Yes, it will be against the law to duck under an Albany transit shelter just to get out of the rain or for any purpose other than to wait for a city bus. But city officials say they would never prosecute anyone merely for getting out of the rain. And, they insist, this proposed new city law is […]
You’re looking at the west side of Crocker Lane in North Albany one evening last week. Does this street look like it needs curbs, gutters and a sidewalk? City of Albany plans call for just that, however, and city officials are recommending that the council form a local improvement district so the northern 2,150 feet […]
The exploration of forming a municipal electric utility in the city of Millersburg started in the spring of 2013 with a confidentiality agreement between ATI Wah Chang and the city government. Some of the talk after that was in executive sessions closed to the public, but on Monday the public gets a chance to speak up and ask questions.
It’s not exactly a constitutional crisis, but the Albany City Council may be about to make it unlawful to step under the roof of a bus shelter to get out of the rain. It’s hard to believe that is anybody’s intention. But what do you make of the draft of a city law on transit […]
The riverfront is my beat, and Wednesday I noticed activity on the former Permawood property on the east side of Geary Street across from Bowman Park. So, are the owners of that parcel going ahead with their long-standing plans for an apartment complex? Not yet, apparently.
Living in the Willamette Valley, we don’t seem to be greatly affected by climate change, which according to President Obama and the big media is just about the greatest danger Americans face. And they say climate change is harming us now. Really?
It was a cowardly crime (2nd update)
Through a rain-spotted windshield, you and I are looking at the East Oregon or Cloverdale Road overpass on Interstate 5 in Creswell, south of Eugene. From there, before dawn on April 13, someone dropped a chunk of masonry, a cinderblock, which smashed into a vehicle below and injured a woman sitting in the passenger seat. If they catch […]
Tags: Interstate 5, overpass fences