Hasso Hering

Campaign brewing in Ward I

Written April 23rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

It’s early yet, but Albany has the first announced challenger this year for a seat on the city council, and it looks as though voters can look forward to a spirited campaign of actual substance. Kevin Manske, co-owner with his wife of CNS Firearms and a firearms training business, announced his candidacy this week. He’s […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, Dick Olsen, Election 2014, Kevin Manske

Power grab would cost more

Written April 22nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

If you wanted to know the implications for the rest of the Albany area of a Millersburg electric power takeover, it would help to have an advanced degree in electrical engineering. Lacking such a degree, most of us will be interested in what the engineering staff of Pacific Power says based on a preliminary analysis the […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: City of Millersburg, Millersburg Electric Utiliity, Murder Creek Substation, Pacific Power

Albany pot stores: The series continues

Written April 21st, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

For the umpteenth time, the Albany City Council plowed the same ground Monday on the subject of medical marijuana dispensaries, which the legislature has authorized local governments to either ban for a year or control with “reasonable regulations.” The outcome, as far as anybody can be sure of anything in this shifting debate, is that […]

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Tags: Albany City Council, marijuana dispensaries, medical marijuana

What, no ‘rational purpose’?

Written April 21st, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Oregon’s attorney general, Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat, has taken the unusual step of asking a federal court to throw out a law passed by Oregon voters on the grounds that the law is legally indefensible. Based on that standard, the voter-approved law on marriage would not be the only law that the attorney general could […]

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Tags: Oregon attorney general, Oregon marriage law, same-sex marriage

It’s a headwind until you turn around

Written April 19th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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Riding your bike on the Oregon coast can be a lot of fun or a lot of work. Which it is depends on the wind direction, more than anything.

Posted in: Commentary, Videos
Tags: bicycling, Oregon coast

Hey, this is NOT a dump!

Written April 18th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

This is not what you want to see from any of Albany’s riverside trails. But whether you want to or not, it’s what you had to look at the last few days on a vacant lot off the Willamette river trail from Simpson Park to Bowman Park.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Bowman Park, Simpson Park, vandalism, Willamette River trail

Promotion’s OK but free speech isn’t?

Written April 18th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

Something is definitely screwy with Oregon’s election law and how it’s being enforced, and the news from Albany and Corvallis points this out. Free speech is the main issue, but so is the penchant by local government to try to affect the outcome when people are asked to vote on higher taxes.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany police and fire buildings, Benton County Jail, Oregon Elections Division, public funds on electioneering