HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Can we end school shootings?

Written June 10th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

School shootings like the one in Troutdale Tuesday will keep happening until  we learn to keep teenagers from developing murderous impulses and acting on them.


Albany’s prudent answer to rain

Written June 9th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Albany has plans for a program to keep storm water from polluting our waterways, and it looks to me that the city staff has taken pains to keep any additional regulatory burden to a minimum. The city’s proposed answer to impending regulations is that new land developments above a certain size will have to incorporate features […]


Coming up this week

Written June 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

One of the likely topics:  

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The champions of bureaucracy

Written June 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

If anybody wanted to award first prize for bureaucracy, the federal government and the insurance industry would likely be among the top contenders. Put the two together and you get bureaucracy squared. Here’s what happened to an Oregon couple, as reported to me by email:

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On Cox Creek, heavy-duty mowing

Written June 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

The ear-splitting whine of chainsaws made me take notice Friday afternoon on the Waverly Drive bridge across Cox Creek. Turns out a crew working for R. Franco Restoration of Aumsville was just winding up a day’s worth of work on the creek banks all the way from near Salem Avenue.


UP permit issue stalls new path

Written June 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

If you’re anxiously waiting for that new bike and walking path under the Pacific Boulevard overpass — and even if you’re not — you’re going to have to wait a while longer. Construction was to have started in May. But nothing’s going on at the site. The reason: The project apparently needs a permit from the […]


Train station sites compared

Written June 5th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Faster and more frequent passenger train service up and down the Willamette Valley may be a distant dream, but the planning work grinds on. ODOT’s passenger rail program has just published a comparison of all the existing and potential stops. In Albany, the report compares the existing depot, Albany Station, with a potential stop near […]


 
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