Public Hearing-palooza

City Council will certainly get an earful Monday night. The 7:30 pm public hearing schedule at the downtown library Bascom-Tyson room includes these three topics: Ordinance on bikes on sidewalks in the downtown core Ordinance on the Downtown Public Safety Zone Ordinance on a plastic bag ban This oughtta be good! Continue reading 

Toxic Sprays in Oregon’s Forests

The Triangle Lake/Hwy 36 pesticide sprays were featured on PBS's NewsHour this week.  The people around Triangle Lake have been fighting the timber industry over toxic sprays for years. Companies such as Roseburg, Weyerhaeuser and Seneca Jones say they have the right to spray on their private lands, and that the sprays are necessary to regrow the clearcut forests for future wood products. Continue reading 

DOJ drops Handy investigation

The Oregon Department of Justice sent a letter to the Lane County Counsel today informing the county of the decision not to pursue the investigation against Handy due to insufficient evidence he had violated any criminal laws.  The county apparently sent out its press release about the issue before contacting Handy's attorney. Handy said in response to the news and the press release: Continue reading 

Dog Shaming

I have dogs. They do bad things, like sniff crotches and open the fridge and eat all the butter (Zella). And now, next time they do something bad, like eat all the seatbelts in my car (Rhoda) there's a place to shame them publicly for their wrongs.  Dog-shaming.com  Pages and pages of dogs doing bad things. Cutely. It's like cat videos only for dog people. And with less movement. Well, you know what I mean.  Continue reading