Looks like something is happening with this house, more than a century old, in Albany’s Willamette neighborhood. The site has been cleaned up and there’s a construction company’s sign out front.
Look, I’m sure there are a lot of nice people in Iowa, and many of them probably also know what they are doing most of the time. But am I the only one who is not all that impressed with the outcomes of the Democratic and Republican caucuses there on Monday?
For a change of pace on a rainy weekend, how about a quiz? The question: Can you identify what kind of trees these are?
In Harney County we just watched an attempt to spark an uprising against increasing government control over the way citizens — western ranchers in this case — must live and work. The attempt failed. But the government is not about to change its approach, so the urge to rebel will fester and grow.
North Albany commuters may be glad to learn that traffic experts are looking at the intersection of Gibson Hill Road and Crocker Lane, where making left turns often involves a considerable wait.
The FBI on Thursday told us what happened when several of the Malheur refuge protesters were arrested and one was killed. It demonstrated that informing the public is the right thing to do, and that it can be done in a timely manner even while a formal investigation is still going on.
What forced pay hike would cost
We ought to amend the state constitution to require anyone running for the legislature to have at least three years experience as an employer in private business. We won’t do this, of course, but if we did, destructive schemes like the currently proposed jump in the Oregon minimum wage would not even come up.
Tags: 2016 legislature, minimum wage