How about a city sales tax on recreational marijuana in case Oregon voters pass Measure 91, the pot initiative, on Nov. 4? The Albany City Council is toying with the notion, sort of.
Why a simple table would work better
Written September 3rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Among all the possible topics of interest or concern, the Albany City Council’s arrangements for hearing from people at meetings are probably near the bottom of your list. Still, I bring up the subject again as someone who watches the contortions people have to go through.
Verizon customers skip hearing
Written August 28th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
If Verizon customers around southwest Albany want better reception, as some say they do, they should have shown up at Wednesday’s public hearing before the city council and supported the company’s application to to build a 120-foot cell tower near Pacific Boulevard and 53rd Avenue. But they didn’t.
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Tags: 53rd Avenue, Albany City Council, cell towers, Lakeshore Lanes, Verizon
Tags: 53rd Avenue, Albany City Council, cell towers, Lakeshore Lanes, Verizon
Albany, Huatulco and U.S-Mexico ties
Written August 27th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Albany now has a sister-city relationship with Santa Maria Huatulco, a fabulous resort community on the southwest Pacific coast of Mexico. This brings up some thoughts about what’s going on in America’s and Oregon’s relationship with Mexico as a nation as well.
Albany mayor candidates down to 3
Written August 26th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
One of the candidates trying to challenge Albany Mayor Sharon Konopa turned out to be ineligible, leaving two others on the ballot along with the mayor.
Cell tower: How tall is too tall?
Written August 22nd, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Verizon wants to build a cell tower in southwest Albany, and it needs a conditional use permit to do so. The city planning commission has turned the company down, and the company appealed. Now it’s up to the city council, which will hold a public hearing when it meets at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27. […]
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A rain tax in Albany’s future?
Albany is launching a regulatory program to keep rainwater in new land developments out of storm drains so it doesn’t carry pollution into creeks and rivers. Not now, but sooner or later this is going to cost some money to administer, and when it does, the city may want to collect a monthly stormwater utility […]
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