Category: General Interest

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

Pay attention and vote!

The ultra-conservative political movement to take over elected boards across our state and nation is gaining traction in Tillamook County. Next week, ballots for the May 16 election will arrive in our mailboxes. While usually this “special district” election consists of candidates running unopposed for positions in sanitary districts, water districts, fire boards, and school districts, this year is very different: the majority of board positions in our county school districts are contested. Three out of five Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC) seats are contested, and for voters in north Tillamook County there is action going on in elections for the Boards of the North County Recreation District (NCRD), the Nehalem Bay Health District, Neahkahnie School District and the Tillamook County Transportation District.

Who are these new candidates, and what has inspired them to run? You can get the flavor of many of the candidates opposing incumbents here through the website and Facebook page of We the People Tillamook County which states: “Get involved in your community! Stopping tyranny at the local level dominoes to the federal level. Let no elected official go unchecked.” wethepeopletillamookcounty.com/home Read the newsletter on this site, with articles titled “Gender Indoctrination in Tillamook County Schools: Your Tax Dollars Hard at Work.” This month’s newsletter (currently on their Facebook page but not yet on their website) includes “What is the Function of the Public Library?” as well as candidate statements from selected candidates. It is also useful to look at websites for some statewide organizations with similar views, such as these two: www.oregonmomsunion.com/ and oregonabigailadams.wordpress.com/

For statements from all candidates, you can visit the Tillamook County Pioneer site www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/2023-may-special-election-tillamook-county-pioneers-questions-for-the-candidates-tillamook-bay-community-college/ To see who is running in each race visit Tillamook County Clerk’s site www.co.tillamook.or.us/clerk/elections/clone-2023-may-special-election. And a new organization called Tillamook Retired Educators and Teachers has posted endorsements for many of the races at www.tillamookretiredteachers.org/

Upcoming on April 27, the AAUW is hosting a candidate’s virtual forum for school districts and the community college positions. www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/virtual-candidates-forum-hosted-by-aauw-april-27th-school-boards-tbcc-board-candidates/

Hopefully this forum will provide what has so far been missing, which is an open and transparent statement from these new candidates about their beliefs and goals. If they object to the current mission of our schools or a special district, we need to know that. We want candidates that have put in the time and energy to attend board meetings, learn first-hand about the work of these organizations, and demonstrated in their public life that they are respectful of all voices. What values guide these new candidates? Have they been regularly attending these meetings? Are they experienced in the field? Are they dedicated to respectful behavior?

Research, talk to your neighbors, VOTE!

Sincerely,

Vivi Tallman
Lane deMoll
Barbara McLaughlin

Nehalem

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

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”

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

Upcoming Class at Hoffman: Elements of Visual Design, with Ben Rosenberg

Starts TOMORROW April 19, 2023 at The Hoffman Center For The Arts! Few spots are available!

No art background necessary. All materials will be supplied. Class starts this week–sign-up today!
hoffmanarts.org/events/an-introduction-to-the-elements-of-visual-design
Let’s go on a creative journey exploring line, shape, value, form, negative/positive space, color, texture, and balance. We will learn why these elements are important principles in visual communication. This will be an engaging art class that will help you develop a design vocabulary and introduce you to the skills necessary to make design decisions from an informed perspective.
With this knowledge you will increase your ability to express your artistic ideas.
Count on a hands-on, participatory class where you will work on paper through drawing, painting, and collage. We will develop knowledge of compositional strategies for various project goals: unity, variety, rhythm, harmony, tension, gravity, and more. We will learn to use and control negative space. We will develop an understanding of the color wheel and common color schemes in design.
Experimentation is essential! Art is a philosophical enterprise that seeks questions as often as it provides answers. We will introduce historical notions of form and content regarding the picture plane, vision and visuality, and the role of the artist. Being able to think about and discuss your work critically is an absolute necessity; this will become easier with practice. Group discussion will build a dialog within the class and help to create skills for talking about art.

hoffmanarts.org/events/an-introduction-to-the-elements-of-visual-design/

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

to all,

my understanding is that one reason voter turn-out in may elections is so low is that very often there are very few candidates. many board positions have one person running for a particular position, or even none.

THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT!
these districts below have multiple contenders. YOUR vote matters!
Tillamook County Transportation District
Tillamook Bay Community College
Neah-kah-nie School District
North County Recreation District
Nehalem Bay Health District

because i live in north county, i named only north county boards and county-wide boards where there are multiple candidates.

anyone can go to the tillamook county website “may 2023 special election” and learn who are the candidates running for their local boards.

THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT YEAR TO VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE! PLEASE VOTE! PLEASE VOTE!

lucy brook
nehalem resident
oregon voter

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

Letter to Dave Dillon:

You recently posted a photo of my car and my anti-war bumper stickers on FB. You wrote on the FB post: ‘clearly this person has mental problems.’

Years ago when you were director of The Hoffman Center, you hosted and promoted my powerful anti-war film Targeting Iran.

I’m not sure when you became a war-monger, but instead of name calling on FB, how about you and I debate at Hoffman?

I’ll take the anti-war side and you take the pro-war side. Deal?

Alas, I didn’t shoot Big Pharma’s ‘covid’ junk that does nothing to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, so I’m not sure if I’m even allowed in the Hoffman Center?

I know I’m banned from Pickelball at NCRD for not shooting that useless junk…

If not Dave, any other takers?

We can debate in the parking lot if my unvaxxed, non-GMO self is not allowed inside.

Andy Norris

p.s. trillions to big pharma for a useless ‘vax’ can be our next debate

Submitted By: davisturner01@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Land clearing available. Junk removal ,brush hogging, felling

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

Thanks to the secret gardener who has been beautifying my yard for several years. The red tulips this year are splendid – and the jewel red glads are coming up yet again. You know who you are – but I don’t. Thank you so much!

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

Recent Manzanita City Councils have a history of finding creative ways to use Water Fund revenue to pay for questionable activities or projects. The Warrenton overhead allocation model and its $191,000 transfer to the General Fund is the latest example that the current Council has discovered to continue this tradition.

In FY 2019 – 2020, the City Council made a direct transfer of $113,675 from the Water Operating Fund to the City Hall Expansion Fund. No explanation of why this was justified, but no one was asking these questions then so it just happened. The following Budget year, the same amount was included again in the Budget to be transferred to the City Hall Expansion Fund. Thankfully, John Kunkel an experienced City Manager who was serving as our interim at the time and had inherited that year’s Budget advised the Council that he would not be making that transfer as there was no justification for it.

In FY 2020 – 2021, the City cut timber from the Alder Creek watershed and received $500,000 in timber sales. This was the first timber cut since 1995 when all of that approximately $380,000 sale went to construct the blue water reservoir.

You would think that some portion of this recent $500,000 sale from watershed property would again find its way into the water construction fund to help pay for the millions of dollars of current needed water system improvements. Unfortunately, all $500,000 was put into the City Hall Expansion Fund once again and has been spent to pay for consultants and the loan to pay for the Underhill property.

In all of those Budget Committee conversations about the Warrenton model certainly someone should have posed the question that since we aren’t required to make these overhead allocation transfers, wouldn’t it be a better policy at this time to use this $191,000 for needed water construction projects? Other than the Mayor, the answer in essence was no, City Hall consultants, Underhill property purchase loan payments and possible future debt payments on construction of a new City Hall come first.

And please stop suggesting that since the Warrenton audit hasn’t said anything negative about their overhead transfer charges, that somehow justifies the adoption of their model. This misrepresentation of the purpose of a municipal audit to convey to citizens that an auditor has some role in recommending or otherwise approving a particular City’s adoption of any overhead allocation methodology is troubling.

Why does our Water Fund seem to be the source of so much interest by our Councils to fund a new City Hall? 1930’s bank robber Willie Sutton provides some insight into that question. When asked why he robbed banks, Willie replied “because that is where the money is”.

Once that $191,000 gets transferred from the Water Fund to the General Fund, there is no internal accounting by City staff to insure that those funds get spent to pay for all of the examples of City Hall staff support activities that were recently given to justify these transfers. Once transferred, it can then be used for any expense that the City chooses to pay for out of the General Fund including debt payments on any new loans to build a City Hall.

So when you hear this Council tell you that they simply had no choice but to adopt the Warrenton overhead allocation model and take $191,000 of Water Fund revenues out of next year’s Budget now under development in addition to the $213,000 that will be transferred from the current Budget for staff overhead costs, remind them that they indeed had a choice to keep more money available for construction of projects to improve the reliability and safety of our water system. They said no thanks, we may soon have a new construction loan to make payments on in addition to the Underhill loan payments and our City Hall consultants are expecting their checks.

The purpose of this letter is to remind our elected officials that sound policy decisions need to balance what can be done with what should be done to best serve the interests of the citizens that elected you. As citizens listen to more discussions on pending water rate increases and the costs of those needed water system projects, how many citizens think it would it would be better policy to keep the $400,000 of overhead allocation transfers between this year’s Budget and next year’s Budget now under development for needed projects rather than send it to the General Fund for City Hall staff expenses?

Randy Kugler

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

I am writing to express strong agreement with Lloyd Lindley’s post on yesterday’s Tillamook County Pioneer.

If you haven’t read it, please do so! The proposed new & expanded health center will be a boon to our present and burgeoning population.

I am also writing to make sure that all of you understand something wonderful about the Rinehart Clinic, now re-named the Nehalem Bay Health Center & Pharmacy.

The Rinehart Clinic has a sliding scale payment schedule. NO ONE IS TURNED AWAY FOR INABILITY TO PAY. I personally know of a young mother with very young children who was able to see a doctor at the Rinehart Clinic for $5-10.

THIS IS STILL TRUE TODAY.

AND, THIS SLIDING SCALE PAYMENT SCHEDULE WILL STILL BE IN PLACE IN OUR NEW AND EXPANDED HEALTH CARE CENTER.

I find this amazingly astounding. Does anyone know of any other rural health clinic that understands that EVERY ONE should have access to health care?

Please join me, and Lloyd Lindley, and many others, in voting YES for the Health District bond measure.

om peace namaste

lucy brook
nehalem resident
oregon voter

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

Letter: VOTE YES for the Nehalem Bay Health District Bond Measure

I am asking you to take the long view and VOTE YES for the NBHD Bond Measure. Our North Tillamook County region has demonstrated the foresight and long view for health and safety needs of our residents, visitors and future generations. We have a robust Community Center where every young person can learn to swim, residents can take exercise classes and workout, and a state-of-the-art fire and rescue station including water rescue. Our existing healthcare facilities are woefully behind. This bond addresses our healthcare needs.

The NBHD campus is nearing its 75th anniversary. The campus is the largest employer in North Tillamook County and is striving to increase family wage jobs and improve the work environment. However, the Rinehart Hospital, originally built in 1953 and the clinic built in 1982 have out lived their usefulness for health services delivery. They are undersized to house modern equipment, and attract qualified professionals, and meet the needs of our growing community.

Over the next 40 years, Nehalem, Manzanita and Wheeler are projected to see the greatest population growth in Tillamook County. Plans are being laid for new workforce housing to meet existing and future employment demands of our business community. As these two factors converge the need for healthcare delivery increases.

Your YES VOTE will help provide:

– Construction of a modern, state-of-the-art Health Center and Pharmacy that will bring additional services to the community that currently do not exist – cardiology, dental, pediatrics, etc. This will directly improve health care delivery for seniors, families and kids.

– Renovation and modernization of the Nehalem Valley Care Center, the only skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility on the coast between Astoria and Newport. We live in a community with a growing senior population. With the closure of two assisted living facilities last year, the Care Center becomes the corner stone for senior care and rehabilitation in our region.

– Site preparation that can lead to a workforce housing development that will begin to address the housing needs of particularly health care and other essential workers. About 80 people are employed in health care in north county and many struggle to find decent, affordable housing.

-The existing clinic building can be repurposed for the food bank, offices, conference rooms, and emergency response needs. Nothing is wasted. The need for community support and emergency services is greater than the space available.

I truly believe your yes vote for the NBHD Bond Measure is a vote for a long-term investment in the community, and a new era of greater employment opportunities, better local health and senior care and a better future for our region.

Now is the time to begin. Please VOTE YES for advanced local healthcare and services.

Lloyd D. Lindley II
Volunteer NBHD Budget Committee
Landscape Architect, FASLA emeritus

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

More than 50 conservation and community organizations have signed a letter urging the Oregon Legislature to reject House Bill 3382. The letter was delivered on Monday, April 10.
HB 3382, introduced at the behest of the Oregon Public Ports Association, would eliminate land use review of dredging and development proposals in the state’s five deepwater ports: Coos Bay, Newport, Astoria, St. Helens, and Portland. It would eviscerate land use protections for key estuaries, among the coast’s most critical and productive habitat areas.
Organizations from throughout the state, not just the coast, signed onto the letter, because the bill has statewide implications. The specific goal of the legislation is to enable development in estuaries without being subjected to land use and other laws. However, this could set a broader precedent for special interests attempting to avoid careful environmental review of their projects by going to the legislature and asking for a change in the rules. This could threaten not just estuaries, but any resource area targeted by developers.
“This bill isn’t just about estuaries, important as it is to protect them,” says Phillip Johnson, Conservation Director of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, one of those signing the letter. “Our land use planning laws are there to make sure we weigh proposed development against ecological and social values. If this bill passes, it could lead to constant efforts to undermine the land use planning system that has helped to preserve the best of Oregon for 50 years.”
The dozens of organizations opposing the bill, both statewide and local, argue that it is inappropriate for the legislature to preemptively alter land use laws for the convenience of a special interest. Any changes to land use and other environmental regulations should be the product of careful review and public engagement, not hastily passed legislation that rips out one element of land use rules without consideration of the effect on the entire system. And without full land use review, development could proceed without knowledge of its potential impacts.
“Estuaries like Coos Bay possess a wide range of resources, and provide many ecological functions,” says Jan Hodder, a Coos Bay resident and emeritus faculty member at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston. “Estuaries are essential habitat for many species, including those depended on by the fishing and aquaculture industries. They are valued for recreation and tourism. They improve water quality, buffer storms, and store carbon, helping us address climate change. All these values need to be taken into account when development in estuaries is proposed. That won’t happen if HB 3382 passes.”
The bill’s passage could also undermine efforts to protect fish and wildlife and vital habitats like eelgrass beds and mudflats. “Our long effort to get Oregon’s Coastal Coho delisted depends on an intact land use planning system,” says Joe Liebezeit, Interim Statewide Conservation Director at Portland Audubon, another organization that signed onto the letter. “Weakening these regulations will undermine that effort. Estuaries are also essential for many other species, including green sturgeon, herring, and tens of thousands of migratory birds including species of conservation concern like the Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover and Western Sandpiper.”
Oregon’s land use planning laws (including Statewide Goal 16, which protects estuaries) are implemented by local governments through their comprehensive plans. In Coos Bay, the Estuary Management Plan shared by Coos County and the cities of Coos Bay and North Bend is currently in the midst of a revision process, which includes local citizen input. A similar Estuary Management Plan update is taking place for Yaquina Bay, shared by Lincoln County and the cities of Newport and Toledo. These detailed, community-based plans for estuary resources would be stripped of much of their meaning by HB 3382, violating the local role that has been part of the land use planning system from its inception.
HB 3382 is currently in the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation. The signers of the letter urge Oregonians to contact their legislators and demand that the bill stop there.

For more information, contact Phillip Johnson, (503)
phillip@oregonshores.org. 754-9303, or Joe Liebezeit, (503) 329-6026,

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

Hello all,

Mary Leverette is running for the Tillamook County Transportation District. Having read her campaign letter, I thought it both intelligent and convincing and I have decided to vote for her. In case you missed it, I am including it at the end of my message.

I am impressed that Mary knows and understands both the future possibilities and the challenges that the Transportation District faces. I am impressed that she addresses in a very positive manner the success of the Transportation district and what she hopes to achieve for its future. I am impressed that she has taken the time to learn the needs of riders of The Wave, to understand what still could be enhanced and improved. Mary is ready to take the time and do the work to achieve an even better future for the Transportation District.

At the end of Ms. Leverette’s statement, you can read her credentials, which in my mind show capability to do the work she describes. I like that she describes herself as “organized, positive and practical.”

Please join me in voting for Mary Leverette in the upcoming May election.

om peace namaste

lucy brook
nehalem resident

Mary’s statement:
The Tillamook County Transportation District was formed in 1997. Its mission was, and is, to provide public transportation throughout the county and it has done an amazing job. It started with no funding, two borrowed buses and limited routes. Since then, over a million passengers have ridden The Wave throughout our county and into neighboring counties. Trips that were once impossible without a vehicle, like doctor visits, shopping, visiting family and friends and going to work or school are now taken every day, seven days a week, by Wave riders. This is a wonderful accomplishment and one that everyone in the county can rely on and be proud of. But, we can, and need to do more. 

I have chatted with riders of The Wave and I have learned that the ease of local public transport has yet to be achieved. Riders are limited by routes, infrequent buses, long waits for connections, complicated scheduling that may demand multiple days in advance to schedule, areas not served, and costs.

I see a future for our public transportation system in which every member of our community can travel seamlessly, at a moment’s notice, and at an affordable price. I see daily commuters to work and school who won’t have long wait times and can be home in time for dinner. I see solutions for tourists that may curb traffic congestion during peak season, and much more. However, achieving these goals means getting into the details of demand, connections, frequency of current ridership and making changes based on data.

I’m ready to sit down with riders to assess their wants and needs; then talk with service providers, government programs, grant providers, and others to learn the issues and develop solutions, find the funds, and make the goal of smooth, easy travel a reality for anyone in Tillamook County.


My name is Mary Leverette. I have had an almost 30-year career in government service, both for the State of Oregon and the City of Portland. I supervised both projects and staff. I have a Master’s Degree in Psychology and I am a dedicated volunteer. For the second year, I am organizing the Wheeler Clean-up Day; I write a column on birds for the Lower Nehalem Community Trust; and, most importantly, I was a Hospice Volunteer for 14-plus years. I am organized, positive and practical. I am retired and have the time, energy and experience to serve. I am seeking a position on the County Transportation District because I am committed to serving my community.

Please feel free to contact me at 
LeveretteForTCTD@gmail.com or 503.449.8445.
I look forward to meeting you soon. Thank you again for your support. I need all of the help I can get.

Kind Regards.

Mary

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Arcadia Organic Gardening in Cannon Beach is hiring. Feel free to call for job description. Competitive wage, flexible hours, bonuses and paid vacation. 503-440-1491

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

Fresh Starts and Second Chances

I heard from so many folks after my last post and I want to thank you all for sending out the love. Something that kept coming up in your kind responses was my bravery and courage.

But kids, I’m not brave and I’m not courageous—not now and not back then. I’m afraid of driving on the freeway, flying in planes, bears (if I’m camping), those big spiders that show up in my bathroom, deep water, high places, dark corners….I could go on.

So it wasn’t that I was brave when I left. It was that I recognized I had no control of the situation. I couldn’t control it because I couldn’t change him. I could only control me. I could only change my own actions.

That sounds self-evident but it wasn’t. And while that time in my life is long over, I don’t regret those years at all. I learned so much and so many good things came from it and still do.

In my past life, I was a believer in never giving up or quitting on anything or anyone so I’ve stayed too long at the fair in all kinds of situations. I know I’m not alone.

I think part of why we stay in bad relationships, bad jobs, bad anything has to do with what we believe about quitting; even quitting something that’s harmful to us.

We don’t want to think of ourselves as quitters. The word itself has such negative connotations maybe because we’ve watched too many made for TV movies where the hero or heroine perseveres through a tough situation and gets what they were after. So what does it say about us when we quit something? What do we believe about quitting then?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for tenacity and perseverance. I’m all for sticking with the promises we make to ourselves about our own behavior. I’m all for doing hard things that challenge us to be who we want to be in the world. I’m all for showing up for the people, places and things that matter. But not at the expense of my physical or mental health or safety. Not anymore. Not ever again.

Sometimes that means walking away from a situation or a relationship that I can’t change or control because I can’t change or control other people. I am only the boss of me. I get into trouble when I start thinking otherwise.

But as the boss of me, I’m in charge of what I’m doing with my life and who and what I’m spending my time with and on. I’m also in charge of my thoughts, actions and perceptions. I’m not always a good boss. In fact, sometimes, I kind of suck. I take on something I can’t handle; I fail to say no; I’m super stubborn but because I’m in charge I can do it different tomorrow. I can listen to my boss self and I can respond to the world as it is, not as I wish it would be.

They say nothing changes if nothing changes. Sometimes we have to let go of one thing to get to the next place in our lives. I don’t think of that as quitting; I think of it as the acceptance of reality.

If we’re lucky enough to wake up in the morning we have the chance to make different choices about how to live in this world.

They say if you keep on doing what you’ve always done you’ll keep on getting what you always got. It might be a small thing you change but that small thing might change your whole life in amazing and unexpected ways.

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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

An informed voter hopes to have good information about a candidate’s background and policy positions. Right, left, or center on the political spectrum, voters deserve to know the qualifications, and the institutional goals the candidate has for the office sought.

So what are we to make of a candidate running for 4 distinctly different board positions in Tillamook County? Teah Laviolette will be on the May 16 ballot for board positions for our Transportation, Health, Community College, and Recreation districts Any one of those would require a lot of time and energy, and hopefully a candidate brings a genuine interest to the job.

Is that possible with 4 different positions? I don’t think so. Is Ms. Laviolette naive? I don’t think so. But I do think she owes Tillamook County voters an explanation of the thinking behind this scattershot strategy. What’s the agenda behind this odd approach?

It’s worth mentioning that in March the NCRD and Transportation District Boards met at the exact same time with important decisions to be made. That’s not workable for one person. Which position would be resigned when the workload is too much?

Ms. Laviolette says she wants transparent and honest discussions. Ok – what’s good for the boards is good for the candidate.

Craig Nern
Neahkahnie

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

Always reminded…A Sangha is a Barn Raising.
It is something we do to nourish community and support each other…recognizing and deepening our connection.

Each week, we gather at St Catherine’s Sanctuary next to The Hope Chest near the Shell Station on 101…

between Nehalem and Manzanita. Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

Thanks to Janet for her beautiful yoga and teaching this coming Wednesday…

All are welcome…Always free on principle.

Dogwood days…

Submitted By: abarker62@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I urge all my neighbors in North Tillamook County to vote in the May 16 election and re-elect Marc C. Johnson to his position on the Nehalem Bay Health District.

One of my first memories of Marc was seeing him out in the streets of Manzanita wearing a fluorescent vest on October 14, 2016, assisting residents and first responders in the immediate aftermath of the devastating tornado that hit that morning. He jumped into his role on the Manzanita Community Emergency Response Team without hesitation, and he has been a strong supporter of the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay for years.

Not only is Marc a dedicated public servant, but he is also a smart leader who knows how to bring together people, resources, and organizations for the greater good of our community. I am a volunteer with the Hoffman Center for the Arts, where Marc served on the Board for a number of years. At the same time, he was also President of the North Tillamook County Library Friends. He acted in a unique capacity as liaison between the two non-profits, leveraging their resources and common interests for mutual benefit.

He has shown these same skills in his position on the Nehalem Bay Health District, bringing together many players to create a funding strategy to strengthen the Nehalem Valley Care Center in Wheeler. He helped to envision a plan that with both improve health care services for the region and provide housing for essential health care workers. His strategy included obtaining Federal dollars with the help of Senators Merkley and Wyden, as well as State funding with the help of Rep. Javadi and Sen. Weber.

We are lucky to have this man working for our community! Please join me in supporting Marc in the May 16 election.

Andy Barker
Manzanita, Oregon

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

A QUICK RESPONSE TO “ WINS FOR DEMOCRACY”

I’m no more a fan or supporter of president Trump than I am of President Biden. In my opinion we scraped the bottom of the political barrel and these two came up, which to me is a very sad reflection on the American people but after a long line of poor leaders, both democrat AND republicans, it’s what we should expect. If anyone thinks Biden and his family are less corrupt than Trump’s then they are deluding themselves. Creepy Joe has lied, plagiarized, and defrauded his way to the default position he now finds himself in and has abused women all along the way, just like Trump. The only positive historical note I can attach to Trumps time in office is that he did not start any new wars. Almost all previous presidents back to Eisenhower either started wars, military conflicts or rode at the head of the Military-Industrial-Intelligence-Complex to trumpet and continue bloody exploits. I’ll post again the article explaining why and how America has bled itself to the point where most of the world is watching this media circus and not thinking it is a good day for democracy. It is a distraction like a wrestling match in the mud and the media is blasting it out as a colossal battle of justice over corruption.

The ship of state has been allowed to run itself onto the rocks these past seventy years while everyone from second deck on down has been fighting about how to arrange the deck chairs and what music the bands should play. Instead of striving to be a nation that other nations look up to as wise and prudent, good stewards of our natural resources and making sure the people are fed, housed, healed and educated, we have squandered it on actions of empire building. Almost eight hundred U.S. military bases scattered around our world are not protecting anything but the business of war. Go ahead, cut yourself eight hundred times, small cuts, and a few big ones like Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine and see how long you stand.

MILITARY SPENDING, AGAIN

www.sott.net/article/478662-Where-the-1-3-trillion-per-year-US-Military-budget-goes

This is a slightly different take on our state of affairs. Regardless of ones opinion of his content, one can read this from a purely literary view and applaud James Howard Kunstler for the master wordsmith he is.

www.sott.net/article/478990-Hows-that-war-going