Decorating Albany’s new Main Street roundabout with a circular wall and wrought-iron fence would cost nearly $130,000, and the city staff thinks the benefit is not worth the expense.
Ballot test due on power takeover
Written February 11th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
About one thousand voters in Millersburg are about to get a say — indirectly, and in a preliminary way — on the idea of their town taking over the electric power system within the city limits.
Sale of old church: Council agrees
Written February 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
So yes, Good Samaritan Ministries Albany will get a chance to take on the project of restoring the crumbling Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 401 Main Street, but not right away. First there is the city land-use permitting process to overcome, and that’s expected to take three to four months.
Democrats to enlarge voter rolls
Written February 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
It’s no surprise that Democrats in the legislature are about to enact a bill intended to vastly increase the number of voters likely to vote Democratic. The upshot is that Oregon’s one-party government will become even more firmly entrenched in the years to come.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Dan Rayfield, HB 2177, Kate Brown, Oregon voters, voter registration
Tags: Dan Rayfield, HB 2177, Kate Brown, Oregon voters, voter registration
What Cylvia wants: Oregon ‘GPI’
Written February 8th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Cylvia Hayes’ was throwing her weight around as “first lady,” as reported by The Oregonian/OregonLive, because she wanted Oregon to adopt a new way to measure changes in the economy. Most of us had never heard of the “Genuine Progress Indicator.” But thanks to Google you can look it up. It sounds like a ploy by people in […]
Council faces decision on old church
Written February 7th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
It’s a good thing Albany did not buy the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 401 Main Street as an investment. The city purchased the property for $150,000 in 2000 for a street project, declared it surplus last year, and now may give it away to be restored as a faith-based counseling center.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Good Samaritan Ministries
Tags: Albany City Council, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Good Samaritan Ministries
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A milestone at Edgewater Village
At last: After years of planning and many delays, work has begun on the first house to be built at Edgewater Village, the residential development on which rest great hopes for the redevelopment of Albany’s riverfront. (It’s the sort of thing you notice when you take advantage of the first dry day in a long while and […]
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