The fencing of America continues, this time at the Talking Water Gardens of Albany and Millersburg near the Willamette River. Why, you ask. Because they said so. The “they” in this case is the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
Albany city officials say the electric tax they’re about to raise is not a tax. But the effect on ratepayers is the same: They have to pay it.
Waiting for a friendly flagger to give me the go sign on Gibson Hill in North Albany, I’m not just wasting time and drumming my fingers on the steering wheel. No, I’m thinking about school kids and their parents, and I’m hoping that the million dollars this project is costing will be money well spent.
On the riverfront: Wheelhouse news
The riverfront is my beat, as I believe I have pointed out from time to time, and there’s news from the Wheelhouse.
Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave and Janet Johnson, The Wheelhouse, Wheelhouse Event Center, Willamette River