You’re looking at the playground in Albany’s Sunrise Park. But it’s more than that. It’s also an exhibit in the story of how bureaucracy expands when it’s allowed to distort a well-intended law.
The tree that wouldn’t, didn’t die
Written June 26th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
When I came out of Target in Albany the other day, I stopped to take a shot of the big white oak that has become a symbol of Heritage Mall. It reminded me once again to be skeptical of predictions of doom, for many turn out to be as unwarranted as the fears about this tree a decade […]
Benton roads: What’s coming up
Written June 23rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Road maintenance may not be the sexiest subject. Still, the handful of citizens who showed up for Thursday night’s “community event and open house” on Benton County transportation came away with useful things to know.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Benton bike lanes, Benton county roads, Benton Public Works
Tags: Benton bike lanes, Benton county roads, Benton Public Works
On July’s agenda: Albany gas tax
Written June 23rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Whether Albany should ask voters to enact a local gas tax to pay for street repairs is a question that has been hanging around for a while. And now, for the first time in years, the city council will take it up next month.
On the riverfront, a new convenience
Written June 22nd, 2016 by Hasso Hering
For a few weeks now, Albany’s Bowman Park has sported a fine new restroom, but it hasn’t been ready for use. Completing it has taken longer than expected, but the wait may be over now.
Albany rain tax: How about ‘tiers’?
Written June 20th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Depending on the size of the footprint of their houses, Albany single-family residential water and sewer customers would pay 50 cents more or less than the proposed standard $6.74 monthly storm water utility fee — or rain tax as IÂ like to call it — under a three-tier system proposed to the city council Monday.
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Lights and sirens from the rear
I wasn’t sure what to do when, driving up I-5 from Southern Oregon Monday, I heard a siren and saw an ambulance coming up from behind. I didn’t think the standard instruction in the Drivers’ Manual — pull to the right and stop — made any sense in this case.
Tags: DMV, Driver's Manual, driving rules, emergency vehicles, freeways