We got some heavy rain across western Oregon on Wednesday afternoon, as the video makes plain, and I was happy to notice that the National Weather Service predicted rain for northern California as well.
What the hell, it’s only money!
Written October 22nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
It’s nice to be reminded now and then, and especially just before an election, how casually public money is being thrown around at various levels of government. Three examples spring to mind.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany roundabout, CARA, Kitzhaber, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon State University
Tags: Albany roundabout, CARA, Kitzhaber, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon State University
How to solve fight over canal
Written October 21st, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Albany and Lebanon are in danger of slipping into an un-neighborly fight over the Santiam-Albany Canal. Albany’s latest overture is not likely to help, and already the spat is costing Lebanon more money — on studies and options on land for a new intake — than it should have to spend. For my recommendation for […]
City pot tax: So what do voters know?
Written October 20th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Is there something in Oregon’s plentiful water that is making city councils — including four members of  Albany’s — want to seem tone deaf, or greedy, or contemptuous of voters, or any combination thereof?
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: albany marijuana tax, Measure 91, recreational marijuana, sales tax on weed
Tags: albany marijuana tax, Measure 91, recreational marijuana, sales tax on weed
M86: A question of more debt
Written October 19th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
On Ballot Measure 86, the proposed state endowment to help Oregon students pay for post-secondary education, the Voters’ Pamphlet is better than nothing, but not by much. It explains the basics of the measure, but important questions are left unanswered.
When you’re stuck at a signal …
Written October 18th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Next time the Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission is looking for some project, it might want to consider the fact that many modern traffic signals ignore people on bikes. Some communities have solved the problem with gizmos like the one in the photo, a bike-crossing button similar to those routinely provided for people on foot.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission, bicycling, bike lanes, traffic signals
Tags: Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission, bicycling, bike lanes, traffic signals
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Pot tax: Wait for the slap-down
Albany and other cities, including Lebanon, now have given voters another reason to support Ballot Measure 91, the legalization and state taxation of recreational marijuana. The cities have done so by enacting local sales taxes of 10 percent on recreational weed sales within their jurisdiction. Now voters may want to approve the state measure just to see […]
Tags: Albany City Council, Lebanon City Council, local marijuana tax