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. 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. 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Turkey Rama for the birds When will the appropriate people finally admit that Turkey Rama no longer represents this community?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 ...
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 ...
Letters to the Editor: May 27, 2016
My fair share I served the federal government for 15 years as a U.S. Marine and then 21 years more as an air traffic controller. Social Security was withheld during most of my time as a Marine. As an ...
Letters to the Editor: May 20, 2016
Pray in private I’ve read a number of times about people being unhappy with the public prayer before the county commissioner meetings — particularly with Allen Springer’s participation. If ...
Letters to the Editor: May 13, 2016
He paved the roads I want to compliment County Commissioner Allen Springer. When he was liaison to public works (with staff members John Phelan Roy Panchow), many rural roads were paved.These roads were ...
Letters to the Editor: May 6, 2016
Bond needed In choosing to send a bond to the people of McMinnville, the district’s long-range planning committee and the school board kept fiscal responsibility front and center in the process. ...
