March 08, 2010 02:29 pm
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Dear Neighbors of Union County,
I encourage the taxpaying citizens of Union County to continue to
question your Union County commissioners about the benefits of the
proposed wind farm(s). Maybe they’ll be wonderful, with all the
benefits promised. And maybe they won’t.
Take it from us in your sister county of Wallowa: two of your
commissioners have been very effective in decisions ruining our rural
beauty. The hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of parked rail cars we
look at 24/7 from Joseph to Minam are a manifestation of a failed
business plan. While the original mutual county effort to save the
rails was noble and with hope, the continuation of this plan beyond
anything but paying down the debt we took on in 1999 is akin to keeping
clipper ships alive in the face of steam.
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March 08, 2010 02:26 pm
The current recession is not the Great Depression. Just ask anyone who
was there. The current recession is not even a good recession. When
Congress a year ago passed its attempt to spend the United States out
of the recession, a lot of skeptics questioned the wisdom. There still
are as we wait in rural America for a lifting of the economic cloud.
Investment is one thing. But where is the investment in small towns and
rural regions? It seems as if more than the fair share of the stimulus
money in the $789 billion economic stimulus package is going to the big
cities for tunnels and high speed rail and not to small towns and rural
regions, where small businesses are hurting and people are out of work.
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March 04, 2010 03:16 pm
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“Gentlemen, start your egos.”
— Billy Crystal
There are more pings and knocks in late adulthood than there were at the Daytona 500 stock car race after the cars began hitting THE POTHOLE.
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March 04, 2010 03:11 pm
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Many volunteers have stepped up to the plate and hit for the fences in the Optimist Field improvement project. It’s a sign of the enthusiasm that remains for baseball since La Grande High School won the Class 4A state title in 2007. And it’s testament to the many individuals and institutions working for the betterment of the community.
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March 04, 2010 03:10 pm
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Letters and Comments for March 4, 2010
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March 03, 2010 02:39 pm
Steve McClure will seek another term as a Union County commissioner. Word that he has filed for re-election is good news.
McClure knows just about everything there is to know about the workings
of local government, from the operation of the county to dealing with
local governments to serving on boards and commissions that play a role
in the well-being of Union County. Every government entity needs a
Steve McClure — someone who has the institutional knowledge of how
things work and what makes them work.
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March 02, 2010 03:07 pm
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Thanks to El Nino’s warm tentacles, in Eastern Oregon, at least currently, there are four seasons: spring, summer, fall and flu.
And while there’s a big difference between the flu and a cold, anyone who has experienced the wrenching spasms of a cold will tell you it’s anything but common. They’ll also tell you they’d do almost anything to avoid a repeat performance.
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