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natural resources we are endowed with, life in Tillamook should be a bowl of cherries, so why are we floundering in the pits? Roads in poor condition, south county schools only going four days a week to cut expenses and downtown Tillamook businesses hurting with some on life support. If you plan to build a house, by the time you get all the permits required, the paper costs can exceed 25 percent of the total cost, and if you let your whiskers grow from the first day you apply for the permits until the permits are completed, you can play Santa Clause at the Christmas party. Now the politicians are beating the drums for more of our money for road repair. True it is a needed project, so why have politicians not been diverting more tax dollars towards roads instead of more planning departments loaded with regulations that cripple and destroy businesses? With the economy stagnated - jobs become scarcer, food prices rising - this is not the time to suck more money out of people’s pockets to grow government. Give government more money and all you are going to get is more government. Government hates competition and loves to run things their way. Their business efficiency can be compared to a three-legged mule pulling a cart with a broken wheel being driven by a blind man with Alzheimers. I belive government has what it needs to take care of the problem when used correctly. I am not about to vote to give more of my dollars to the tax man. He has wore out his welcome. Ray Streeter Tillamook, Ore.
Something needs to be done about the roads I’m as resistant as the next person about paying more property taxes, but something needs to be done about our road system. Our county roads are too valuable an asset to let de-
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teriorate beyond the point of repair. Just as we make investments in our homes and property, it’s time to make the needed investment in our transportation infrastructure. I believe in the professional manner in which Liane Welch runs the Tillamook County Public Works Department, and think she and her hardworking staff deserve a vote of confidence from the voters of Tillamook County. Let’s all pitch in and help supply the desperately needed funding for road repair. Please consider a “Yes” vote on the upcoming road bond levy. Barbara Trout Rockaway Beach, Ore.
I am voting no for roads In regards to all the letters in favor of the road bond in last weeks Headlight Herald: I have been a senior citizen for sometime now and I find myself and other seniors under attack from Obama, who wants to cut my Social Security COLA, and the Republicans who want to cut it more. Same with my pension; Oregon Democrats propose cutting the COLA for my pension, and the Republicans want to cut it more. Now the cost of living is way, way up, and even if I get a cost of living increase, and many times I don’t, the COLA does not really keep up with the true cost of living. Therefore any increased taxes are becoming a burden. So in the truest Republican spirit I refuse to vote for the road bonds because they do not exempt the wealthy. They will have to pay the road bond taxes too. And we must never, never, increase taxes on the wealthy, even if the roads go to hell, like our country is. I am voting against the road bonds. Dixie Gainer Nehalem, Ore.
Even part timers will help pay for roads The roads measure on the May ballot is a fair way
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to work towards a sustainable package to restore Tillamook County roads to health. It is one of the ways that all those who use the roads can help pay for them. Absentee owners of commercial property and owners of second homes in the county will help to pay for the roads they also use. I am told that approximately 30 percent of the PUD bills are sent to addresses outside the county. One can assume many of those residential bills go to owners of property assessed above the average dwelling in the county. Thus, a substantial amount of the road tax will be paid by persons not living here full time. A pretty good deal, seems to me! When seeking permission to place ‘Yes on Roads’ lawn signs recently, half of the people who gave me permission to place a sign on their property were part-timers. Many who will not get a vote in the matter realize the importance of what you will vote on in May. Please vote ‘Yes’ for our roads. Chris Spence Cape Meares, Ore
pay property taxes. But for the many who are already supporting the schools, libraries, fire department, etc, etc, this is just another kick in the pants for trying to take care of your family and not depend on others for the extra services that are provided in the county. I say vote no on roads until there is a fair way to spread the responsibility for this. Maybe we need to set up toll booths. Wouldn’t bother me. What will come up next year that the property owners will have to pay for? Pat Newman Tillamook, Ore.
Thanks for the support
I, as an employee of Tillamook County Public Works Department (Road) really appreciate the letters of support published in the Headlight Herald. I am privileged to be working with such a dedicated group of people. Our crews, with limited resources, cover over 300+ miles dealing with drainage, culverts and ditches, signs, bridges, vegetation management, striping, right of way issues and permits, potholes on paved and gravel roads, grading, paving, guard rails and levees. Our crew during storms will respond and clear roads of slides, trees and any obstruction so that our travelling public are safe. We take pride in our work, and sometimes feel defeated that we don’t have enough resources to do all that we can do. Thank you again for all the letters of support and the phone calls saying thank you, it is appreciated. Jeanette Steinbach
Roads, Roads, Roads A broken record song is what it has gotten to sound like. More Money, More Money. Does everyone (property owners) realize what this is going to cost us? According to what is stated, property assessed at $100,000 (conservative amount) would be in excessive of another $390. Are you on a limited income and barely getting by? Or are you one of the farmers that are barely meeting expenses the way it is? This is not fair. Why can’t county commissioners come up with a fair way to come up with the funding for repairing roads that should have been done way before it came to this? I am sure this sounds fine to the many residence who do not
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David Wilson, Sr. was born in Seattle, Wash. to Ethel and Frank Rigsby on January 15, 1932. As a small child David grew up in the Brownsville, David Ore. area Wilson Sr. living on his grandparent’s farm. From there he moved to Depoe Bay and as a young boy spent as much time on fishing boats as the fisherman would allow. His mother married Ben Wilson and they moved to the Grand Ronde area living in a logging camp. Several years later he moved with his family to Gearhart, Ore. At 15 years old he quit school and went to work in the woods to help support his family. After being hurt in a logging accident he went to work in law enforcement starting at the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office in 1954 and worked there until retiring as Tillamook County Sheriff in 1992. David enjoyed cutting wood, motorcycles, fishing, hunting, scuba diving, camping, spending time with his family and cutting more wood. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, Masonic Lodge and the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association. David is survived by his three children and their spouses; Sandra Quinn and her husband James of El Dorado Hills, Calif., Susan Huntsman and her husband
Terry of Nehalem, Ore. and David Wilson, Jr. and his wife Judy also of Nehalem. He is also survived by two grandchildren; Steven Huntsman and his wife Patty of Tillamook, Ore. and Rebecca Harmon and her husband Aaron of Rohnert Park, Calif. He was also blessed with five greatgrandchildren; Trevor and Sabrina Spittles and Elijah Huntsman of Tillamook, Ore. and Brynn and Kayla Sue Harmon of Rohnert Park, Calif. David has two siblings; Lester Wilson and his wife Grace of Aloha, Ore. and Carol Wright and her husband Ron of Gearhart, Ore. He was preceded in death by his sister, Patty Foss and his mother, Ethel Lindeman. Donations may be made in David’s name to the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Trust Fund at the Sheriff’s Office. A Memorial Service will be held at the Calvary Bible Church in Manzanita, Ore. at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2013 with a reception following.
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