By Scott Unger • Of the News-Register • 

Board axes Westsider Trail from county plan

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Otis

380 letters of testimony submitted to the board for keeping the trail.
Only 80 letters against were submitted.

The people want this trail.

We have the power to change this...and we will.



NJINILNCCAOR

One thing is certain:

Next time we get a chance to vote for Bubba, I will.

Next time I get a chance to vote against Kit and Mary, I will.

MissyMouse

It seems to me that everyone, including the News Register, has forgotten that the two commissioners against the trail are doing exactly what their constituents wanted them to do--no trail. The citizens of this county spoke out with their vote (and continue to speak out in other ways) against the trail. The people for the trail have been in the minority. One side wins, one side loses. It's called democracy.

Bigfootlives

The only people wasting time on this trail is the small minority, over, and over, and over. The same group. Otis is one of them. Nobody outside of this group wants this damn trail. Nobody wrote in opposition because if you don’t read the NR, and hardly anyone does (sorry NR) you don’t know about it, and then you still don’t react and advocate against.

And to compare it to the transportation bill was perfect! Another piece of crap democrats tried to cram down our throats. Does Bubba drool during commissioner meetings?

Nobody wants this damn trail.

manyhands

Vote for Neyssa Hays and John Linder for county commissioners.

Do not vote for Jason Fields. Jason voted in 2023 to kill a walking bridge across the creek at Ewing Young Park.The bridge would allow access to 11 acres of Park and Rec land. That's like Smokey the Bear voting to kill forests! At a CPRD board meeting Jason snarled to longtime CPRD superintendent Don Clements, “... I’m not in charge right now, but I’m telling you for sure we are going to kill the bridge idea.”

Do not vote for Kit Johnston. Kit is sneaky. Kit voted at an October 2 Yamhill County board of commissioners hearing to remove the "rail to trail" project from the county's Transportation System Plan (TSP). Others at the meeting called the vote "sneaky" because the trail item was added after the agenda was printed and no information about the trail was included in the meeting packet.

The trail is a public asset already paid for by taxpayers. Public land decisions shouldn't happen quietly.

Vote for Neyssa Hays and John Linder.

manyhands

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Go to trailspac.org to learn more, volunteer, donate.
Donations of ANY amount are welcome to help cover printing, outreach and legal costs.

Tyler C

That's a huge bummer. The trail idea sounds really cool. I'd love to have access to something like that in our area. And I honestly can't make heads or tails of the argument against it. Especially when so much time and money has already gone into the project.

treefarmer


We can at least be grateful that ONE of our Commissioners actually represents the will of his constituents. Thank you Bubba.

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