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Where is our ‘North Star?’ A response to Gov. Brown’s plan
Skyler Bascom Last Friday, Oct. 30, Gov. Kate Brown announced in a press conference new metrics for opening…
Choices made on ballot affect many
Editor: My husband and I are not allowed to vote on the Sweet Home City initiatives and leadership…
Citizens’ votes make difference
Editor: Time to Vote! Well, the time in getting closer for us to exercise one of the most…
Homeowners pay unfair share
Editor: I understand why Mr. Mahler (Oct. 14) and Mr. Gourley (Oct. 21) want the levies to pass.…
Rising taxes create difficulty for some
Editor: My property tax statement came today. It states that our house, for which we paid $72,000 10…
Despite delivery, funds handled well
Editor: I attended the meeting that started the whole controversy of “stealing funds from the City of Sweet…
Election: All else aside, your vote counts
If there were a barometer to gauge how politically aroused rural Oregonians have become after years of urban-influenced…
City’s levy flyer could be clearer
Editor: First of all, I fully support our fine police and library. Our mayor was nice enough to…
City Hall’s value should be decided by people
There aren’t a lot of historical buildings in Sweet Home, a town that was built rapidly and with…
Writer’s opinion of Trump changed
Editor: Well, it’s vot’n time. It comes down to who you believe. For me, a 2016 Trump skeptic,…
Measure 108 simply government greed trampling better health
Sean C. Morgan I started by writing a philosophical piece about why it’s wrong to tax tobacco, alcohol…
Levy renewal key for police, library
Editor: The levy renewals for the Sweet Home Police Department and the Sweet Home Library are on this…
Writer supports three candidates
Editor: I support and endorse Angelita Sanchez and Dylan Richards for positions on the Sweet Home City Council…
Abortion key to crime decline
Editor: Violent crime nearly quadrupled between 1960 and its peak in 1991, then it fell and kept falling.…
Levy math doesn’t bode well for future
Editor: Regarding Ballot Titles 22-184 and 22-185, for continuation of operating levies for Sweet Home Police Services and…
COVID requires united efforts
Editor: COVID-19. When does the responsibility begin? This is a question I have been struggling with for some…
Levies necessary for critical services
Editor: I feel compelled to clarify some points made by Marilyn Schlim in last week’s letter to the…
When COVID strikes home, things change
Scott Swanson I actually had planned to write about newspapers for this week’s edition. After all, as should…
A vote for your local newspaper is a vote for your democracy
By Tom Silvestri Newspapers face another big election. It’s about them. While the United States is riveted by…
Levies a ‘windfall’ for city officials
Editor: Here it is again… the new levies. What many of you don’t realize is that our homes…
Thanks to wide range of people
Editor: As I have job that takes me out of town now, I’ve missed the City Council meetings…
‘Inert’ forest policy dangerous to us
Editor: Zombie apocalypse forest fire infernos in California, Oregon and Washington seem out of human control. But wait,…
Forest ownership change an answer?
Editor: Thank you, Lars Arndt, for your guest editorial of Sept. 16. It got me thinking… The spotted…
National Newspaper Week: Reporting shines spotlight to injustice, other ills
By Michael A. Anastasi Rarely are lawmakers across the political spectrum so unified. And rarely do they act…
RBG: President in charge for 4 years
Editor: Diane Daiute opines in her Sept. 23 letter that the GOP is playing dirty. Her entire missive…