School shootings like the one in Troutdale Tuesday will keep happening until  we learn to keep teenagers from developing murderous impulses and acting on them.
Albany’s prudent answer to rain
Written June 9th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Albany has plans for a program to keep storm water from polluting our waterways, and it looks to me that the city staff has taken pains to keep any additional regulatory burden to a minimum. The city’s proposed answer to impending regulations is that new land developments above a certain size will have to incorporate features […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Clean Water Act, Greenhorks, Oregon DEQ, Plannihng Commission, Stormwater quality
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Written June 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The champions of bureaucracy
Written June 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
If anybody wanted to award first prize for bureaucracy, the federal government and the insurance industry would likely be among the top contenders. Put the two together and you get bureaucracy squared. Here’s what happened to an Oregon couple, as reported to me by email:
On Cox Creek, heavy-duty mowing
Written June 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The ear-splitting whine of chainsaws made me take notice Friday afternoon on the Waverly Drive bridge across Cox Creek. Turns out a crew working for R. Franco Restoration of Aumsville was just winding up a day’s worth of work on the creek banks all the way from near Salem Avenue.
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Tags: Calapooia Watershed Council, Cox Creek, Franco Restoration
Tags: Calapooia Watershed Council, Cox Creek, Franco Restoration
UP permit issue stalls new path
Written June 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
If you’re anxiously waiting for that new bike and walking path under the Pacific Boulevard overpass — and even if you’re not — you’re going to have to wait a while longer. Construction was to have started in May. But nothing’s going on at the site. The reason: The project apparently needs a permit from the […]
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Tags: Albany Station, ODOT, station path HP Civil Inc., Swanson Park, Union Pacific
Tags: Albany Station, ODOT, station path HP Civil Inc., Swanson Park, Union Pacific
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Hands off the property tax cap
The League of Oregon Cities plans to lobby the legislature next year for a constitutional amendment relaxing the limit on property taxes. Let’s hope lawmakers will resist the cities’ blandishments. Instead, they should give cities better tools to reduce their costs.
Tags: League of Oregon Cities, Oregon legisature, Oregon property tax