We ought to amend the state constitution to require anyone running for the legislature to have at least three years experience as an employer in private business. We won’t do this, of course, but if we did, destructive schemes like the currently proposed jump in the Oregon minimum wage would not even come up.
Looks like something is happening with this house, more than a century old, in Albany’s Willamette neighborhood. The site has been cleaned up and there’s a construction company’s sign out front.
North Albany commuters may be glad to learn that traffic experts are looking at the intersection of Gibson Hill Road and Crocker Lane, where making left turns often involves a considerable wait.
See those lighted stars up on posts all over downtown Albany? Makes it look as though it’s still the Christmas season, doesn’t it?
We have to wait to find out exactly what happened, but so far the terse FBI announcement leaves a bad taste about the arrests of some of the protesters in Harney County and the killing of one of them.
The median cable barrier installed on Interstate 5 a year ago is working, judging by this Oregon State Police photo Monday. Now if we could only get drivers to pay constant attention, the barrier and other preventative measures would be needed less often.
Update: Rescuing an old house
The woman who lived in this Albany house most of her life will be remembered when the place is rebuilt and named in her honor.
Tags: Front Avenue, Lola Skelton. Superior Carpentry and Homebuilding, old house, Willamette neighborhood