Albany and Lebanon are in danger of slipping into an un-neighborly fight over the Santiam-Albany Canal. Albany’s latest overture is not likely to help, and already the spat is costing Lebanon more money — on studies and options on land for a new intake — than it should have to spend. For my recommendation for […]
Is there something in Oregon’s plentiful water that is making city councils — including four members of  Albany’s — want to seem tone deaf, or greedy, or contemptuous of voters, or any combination thereof?
On Ballot Measure 86, the proposed state endowment to help Oregon students pay for post-secondary education, the Voters’ Pamphlet is better than nothing, but not by much. It explains the basics of the measure, but important questions are left unanswered.
Next time the Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission is looking for some project, it might want to consider the fact that many modern traffic signals ignore people on bikes. Some communities have solved the problem with gizmos like the one in the photo, a bike-crossing button similar to those routinely provided for people on foot.
Much of the campaign propaganda raining down on us now is based on distortion and falsehood. Now and then there’s a useful exception. A newly arrived mail piece, for  example, has just reminded us that, unfortunately, one mid-valley candidate favors a state program to make motor fuel more expensive.
I’m happy to report that a bunch of cans of left-over paint, paint thinner and other questionable liquids are no longer collecting dust or threatening to spring leaks in odd corners of the garage. This morning I joined scores of other people in taking this sort of household waste to the Albany yard of Republic […]
What the hell, it’s only money!
It’s nice to be reminded now and then, and especially just before an election, how casually public money is being thrown around at various levels of government. Three examples spring to mind.
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