Clackamas' Opinions
June 19, 2013
Our Opinion: Economy, environment need attention
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Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, Portland-area residents were concerned about runaway growth. Today, they are worried about their economic security slipping away. Those two facts, as much as…
June 19, 2013
OC schools investing in students' future
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The Oregon City School Board developed a budget for 2013-14 that focuses our resources on our classrooms. We are protecting our existing academic program while making critical investments to…
June 19, 2013
Letters: Light rail; CRC project; exchange students
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The time has passed for the Clackamas Board of County Commissioners to stop playing “political football” with the MAX light-rail project, particularly as it closes in on the 50 percent…
June 12, 2013
Readers' Letters: Film crew thanks community, plans to return
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The Orange Line between Portland and Oak Grove is a done deal. Whether you love or hate the new Portland-Milwaukie light rail project, let’s agree to move forward and finish this project as…
June 12, 2013
OC Antique Fair moves to new location
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After careful deliberation, the leadership of the Oregon City Chamber has made the decision to move the 18th annual Antique Fair to the grounds of the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center…
June 05, 2013
Thanked your locally elected officials today?
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In our opinion, there are a few high-profile jobs within local government that are thankless. Two of them are the positions of superintendent of schools and city manager. These positions must…
June 05, 2013
Letters: Gladstone's library; Columbia River Crossing
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There has been quite a turn of events in Gladstone. Six months ago supporters of building an overpriced library berated the Save Gladstone group for receiving $2,500 from a Lake Oswego…
June 05, 2013
Local congressman expresses disappointment, some satisfaction
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I wanted to take this opportunity to fill you in on some ongoing issues being addressed in Congress as of late and what I have been working on for Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District and you.…
May 29, 2013
Rumor, innuendo: Enemies to county's 'brighter future'
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The Columbia River Crossing (CRC) has generated significant interest in the region and rightfully so. We must be mindful of the role transportation infrastructure plays in our daily lives as…
May 29, 2013
Letters: Film crew; humanitarian crises; CRC backlash
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The Upriver/Downtown Milwaukie Festival of Short Film was a smashing success! I would like to publicly thank the Clackamas County Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office for the grant that made the…
May 29, 2013
Newly elected official can turn over a new leaf
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On May 15, Nancy Gibson published an article in the Oregon City News/Clackamas County Review. It is evident by her remarks she has not been a regular attendee of the Oak Lodge Water District…
May 22, 2013
Letters: Veteran urges investment; Savas encourges parks…
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I am a U.S. Air Force veteran and a proud graduate of Clackamas Community College. I chose Clackamas because it was a veteran-friendly school where I could stretch my military educational…
May 22, 2013
U.S. Attorney asks for trust as he treads on First Amendment
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Give embattled U.S. Attorney Eric Holder credit on one score. He’s managed to do something his boss hasn’t — unite Republicans and Democrats. Leaders from both parties have been blasting Holder…
May 22, 2013
Willamette Falls: A 'perfect storm' of opportunities?
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Opportunities are coming together at the end of the Oregon Trail for our signature waterfall and it’s abutting communities: Envision river level access to the second largest waterfall by volume…
May 15, 2013
My view of the Oak Lodge Water District
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As a ratepayer of the Oak Lodge Water District for over 20 years, I want to first thank OLWD Commissioner Myron Martwick for his statements in the May 8 publication of the Review. Finally,…
May 15, 2013
Leaders speak out on May 21 ballot issues
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Clackamas Community College does an outstanding job of providing educational opportunities to our high school graduates, veterans, and unemployed. Still, the changing job environment requires…
May 15, 2013
Not another city 'Taj Ma-hall'
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Albert Einstein said, “only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” The Gladstone City Council does its best under the circumstances, with…
May 15, 2013
Vote to save our Trolley Trail Park
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There are good reasons to vote no on Measures 3-425 and 3-426. Selling a section of the still under-construction Trolley Trail Park to TriMet will blight the park with long-term environmental…
May 08, 2013
What we need is one brave Republican
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The Oregon Senate is attempting to accomplish what the U.S. Congress should have done — but didn’t — in passage of expanded criminal background checks for firearm purchases. Last week, the U.S.…
May 08, 2013
Letters: Opinions stream in against water-rate rollback
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On the ballot of the special May 21 election, Oregon City has a measure to prevent a rollback of water rates to the 1994 level. I encourage Oregon City voters to vote YES on this measure,…
