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Why The GOP Should Listen To Mitch Daniels

(Photo By:Darron Cummings / AP)
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle.
It’s lunchtime at frontier Elementary School in Brookston, Ind., and Gov. Mitch Daniels, who’s spent the past two hours leading a charity motorcycle ride through the cornfields of central Indiana, has decided, along with 500 of his burliest friends, to park his Harley and grab some food. In the cafeteria, groups of tattooed men in leather vests, skull bandannas, and sleeveless denim jackets mill about, nibbling on limp turkey sandwiches. But Dennis Tyger, a 42-year-old auto repairman with a thick goatee and an impish grin, is too busy plotting his next move to eat. “So I should do it, right?” he asks his tablemates. They nod. Seconds later, Daniels enters the room.

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Special District Election Ballots Due By 8:00 PM Tuesday, May 17, 2011

May 12, 2011

SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTION BALLOTS DUE BACK MAY 17

Time is running out to return ballots for the May 17 special district election.
Ballots for the election must be returned by 8 p.m. Tuesday in order to be counted. To ensure their ballots arrive on time, voters are advised to bring completed ballots to one of the approved drop sites. Ballots placed in the mail before the deadline but not delivered until after will not be counted.
Completed ballots can be dropped at the following sites:
· Clatsop County Clerk’s Office, Public Services Building, 820 Exchange St., Astoria -or- 24-hour drop box in front of office.
· Cannon Beach City Hall, 163 Gower St., Cannon Beach
· Gearhart City Hall, 698 Pacific Way, Gearhart
· Seaside City Hall, 989 Broadway, Seaside
· Warrenton City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave., Warrenton
· Knappa High School, 41535 Old Highway 30, Knappa
· Mist-Birkenfeld Fire Hall, 12525 Oregon Highway 202
· Clatskanie Library, 11 Lillich St., Clatskanie
For more information contact the Clerk and Elections Office at (503) 325-8511 or go to the Clatsop County website, http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/ and click on “May 17, 2011 Special District Election.”

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Coast Community Radio To Feature Astoria Port Commission Candidates Bill Hunsinger And Tim Liddiard Thursday Morning

Tune in Thursday morning May 12th to hear Patrick Webb interview Port Commissioner Bill Hunsinger and challenger Tim Liddiard.
9:30 am: KMUN 91.9 and KTCB 89.5 and www.coastradio.org
8:30 pm: KCPB 89.5 (if you can access it)
Questions: 503-325-0010

Clatsop County Redistricting Board Sets New Proposed Commisioner District Boundaries!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

REDISTRICTING BOARD PICKS PROPOSED NEW COMMISSIONER BOUNDARIES

The Clatsop County Redistricting Board has settled on proposed new boundaries for the County Board of Commissioners districts.
At a meeting Monday the 10-member board chose a boundary scenario that makes relatively few changes to the existing commissioner districts.
The plan next goes to the board of commissioners for review and final adoption. The board must adopt new boundaries by Sept. 13.
Legislative boundaries must be redrawn every 10 years to account for shifts in population revealed in the U.S. Census. The Clatsop County Clerk’s Office convened the Redistricting Board to review the data from the 2010 Census and agree on new boundaries.
From input from the panel, county staff developed six different boundary scenarios. On Monday the board voted 8-2 to select Scenario D, which shifts a handful of voter precincts between districts to maintain similar population totals, but largely leaves the existing districts in their current configuration.
“The process went smoothly,” County Clerk Cathie Garber said. “The board was very forward-thinking, trying to do what’s best for Clatsop County now and in the future.”
The board made one change to Scenario D, shifting the “Cove” area of south Seaside from District 5 to District 2.
To see a map of Scenario D, go to “Redistricting process” at the Clatsop County website, http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/. Note that the map does not show the shift of the Seaside area.
The Redistricting Board was charged with drawing boundaries that met the following criteria:
· Be contiguous
· Be of equal population
· Utilize existing geographical or political boundaries
· Not divide communities of common interest
· Be connected by transportation links
The new boundaries also had to reflect a change in the method of counting the population. The current districts are based on the number of registered voters, while the new districts are to be based on total population. For that reason, the new proposed boundaries follow census blocks, while the current boundaries are based on voter precincts.
As a result, some areas – in Astoria, Seaside, Warrenton and the Olney area – have been shifted to another district under the board’s preferred Scenario D.

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Community Relations Coordinator
(503) 325-1000

May 11, 2011 Clatsop County Board Of Commissioners Meeting Time Change

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, May 9, 2011

MAY 11 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING TIME CHANGED

The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners has changed the time of its Wednesday, May 11 regular meeting to accommodate public input on a draft letter regarding future management in the Clatsop State Forest.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria.
The letter, to State Forester Doug Decker, constitutes the board of commissioners’ comment on the draft Implementation Plan for the state forest’s Astoria District. The 10-year implementation plan spells out how the revisions to the Northwest Oregon Forest Management Plan, adopted in 2010 by the Oregon Board of Forestry and covering harvest levels, habitat protection and other strategies, will be carried out on the ground in the approximately 150,000 acres of the Astoria District, which covers the Clatsop State Forest.
The state forestry department is accepting public comment on the implementation plan until May 25. The final decision on the implementation plans lies with the department.
The draft letter was presented to the county board of commissioners at its April 27 meeting, when the board heard a presentation from District Manager Tom Savage and Assistant Manager Ron Zilli on the district implementation plan.
The board postponed action on the letter and scheduled further discussion for May 11. Staff made some revisions to the letter based on commissioner input.
The letter emphasizes the important role forestry plays in the economy and culture of Clatsop County. It notes that one of the key changes in the 2010 Forest Management Plan carried over to the implementation plan, the introduction of a new habitat-protection strategy called Species of Concern, “appears to be more specific and targeted,” but urges the department to dedicate sufficient resources to ensure the species-protection plan is “based on the best available science.”
To see the draft letter on the May 11 meeting agenda, go to the Clatsop County website, www.co.clatsop.or.us and go to “Board of Commissioners meetings/agendas.”
The state forestry department is taking public comment on the draft implementation plan until May 25. To view the entire plan, and get information on submitting comments, go to the Oregon Department of Forestry website, www.oregon.gov/ODF.

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Community Relations Coordinator
(503) 325-1000

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