Hasso Hering

Those street costs would bite

Written March 3rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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How’d you like to stretch your finances and buy a new house only to learn some time later that oh, by the way, you’re on the hook for a few thousand bucks in extra street assessments? You might understand the need if the street work did you some good. But not if you already have sidewalks […]

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Tags: Albany City Council, Crocker Lane, street assessments, Valley View Drive

On fuel, pushing ahead blindly

Written March 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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Democrats in the Oregon legisature are showing a reckless disregard for the consequences as they extend the so-called “clean-fuels” program, which they’re about to do. Their own revenue office told them that while the effect on state revenue cannot be determined, it could be bad, but the supporters of SB 324 don’t care.

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Tags: clean fuels program, legislative revenue office, Oregon legisature, SB 324

When automobiles had class

Written March 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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Here’s a question that nobody’s asking: What was wrong with the shape of cars in the 1930s that they don’t make them like that anymore? For convenience and style, it’s hard to beat this 1936 Chrysler. Or so you would think.

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Tags: 1936 Chrysler, automobiles, classic cars

A tribute to true wetlands

Written March 1st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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These watery places are not in danger — except perhaps of drying up too much late in the summer of very dry years. They are also obviously useful to all kinds of plants and wildlife of the kind we have at the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area in northern Benton County.

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Tags: Benton County, E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area, wetlands regulations, wetrlands

Sunshine called for a ride

Written March 1st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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March 1 is still winter, supposedly, but it sure felt like spring in the Willamette Valley, and that called for the obligatory bike ride on the abandoned roads of the former Camp Adair. Well, almost abandoned roads.

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Tags: bicycling, E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area, March 1, ODFW, Oregon State Police, sunshine

Sustainability stalls in Independence

Written February 28th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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Every time I pass through Independence, which is not that often, I am struck by the sight of the concrete skeleton of a three-story building right in the middle of town. It is, as I discovered on the city of Independence’s website and elsewhere on the Internet, a sad reminder of where dreams of “sustainability” […]

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Tags: energy independence, green building, Independence Station, LEED, sustainability

Bike route options: How about these?

Written February 27th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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Now that the latest plan for an Albany-Corvallis Bike Trail — or “multi-use path” — has been shot down, Benton County says it will try to find another route. A long look at the map suggests at least two alternatives that would be almost as good.

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Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bike Trail, Benton County, Riverside Drive option