Passing bond is a major step forward
In response to Keith Gallagher’s letter of March 17 (“Progressives can’t understand humanity”) critical of progressives, I think that Mr. Gallagher might find something in common with progressives I know.
When I was a Benton County Commissioner, I witnessed firsthand some of the downfalls of our criminal justice system: an inadequate, failing jail (giving rise to a catch-and-release system, transporting arrested folks out of county, no local healthful, rehabilitative programs); an unsafe and …
I’m writing in response to the March 15 and 19 editions, each of which had an advertising insert for Sportsman’s Warehouse with more than 20 so-called sporting rifles whose only purpose is to kill human beings.
This May, Benton County voters will be asked once again to approve a bond issue in order to build a new jail as well as other construction to facilitate an expansion of the local bureaucracy.
The indictment of Donald Trump by the Manhattan district attorney is long overdue.
Several weeks ago, Gov. Kotek requested (presumably of Oregon taxpayers) $1 billion, plus $130 million, to, in her mind, eradicate homelessness in Oregon.
Summertime is a critical time for youth, and far too many continue to struggle with the impacts of learning loss and social isolation that has also impacted mental health for some.
I feel Memorial Day is not just for the military members who died on the battlefield but also those who died because of the battlefield.
The recent remodel of Cordley Hall at Oregon State University is a perfect example of how voters can lose trust in publicly funded building projects.
I’d like to thank Professor Wolf for putting the Second Amendment in historical perspective (“Time to repeal the Second Amendment,” April 28), and for emphasizing that “the right of the people to bear arms” was in reference to a well-regulated militia (i.e., our National Guard).
I want to correct an erroneous statement made by several opponents of the county’s justice system improvement plans during and after the election.
Both legislators and faith leaders are looking at a single side of this issue: their idea of the “moral” side.
The Kendall Natural Area — the riverside woodlands at Willamette Park — teems with wildlife: bald eagles, osprey, mergansers, foxes, herons.
Ohhh, Matilda (“Against divisive, satanic agendas,” Matilda Novak, May 24). Satan and fluoride and Pride, oh my!
In response to flying the Pride flag:
Have you noticed some recent hazy skies in Corvallis?
I am just old enough to remember the jail in the old train depot, Sixth Street and Madison Avenue.
I believe that the current debt limit crisis is a deliberate attempt by House Republicans (in support of Donald Trump) to crash the economy and then try to pin it on Biden.
Why did the jail, etc. bond fail? Too many issues, lack of focus.
I am a member of the American Legion Riders.
The postmortem for the failed bond measure has begun.
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I have a huge problem with the May 21 front-page story “South Korea awards adoptee.”
In Cody Mann’s April 14 article on Corvallis facility needs (“Closing the funding gap”), City Manager Mark Shepard provides a list of facility improvements in Albany over the last 20 years, and then is quoted as remarking, “… over the same 20 years, what did Corvallis do?”
I fervently hope that by the time this letter appears in the paper, the looming economic crisis of default has been averted.
Do you have health insurance through your employer? How often does that insurance change?
Have you stopped to consider that Linn County's productive fields of grass seed, wheat, hazelnuts and other crops would likely not be here if it hadn’t been for a Linn County grass seed farmer, Hector McPherson?
Currently, and for the next few months, many new and young fawns are out and about, following their mothers.
Thank you to everyone who posted a sign, wrote a letter, passed out fliers, talked to friends and neighbors, and voted in support of Measure 2-140.
Response to “As I See It: The Land Conservation and Development Commission,” May 17: