HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Picketing reflects Albany majority vote in ’24

Written February 14th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Protesting with picket signs has almost become a Friday routine on Ellsworth Street in Albany, even when it rains.


Protest blockage: Some questions

Written December 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

I’m glad I wasn’t in my truck trying to cross the Willamette River on the Van Buren Street Bridge in Corvallis Saturday. Demonstrators claiming to protest police brutality around the country blocked the bridge for “more than 15 minutes,” as the Gazette-Times reported. If the drivers prevented from crossing the bridge had been the impatient […]


 
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