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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

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