HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

How wetland rules waste money

Written April 14th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Here’s an example of how Oregon’s effort to protect so-called wetlands goes too far and requires the spending of public money without accomplishing any actual wetland protection. I came across it on a bike ride on Riverside Drive just outside of Albany.


Hot protest gets appellant nowhere

Written April 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

It doesn’t happen often that the Albany mayor and council lose patience with someone appearing before them, but they did on Wednesday after an applicant for a park reservation loudly lectured them for about 20 minutes about due process and his rights.


Yard debris issue coming up again

Written April 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Albany Councilman Mike Sykes wants the council to revisit the idea of weekly rather than biweekly yard debris pickup, which it turned down last October. And he’ll get his wish.


Post office in former Safeway?

Written April 10th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Empty business buildings around town were tossed around as possible locations if the city gets the Albany Post Office to move, and the former Safeway at Calapooia Street and Pacific Boulevard, with ample parking, emerged as the leading candidate.


Behold new ‘Century’ downtown

Written April 9th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Whoever built it in 1905 called it the Century Building, maybe hoping the 20th would be a great one. Now the building on Albany’s First Avenue has been given a new look that manages to restore the simple elegance it may once have had.


Benton has plan for N. Albany Park

Written April 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Benton County has completed a conceptual master plan for North Albany County Park, where more than a hundred “hazard trees” weakened by drought and bugs were removed last year. Friday’s windstorm felled a few more, laying them across a house near the entrance to the park.


Back-in parking: A matter of inches

Written April 6th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

So how’s Albany’s new back-in angled parking working out? OK, I guess, but I’m getting a little worried about the new trees the city just paid to have planted.


 
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