>La Grande Observer | Union and Wallowa Counties' News Leader

Observer news Yellow Pages NE Oregon Classifieds Web
web powered by Web Search Powered by Google

Today's front page

Image of The Observer's Front Page

Get Home Delivery of The Observer for only $8.50 per month, $9.50 for motor routes. Just click here and after filling out one simple and secure online form you could be on your way to learning more information about local, state and world news.

manage your account »

Home arrow Opinion

Letters and Comments for March 8, 2010

McClellan, Martin

 

 

Strategy derails beauty

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.

 

Stimulus package misses mark

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.
 

Letters and Comments for March 5, 2010

Geer, Allen, Parks

 

 

Getting old is not for sissies

“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.

 

Optimist Field project hits a home run

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.

 

 

Letters and Comments for March 4, 2010

Letters and Comments for March 4, 2010

 

Letters and Comments for March 3, 2010

Davis, Gorham

 

 

Good to see McClure seek another term

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.
 

Experiment proves eye-opener

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.

 
<< Start < Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next page > End >>

News
Local / Sports / Business / State / National / Obituaries / Public Notices
Opinion
Editorials / Letters / Guest Columns / Columnists
Features
Outdoors / Ag / Spiritual / Go Magazine / Portraits
Classifieds
View all classifieds / Jobs / Autos / Real Estate / Rentals / Place an Ad
The Observer
About / Contact / Commercial Printing / Subscriptions / Terms of Use / Site Map
Also Online
Photo Reprints / Slideshows / Weather and Valley Cam / /index.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS2.0&no_html=1">RSS Feed ?> RSS Feed

Follow La Grande Observer headlines on Follow La Grande Observer headlines on Twitter

© Copyright 2001 - 2010 Western Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. By Using this site you agree to our Terms of Use

LaGrandeObserver.com works best with the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer or Apple Safari