HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Solid colors give wrong impression

Written November 9th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

On its website, the Oregon Secretary of State does a good job reporting election results on statewide and local contests. The color maps the office produces are helpful, but they also imply that Oregon’s regions are far more sharply divided politically than they are.


What’s behind rain tax law’s repeal

Written May 25th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Albany’s challenge of Oregon’s rules restricting free speech by public employees has failed. Indirectly that is what’s behind the action of the city council Wednesday to repeal the rain tax utility ordinance it had passed just last month.


Council resolves to fight ‘violation’

Written February 26th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

It’s not the money, it’s the principle of the thing, and the principle is worth fighting for, the Albany City Council decided Wednesday. On Monday, the council had agreed that each of its seven members would send the Oregon secretary of state a $10.72 check to cover a $75 civil penalty imposed on City Manager […]


 
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