And here is further exciting news from the Albany infrastructure beat. Well, maybe not exciting but at least mildly interesting to those who have complained about the sad shape of the Main Street roundabout built in 2014.
Station-Swanson path is open
Written July 6th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The latest addition to Albany’s network of off-street paths is open. It’s the 600-foot link underneath the Pacific Boulevard viaduct between Albany Station and the open-air pool at Swanson Park.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Station, H.P Civil Inc., ODOT, Station-Swanson path, Swanson Park
Tags: Albany Station, H.P Civil Inc., ODOT, Station-Swanson path, Swanson Park
Wedding cakes and free speech
Written July 6th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Oregon law, according to Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian, says that if you make cakes as a business, you must make one for a gay wedding even if you oppose gay weddings. But you don’t have to be quiet about it. The First Amendment protects your right to speak out, as affirmed in the same-sex marriage ruling the […]
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Aaron and Melissa Klein, Anthony Kennedy, Brad Avakian, First Amendment, same-sex marriage, Sweet Cakes, wedding cakes
Tags: Aaron and Melissa Klein, Anthony Kennedy, Brad Avakian, First Amendment, same-sex marriage, Sweet Cakes, wedding cakes
Tax compression: A “loss” it’s not
Written July 4th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
There’s a chart in the July 8 agenda packet of the Albany City Council that reflects a mistaken view — and may leave a wrong impression — of an important fact about Oregon property taxes. “Property Tax Lost to Compression,” the chart is titled.
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Tags: Albany City Council, electric tax, privilege tax, property tax compression
Tags: Albany City Council, electric tax, privilege tax, property tax compression
To save the trains, buy a ticket
Written July 3rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The Cascades passenger trains that stop in Albany four times a day have been rescued for now with a funding package that cleared the legislature on Thursday. But only an increase in the number of paying passengers can save them for good.
The Answer Man: Signals on 34th
Written July 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
This was the question that arrived via email from an Albany reader: “What is going on with the traffic lights that are supposed to be put in at 34th Avenue and Marion and 34th Avenue and Hill?” As luck would have it, the Answer Man is in.
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Tags: 34th Avenue, City of Albany, Hill and 34th, Marion and 34th, ODOT, traffic signals
Tags: 34th Avenue, City of Albany, Hill and 34th, Marion and 34th, ODOT, traffic signals
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Why we don’t charge cyclists more
Proposals to tax and even license bicycle owners and riders got nowhere in the 2015 Oregon legislature because they were bad ideas, too impractical even for lawmakers who usually don’t mind sticking their fellow citizens with higher fees.
Tags: bicycles, Highway 34, paying for bikeways, road user taxes