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Tuesday is an important day in North Tillamook County as it is the day the North Tillamook County Food Bank is open. People of all ages depend on this Food Bank. With gas creeping up to $5 a gallon and no raises in pay in sight many people are making choices of buying gas to go to work or buying food. This is where the North Tillamook County Food Bank can help but they can’t do it alone. Your help is needed to keep the food bank open. Please send your checks or cash to North County Food Bank, PO Box 162, Wheeler, Oregon 97147. Partnering with the North County Food Bank is Nehalem Bay Community Services which has a food pantry and clothing bank. They are located at the Methodist Church in Nehalem. This organization is open on Monday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 AM to 2 PM and on Wednesday from 1-5 PM. You can drop checks, cash, food, or clothing to them during these times or mail a check or cash to Nehalem Bay Community Services, PO Box 232, Nehalem, Oregon, 97131. We cannot stop the war, but we can help our neighbors. I believe North County Resistance finds helping our neighbors during these stressful times is part of their mission. And those who don’t consider themselves to be part of the North County Resistance feel good about helping their neighbors too. This is part of our common ground.

Ideas for signs at NO KINGS3:
REGISTER TO VOTE
CLIMATE CHANGE
WOMEN’S VOTE
HERE WE STAND
LOOK FOR THE LIGHT IN ALL
AND OF COURSE: NO KINGS!
Thanks,
Patty

In other words, with respect to the supremacists currently running Israel and their support network in the US (politicians like Ron Wyden and Donald Drumf and NGOs like the anti-First Amendment ADL), they claim they are right to do what they have done to Palestine, and are now doing to Iran, using the Jewish holocaust (as opposed to other holocausts such as the African slave trade that went on for two hundred years and was much larger is scope) as a smoke screen for the crimes they are committing, and if you criticize them for it, they start yelling “You are anti-Semitic!”.

I shouldn’t have to point out that there are Jewish supremacists just as there are white KKK supremacists, Afro-supremacists, Japanese supremacists, etc.

Contrast Netanhayu and Shapiro to the amazing Jewish journalist Max Blumenthal (link below).

Criticizing supremacists like Ben Shapiro and Netanyahu, who use their Jewishness as a smoke screen for dragging America into their genocide and wars, is not anti-Semitism.

Here is the amazing Max Blumenthal:

rumble.com/v77dfw6-tulsi-cant-get-her-story-straight-on-iran-nuclear-weapons-w-max-blumenthal.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp_a

It is Monday of the NO KINGS3 WEEK. North County Resistance will be along Highway 101 in Manzanita this week on Saturday, March 28 from noon to 2 PM. We hope you and pretty much everyone you know will join us. This is a protest against the authoritarian policies pushed by President Trump. There will be protests in all 50 states and it is estimated 2,100 cities and towns will be involved. It is estimated that over 7 million people will be out protesting and that number is growing daily. North County Resistance is expecting well over 750 people to be protesting at the Manzanita location.

With this many people parking will be at a premium so we are asking those of you who can walk to the event to do so. PLEASE do not park at the businesses that are near this event. You may be towed and nobody wants that. When parking along Manzanita or Laneda Avenues be sure you are parked in the right direction-tickets for parking in the wrong direction might also be given. You may use the parking lot for the Manzanita City Hall. On Division Street by the Manzanita City Hall there several boulders you can park by in that area. You may NOT use the parking lot for the POLICE DEPARTMENT. There are a few parking spaces at the First Security Bank on Laneda Avenue in Manzanita you can use. If you have the time, go out a day or two before the event and scout out where you might be able to park. Get two or three spots under your belt in case your first choices are already taken.
For people to be able to see around the corner to go either north or south on Highway 101 from Manzanita Avenue we ask you not to park in these areas so the line of site is clear.

There will be crossing guards to help you safely cross the street by Manzanita Lumber and Big Wave and also Manzanita Avenue by the Happy Elephant. Please listen to these crossing guards. There will also be Safety Marshals with orange or yellow vests on. If you have any questions or concerns, please look for these people and have them address your concerns.

Again, for safety reasons we ask you to leave your dogs and llamas at home.

We are looking for people to carry NO KINGS signs, Register to Vote signs, and Stop Climate Change signs, or whatever you want for your sign. As this is a Peaceful Protest we ask your signs reflect this philosophy.

We look forward to you being with North County Resistance this coming Saturday.

Thanks,
Patty

It would be much better to have an open primary election and less costly for the state to have a primary election with ALL candidates for office on it – and so much more democratic to do so.

So here is an article about 2 petitions to open primary elections to all voters. I think this is a great idea and will produce a better government for Oregon (which we desperately need )! These petitions are submitted by former Democratic Governor Ted Kulongoski and Independent Andrew Kaza. (The independent Party now has as many members as both the Dem and Republican Party in Oregon)

For a better Oregon – read this article – and – look for the petitions when they are approved by the Oregon secretary of state.

Multipartisan effort aims to open Oregon’s primaries through ballot initiative in 2026. This article in the Oregon Capital Chronicle. October 23, 2025.
LINK
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/23/multipartisan-effort-aims-to-open-oregons-primaries-through-ballot-initiative-in-2026/

Apparently according to ballotpedia a similar bill was already presented and rejected by the voters although I don’t remember any such thing on a ballot – and I always vote!
July 18, 2014
By Margaret Koenig
Supporters of an open, top-two primary system are closer to actualizing their goal following the July 15, 2014, certification of their initiated state statute. Every Oregon Voter Counts Petition Committee submitted 140,045 signatures to the secretary of state’s office on June 23, 2014.[1] Ultimately, the measure was certified for the November ballot with 91,716 valid signatures.[2]
The measure, if approved, would create a top-two system of general election voting where the primary ballot allows voters to choose one candidate from all candidates, regardless of political party. The top two candidates, regardless of political party, would then be voted upon in the general election.[3][4] Such primary systems are referred to as blanket primaries, top-two primaries or jungle primaries. California, Louisiana and Washington all have versions of a blanket primary. Despite its neighboring states’ use of the system, Oregonians overwhelmingly rejected a similar measure in 2008.

Maybe this was confused or connected with rank choice voting – I don’t know! But anyway if we could get this on the ballot it would be a good thing.

Oregon is not what it used to be – homelessness, crime, failing schools, businesses leaving, and Portlander leaving too! We need a change!

You yourself can sign here:
www.sign4era.org

And if you’d like to help collect signatures, disperse the website above or contact the organizers at team@sign4era.org for petition printouts.

Aren’t familiar with the ERA? Or know a little bit but not all the complicated legal issues behind it? Here is a recent recording done on local Oregon radio with an impact litigator who will be in federal court this Tuesday. She explains everything you need to know, and more: xray.fm/broadcasts/69200

Thanks.

It was a beautiful day in Nehalem for the North County Resistance Protest. We had 45 plus people and 8 dogs. All were well behaved. Lots of different protest signs as it seems what we are protesting happens day by day. The war with Iran is on everyone’s mind. We never should have gone there, but now that we are there, how do we get out?

Also, on everyone’s minds is the big NO KINGS3 Protest coming up next weekend. Please get as many people as you can to get out for this event. Here locally we will be in Manzanita at the top of Laneda and Manzanita Avenues along Highway 101. The event will be from noon to 2 PM. At 2 PM many will go down Laneda Avenue to the beach and back with their signs. North County Resistance will have a group of Crossing Guards to get you across the street at the corner of Highway 101 and Laneda and also at Manzanita Avenue and Highway 101. Please follow the directions of the Crossing Guards. You will also see Safety Marshals in the crowds. They will be wearing a yellow or orange safety vest. If you have questions, please feel free to ask a Safety Marshal. If a Safety Marshal asks you to do something, please listen to them.

*Please do not cross Highway 101 except for the crosswalk near Manzanita Lumber Company. This is very dangerous and no one is responsible for you getting smushed except for yourself.
*Please do not bring dogs, even if on a leash, as they are a distraction for yourself and others. We do not want people tripping on dog leashes or dogs. Llamas might be okay, but the committee is still deciding on this. Probably best to leave them at home too.

Your questions and suggestions are greatly appreciated. We can’t do everything, but we can try. We welcome you to bring your family, your friends, and neighbors to this event. Goal is to break the record number we had at the last NO KINGS2-which was 750 people.

Thanks for your time,
Patty