A quick visit to the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area northwest of Albany on a pleasant spring day in March. The area’s paved and gravel roads without motor traffic make it an ideal place for an outing on your bike.
Long road to a sidewalk
Written March 27th, 2013 by
Nearly six years ago, in 2007, some parents in North Albany urged that the city build sidewalks on Gibson Hill Road so that children, when walking down to North Albany elementary and middle schools, would be safely away from fast-moving traffic. City engineers started working on the idea. They applied for grant money. In February 2012, […]
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Leave helmet law alone
Written March 26th, 2013 by
A plea against expanding Oregon’s bicycle helmet law to riders up through age 18: The last thing we need is yet another law related to biking. ——————— Bob Thomas: Hasso, I agree with you 100%. Great editoral or statement. One thing to ponder is if this helmet law is bad for bicycles, shouldn’t the same […]
Open up closed meetings
Written March 26th, 2013 by
Oregon has a public meetings law, but whenever things might get interesting, the public can be kept out. The law says public bodies like the city council must meet in public when deliberating or making decisions. But there are exceptions. For instance, the public may be kept out when governing boards hire or discipline public officers. […]
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Road-fee bill is coming up
Written March 25th, 2013 by
After 12 years of effort, Oregon state officials are taking another stab at establishing some kind of road mileage tax for vehicles that burn little or no fuel. Many questions remain, and lawmakers now may try to answer them. On Wednesday, the House Transportation Committee is planning to act on House Bill 2453, which would […]
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Coal trains and Albany, continued
Written March 24th, 2013 by
Egads! Coal trains though Albany? What a horrible prospect! That’s the sentiment of a group that managed to get a proposed resolution against coal trains on the Albany City Council’s agenda for Wednesday night. It is part of the campaign to stop the use of coal worldwide in the interest of slowing down global warming. […]
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Marriage: May the court step back
If the Supreme Court is smart — and the justices certainly are — it will decline to outlaw as unconstitutional state laws against same-sex marriage. The court will instead leave this issue to be decided in the states, where in some cases the decision in favor of this change has already been made. All the media reports […]
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