The level of the Willamette River is unusually low, as everyone knows, but it’s still a great place for getting out on the water on a warm Sunday afternoon.
Albany: This tax is not a tax
Written July 18th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Albany city officials say the electric tax they’re about to raise is not a tax. But the effect on ratepayers is the same: They have to pay it.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, Consumers Power, electric tax, franchise fee, Pacific Power, PUC
Tags: Albany City Council, Consumers Power, electric tax, franchise fee, Pacific Power, PUC
A safer walk, but will they?
Written July 17th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Waiting for a friendly flagger to give me the go sign on Gibson Hill in North Albany, I’m not just wasting time and drumming my fingers on the steering wheel. No, I’m thinking about school kids and their parents, and I’m hoping that the million dollars this project is costing will be money well spent.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany City Council, Emerson & Sons, Gibson Hill, North Albany schools, ODOT
Tags: Albany City Council, Emerson & Sons, Gibson Hill, North Albany schools, ODOT
OReGO update: It pays!
Written July 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Well, this OReGo program could be a money maker — for me, if not for the state. And by “money” I mean a few pennies or fractions of pennies.
On my way with OReGO, maybe
Written July 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
After a confused start, my part of Oregon’s new road tax system may be on its way after all. We’ll see in a couple of days whether my newly installed mileage reporting device actually reports mileage, as my OReGO account manager assures me it will.
Oregon and the “sanctuary” issue
Written July 14th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The Center for Immigration Studies, an independent research organization in Washington, claims Linn County and most of Oregon offer “sanctuary” to illegal immigrants. Does this make Oregon just like San Francisco, where a felon from Mexico in this country illegally was allowed to go free and then shot a young woman dead on July 1? I can’t say, but […]
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: illegal aliens, illegal immigrants, Linn County jail, Linn County Sheriff, sanctuary
Tags: illegal aliens, illegal immigrants, Linn County jail, Linn County Sheriff, sanctuary
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Old history? It’s not all that old
History is closer than we think. Though not exactly original, that thought occurred to me when, on a bike ride the other day, I stopped and nosed around the old town site of Orleans.
Tags: Cushman Cemetery, Leonard Falk, Linn County history, Orleans