kind of leader you are.

In a private company all that information goes into your personnel file where it hangs out in a drawer until the next year. Nobody sees it except you, your boss and HR until it’s hauled out again to see how you’re doing. Raises in compensation above the cost of living increases that I sincerely hope you always get or got are tied to your performance. If you do your job well, the company can reward you with a raise or a bonus or like at the mobile home factory where I worked for one sad year–a frozen turkey at Christmas.

As Council President, Kozlowski has traditionally taken the lead on performance reviews. She also has a long career and experience in human resources. She’s one of two councilors who have worked with the current city manager since she was hired. Plus, Kozlowski’s worked with a number of the previous city managers during her time on council. She put together the review form for staff and the council to submit. Three of the five on council are new and have only worked with the city manager for a few months.

Kozlowski summarized the performance review for the public at last month’s council meeting, but because the review itself took place behind closed doors justification for a raise isn’t clear to the public and neither is how well she does her job or what challenges and obstacles she’s faced in performing her job.

Performance reviews can be done in public sessions and review materials can be made public after the fact, if the employee agrees. The city manager gave permission to share the documents with the public.

You can read Aman’s performance review materials including staff and council’s input and community comments on the city’s website by clicking the City Manager Employment Agreement link. The review materials begin on page 7.

Four of five councilors feel Aman has exceeded her role as City Manager. Staff input shows Aman to be a “transformational manager.” These are the people who work with and for her every day—staff and council. I trust their opinions.

The only way to let the light in is to open the curtains. As they say in the 12 step groups, we are only as sick as our secrets.

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers, TREAT, endorses school board candidates who support public education (which is for ALL students), have experience in administration and the field of education, understand state and district curriculum policies and budget issues, and have communication skills that will ensure that the business of the board is conducted in a collaborative and cooperative manner.

For more information about each endorsed candidate, visit the TREAT website at www.tillamookretiredteachers.org.

Your vote matters!

Submitted By: marc@manythingsconsidered.com – Click to email about this post

Marc Johnson here. President of the Nehalem Bay Health District board.

I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to “Questions for Candidates” from the Tillamook County Pioneer.

Please take a moment to review my responses to questions about Nehalem Bay Health District priorities, including my thoughts on the Health District’s bond measure on the May 16 ballot.

www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/2023-may-special-election-tillamook-county-pioneers-questions-for-the-candidates-nehalem-bay-health-district/

FWIW … I have an opponent in the election who declined to respond to any questions about the Health District.
www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/2023-may-special-election-tillamook-county-pioneers-questions-for-the-candidates-nehalem-bay-health-district/

Submitted By: marc@manythingsconsidered.com – Click to email about this post

I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to “Questions for Candidates” from the Tillamook County Pioneer.

Please take a moment to review my responses to questions about Nehalem Bay Health District priorities, including my thoughts on the Health District’s bond measure on the May 16 ballot.

FWIW … I have an opponent in the election who declined to respond to any questions about the Health District.

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

We are just beginning Pema Chodron’s book,
When Things Fall Apart. We are a buddhist inspired meditation Sangha that meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. at St Catherine’s Sanctuary between Manzanita and Nehalem. This is an inclusive group welcoming all faith traditions.
We share a little silence, some focused study, and sharing. Nothing is required, not even the book.
Always open to interested persons. Free to all.

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

I fully endorse Constance Shimek for Position 2 on the North County Recreation District Board of Directors.

Constance really knows how to get things done. She is an enthusiastic supporter of NCRD and has been involved in MANY fund raising projects for them. Constance has been to almost every NCRD Board Meeting in the past 3 years. She will work hard to get our new pool built. She has many good ideas to help move NCRD forward through the years.

I have known Constance since 2007 when she moved here. We have been involved in many Garden Club activities over the years. Great ideas keep flowing from her, with the energy and follow-through required for completion. She has a great sense of humor, knows how to organize, works well with others, is efficient, and cares deeply about NCRD.

Her heart is in this endeavor. She will put her heart and soul into working on the NCRD Board. A vote for Constance Shimek is a vote for moving our community forward!
Thank you, kathleen moore

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

I wasn’t intending to chime in on this largely functionary position, but I can’t shake an email I received from Constance.

After I pointed out that she was flirting with a violation of election law, she emailed me.

She was very nice, and that makes me feel a little bad writing this. And she thanked me for pointing out the election violation potential.

But then she wrote, in reference to the NCRD requiring SARS-CoV-2 experimental gene-therapy shots from Mode RNA, Astrazenica, J and J or Pfizerv being required for those wishing to enjoy certain NCRD offerings, as ‘water under the bridge.”

I’m sorry, but it is not ‘water under the bridge’. Not in your wildest dreams lady.

The NCRD victimized me.

And everyone else who was smart enough not to shoot Big Pharma’s junk. And we talk about it.

But I won’t be a victim. We won’t be victims.

It is NOT water under the bridge, and I will NEVER use NCRD services or facilities again. EVER.

And because this is the second time Constance has been incredibly blind, I need to chime in.

First, if I were on the board at NCRD I would not want her as a co-board member. She will likely need to be watched over, to make sure the NCRD does not get sued. I am very serious.

She was ready to engage in a ‘pay for votes’ scheme, and she would have done so had I not pointed it out.

This is basic common knowledge: you can’t pay people to vote for you.

And you want her to direct the NCRD?

Get ready to be sued.

Second, as a filmmaker, I wouldn’t hire her as a producer.

She just doesn’t have what it takes. And that job has roughly the same skill-set required as directors of corporate entities.

Finally, I see her yellow signs all over town, we all do.

But that only shows that she can drive around town and ask her friends to put up signs, and that alone does not make one qualified to direct the NCRD. I hope everyone can see through the signs everywhere nonsense.

Alas, this race doesn’t concern me.

But her blind-spot email sure does.

Andy Norris

Wheeler

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

News broke late last week that the Sunset Empire Transportation District, headquartered in Astoria, was suspending all operations on Saturday, April 30, 2023. The Daily Astorian article (April 27, 2023 www.dailyastorian.com/news/local/sunset-empire-transportation-district-to-suspend-operations/article_ac06e038-e55a-11ed-9751-7f2d3c260b1f.html), described the dire financial straits facing the District. How did this situation happen? What happens next? Answers to these questions will come. More importantly to me, is that the article told the human side of this sad story, that of the dozens of citizens who would be left stranded come Monday and be unable to get to needed medical and legal appointments, school or work. This story shines a defining light on the need for public transportation: that public transportation is critically intertwined with necessary medical care, important appointments, school and jobs and can lead to potential isolation when the bus no longer shows up. Especially hard hit will be those who cannot drive and who do not have family or friends on whom to rely.

The Tillamook County Transportation District thankfully is solvent and has buses and drivers. It is my hope that the Tillamook County Transportation District will extend a hand, or buses, to Clatsop County for a short time by offering limited routes, even if these are infrequent, to help citizens in need. We can be a good neighbor and an ongoing support to our Tillamook County residents that have important business beyond our county line.

I am running for a position on the Tillamook County Transportation Board. I understand how important public transportation is to our community, to individuals, our lives and livelihoods. If elected to the Board, I will work tirelessly to ensure that the Tillamook County Transportation District Board remains fiscally sound and responsibly managed. You have my commitment on this.

Mary Leverette
maryleverette.com

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

Another war in the works.
I’ll make the anti-war signs if you stand on HWY 101.
In my view, Kim has surpassed Amy Goodman (I met her, she was the best for years) as the bravest and most relevant American female journalist.
Biden’s CIA overthrowing Sudan?:

and this:

and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbEiHnPDUy0