The November rain is back, which reminds me: Albany’s rain tax, in the works for most of the past two years, now is set and will show up on city utility bills starting in March.
Albany pot code up on Monday
Written November 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council could save itself time and trouble by relying on a mountain of state regulations regarding marijuana businesses. Instead, the council’s Monday agenda calls for action on a code amendment that the city staff believes would not survive a legal challenge.
Highway 20 work downtown? Alas, no
Written November 11th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
If you saw crews like this and thought they were beginning to work on ODOT projects to upgrade Highway 20 through downtown Albany, sorry to disappoint you.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Coburn, Collins, downtown couplet, Downtown streetscape, Ellsworth, Lyon, ODOT
Tags: Coburn, Collins, downtown couplet, Downtown streetscape, Ellsworth, Lyon, ODOT
Council wants more pot restrictions
Written November 9th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Open for business? Well, not exactly, at least where marijuana is concerned. A day after Albany voters overwhelmingly repealed the city council’s ban on commerce in recreational pot, Mayor Sharon Konopa and the council majority appeared ready Wednesday to impose tight restrictions on where pot stores could open.
City pump at work on Broadway
Written November 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Albany has jumped into action to deal with a big puddle of runoff that started overflowing a part of Broadway Street S.W. this fall.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, Albany Research Center, broadway street pond, Department of Energy
Tags: Albany Public Works, Albany Research Center, broadway street pond, Department of Energy
Closing a lane gets push-back
Written November 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Because it calls for losing a lane on Queen Avenue westbound, Albany City Council members Rich Kellum and Bill Coburn are pushing back against a proposal by ODOT-Rail to add more gates at the Queen Avenue railroad crossing.
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The council and pot: Groundhog Day
The Albany City Council went round and round for a couple of hours Monday on the issue of regulating recreational marijuana sites. In the end the ordinance under discussion failed to advance, but the council will try again next month.
Tags: Albany marijuana, recreational pot