If you want to avoid taking responsibility in government, sue somebody. That’s the formula now being followed by Governor Kitzhaber. He wants to sue Oracle, the company the state paid to develop its Cover Oregon website.
Let CARA do its job: Revival
Written May 29th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
CARA, Albany’s downtown urban renewal district, will hold a public open house Wednesday (June 4) to collect suggestions on which “public infrastructure” projects it should pursue. But hanging over the agency now is the proposal to use its funding to help pay for the central fire station and expansion of the police headquarters. Tempting though that idea […]
A mysterious flying object
Written May 29th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
This is not exactly in the same league as photographic evidence of flying saucers, but then again, what is it?
Hands off Bloom Lane, except …
Written May 29th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Here, take a look at Bloom Lane. You can see why all the property owners and residents would like the city government to keep its hands off their quiet little dead-end street in North Albany. They don’t want it widened or “improved” with curbs, gutters and sidewalks. They don’t want to be assessed for such […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, Bloom Lane, Crocker Lane, pavement issues, rural roads, street standards, Valley View Drive
Tags: Albany City Council, Bloom Lane, Crocker Lane, pavement issues, rural roads, street standards, Valley View Drive
If not a street fee, what?
Written May 28th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
If you were hoping that the potholed streets in the older parts of Albany might some day be repaved, you can expect to be disappointed. The city government has no plans to do anything about this worsening problem, at least not yet.
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Tags: Albany streets, Portland streets, street maintenance, street utility fees
Tags: Albany streets, Portland streets, street maintenance, street utility fees
How high’s the water now?
Written May 27th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
You were wondering how much the Pacific Ocean has risen since the last time I checked, right? I mean, there’s something in the news almost every day on climate change. And according to everything we hear, the effects of global warming including rising sea levels are affecting us all and happening now.
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The transformation of N. Albany
This looks like exactly what it is, a big construction site on what used to be an undeveloped North Albany hillside. They are putting in streets and utilities for 71 single-family houses in Phase III of the Benton Woods Subdivision. So the transformation of North Albany continues. What used to be a rural residential area with fields and […]
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