Letters to the Editor: Sept. 9, 2016
Reject hate speech On August 5, you published a letter that I cannot describe as anything but racist. For a month I have pondered how to respond. This letter was written in response to the comments ...
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 2, 2016
Health costs too high Why is it that Canada (and every other industrial nation) can provide first class health care to its citizens at half the cost we spend in the good ol’ USA? I believe, plain ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 26, 2016
County workers deserve better One of the greatest lessons my parents taught me when I was young was to always put myself in another person’s shoes before criticizing them. I also learned the importance ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 19, 2016
Time for tough love Every week for the last several weeks, the homeless issue is at the forefront of local news, especially here at home and in Portland. The Aug. 2 News-Register article “Street ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 12, 2016
Minds in the toilet Our Yamhill County commissioners never cease to amaze. Not content with wasting their time and our money on the Malheur fandango this past spring, they are now off and running on ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 5, 2016
Pool hardly a success This is my response to Pat Swanick’s July 29 Viewspoints commentary, “A community success story.” Just to be clear this is Andrew Davis, the non-winemaker. How ...
Letters to the Editor: July 22, 2016
Turkey Rama for the birds When will the appropriate people finally admit that Turkey Rama no longer represents this community? It’s time to move on and bury the turkey. I don’t know where ...
Robert Mason::4
Landfill foes loseEngland’s House of Commons has a rule: A member may not call another member a liar.During a speech, Winston Churchill said that a member lied, which brought down on Churchill a ...
Letters to the Editor: July 15, 2016
City needs new rec center I’m writing to express my support of a new parks and recreation bond. I was pleased to see the July 5 front page article in the News-Register dreaming of this same thing. ...
Letters to the Editor: July 8, 2016
Abortion not murder Susan Paz’s letter equating abortion with murder deserves a response. Her position presupposes a determination of the controversy over when human life begins. The physiology ...
Letters to the Editor: July 1, 2016
Abortion is murder The right to one’s own life takes precedence over all lesser rights, such as another’s privacy, choice or convenience. Government-sanctioned murder is immoral, and the ...
Letters to the Editor: June 17, 2016
Requiem for an RV park The Mulkey RV Park sign on Highway 18 has been removed, so I guess the park is a thing of the past. I know nothing about the history of the park, except that some have lived there ...
Letters to the Editor: June 10, 2016
Road is a hazard I’m a resident near the intersection of Seventh Street and Duniway Road, and city officials have never posted a speed limit sign to replace the 25 mph sign removed during road widening. On ...
Letters to the Editor: June 3, 2016
‘Dumped’ headline fits I saw in the News-Register that a few people did not like the words used pertaining to County Commissioner Allen Springer being “dumped.” Frankly, the headline ...
