As you know, recreational marijuana sales will be on the ballots of several jurisdictions in Linn County in the general election. Here’s a cautionary note: If you want recreational cannabis sales to be allowed, which they’re not now, you’re going to have to vote “no.”
Does the First Amendment need defending, as this yard sign in front of the offices of St. Mary’s Parish in Albany urges us to do? Yes, it does, because the bedrock freedoms it guarantees are under constant and increasing attack.
This could have cost somebody his transportation. But it didn’t, proof that not all mishaps turn out to be calamities. I came across this scene on Albany’s Elm Street Saturday after taking a look at the aftermath of an actual calamity across town, the fire that destroyed the Burger King at Geary and 14th.
Until a few weeks ago, nobody realized Albany needed a city flag. But then members of a flag cub at West Albany High School appeared before the city council, and now we have five finalists in the competition to choose a design.
If you live in Albany and want the street in front of your house swept, you can get out a broom and shovel and sweep it yourself. Or you can check the schedule and make sure you don’t block the city’s sweeper when it comes around, like clockwork, at least once a month.
It’s not exactly Zuma Beach, let alone the French Riviera, but as an occasional swimming hole this spot on the Calapooia River upstream of the Queen Avenue bridge has its uses during the mid-valley summer. At least for a few people, as in this shot from June 30.
How about a civic auditorium?
These yard signs remind me that Albany may have missed an opportunity to build a civic auditorium as part of the downtown urban renewal program. But maybe it’s not too late.
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