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WEEK OF JUNE 7 – 11, 2021 An unavoidable levy, a reluctant forking over of $30,000, admission by conservative commissioners that health decisions should be personal, a drought dilemma, a new position in the public health department and a rift over a big gift were on the Josephine County Commissioners’ agenda this week. 06/08/2021 Agenda […]
WEEK OF MAY 31 – JUNE 4 06/02/21 Agenda 06/02/21 YouTube Letters were Josephine County Commissioners’ main concern this week. On Wednesday, June 3 the discussion centered around their letter to every member of the US Senate opposing what they call “land grabs or land lockups” in several bills being passed on as part of […]
WEEK OF MAY 17-21 05/19/2021 Agenda 05/19/2021 YouTube This week Josephine County Commissioners were set to vote on a code amendment called “Unlawful Respiratory Interference” until County Council Wally Hicks, through a convoluted word salad, said the lifting of the state mask mandate made it superfluous. This was Hicks’ explanation: “This was drafted prior to […]
WEEK OF MAY 10 – 14, 2021 05/11/2021 Agenda 05/11/2021 YouTube Quotes: in the May 11 General Session recording 25:51 – Baertschiger “I strongly support we just go down to the bank and get a bag of money…” 26:14 – DeYoung’s rant re: State’s COVID recommendations 28:44 – Fowler alluding to the Big Lie referencing […]
WEEK OF MAY 3-7, 2021 Budget meetings took up most of Josephine County Commissioners’ time this week. Budget Commission members are the Commissioners plus Jim Brumback, Pastor of the River Valley Church, Zach Maynard, conservative Republican, who ran for District 4 State Representative and Steve Welch who was appointed by Baertschiger. 05/04/2021 Budget Committee Agenda […]
On May 27, Hellgate Jetboat Excursions applied for a US Army Corp of Engineers 404 permit and Department of Environmental Quality 401 certification to dredge over 1000 cubic yards of gravel, sand, and sediment at 9 locations in the Rogue River. While local businesses are an important part of the regional tourism economy, the greater […]
The Forest Committee of the DPO Environmental Caucus had a Zoom meeting a while back with Senator Merkley’s staff. Sen Merkley is the Chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the U.S. Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Forest Service The Forest Committee discussed funding needs for forest management, especially […]
We won the House, the Senate, and the Presidency, and we can’t even get republicans to agree to an investigation of the worst attack on the capitol since the civil war? Today, republicans took the position of looking away from the attack on our capitol by failing to pass the bipartisan investigation of the deadly […]
Today is the last day to turn in your ballot for the May 2021 Special Election. Mid-year elections do not get the attention they deserve, but many important local boards are filled in these elections. Less than 30% of local registered democrats have turned in their ballots so far. Please get your ballots in! We […]