HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

About new fencing on Santiam Canal

Written June 20th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

A line of new fence posts drew my attention this week along a section of the Albany-Santiam Canal. It brought to mind the stories I did six years ago about this very spot.


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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