Oregon has a Global Warming Commission. The legislature created this advisory group in 2007 as a means to undermine traditional sources of energy and to prepare Oregon for the mother of all taxes, a carbon tax, which the 2015 session of the legislature may be asked to enact.
Landscaping is a fine thing, sure. So is the occasional advertising gimmick, especially if it works. But why put either on corners where they keep drivers from having a clear view of what’s coming at them at 40 miles an hour or so?
Contrary to what I reported on Sept. 17, the city of Albany says it could still build walkways or “esplanades” along the Santiam Canal even though it told the federal government it had no plans for and did not allow recreational uses along the canal.
North Albany commuters may be interested to learn that next summer most of them will be negotiating a tricky detour to get to town and back home.
Albany City Manager Wes Hare says he himself is paying the $75 civil penalty he was assessed for an alleged — but in my opinion unwarranted — election law violation even while the city council seeks to overturn the complaint in the Court of Appeals.
Riding around Albany in glorious weather on the last Saturday of summer, I noticed that construction doesn’t necessarily stop on weekends, at least not on the block of Pine Street between Second and Salem avenues.
Cor-Alb Trail gets Albany’s support, again
The planned Corvallis-to-Albany Trail has won renewed support from the Albany City Council. But its completion is still at least three or four years away.
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