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Commissioners – 3/1 Meeting – Homeless? What Homeless?
Even though a half-dozen people showed up at the March 1 Josephine County Commission meeting to urge the Board to declare an emergency and make the county eligible for funding to help get the homeless out of Grants Pass parks, it didn’t happen. Why? Commissioners say declaring an emergency means they hand over power to […]
To the Right of Reality-Anyone see an ethics violation here?
When asked about a $35,000 payment to the Grants Pass Irrigation District due last January during the Bill Meyer Show March 7, Commissioner Herman Baertschiger innocently said he “honestly didn’t know why it got so late.” He said the payment is on the Board’s agenda for approval next week, then turned the conversation into a […]
Commissioners-Week of 2/21 — So much for Transparency
Josephine County Commission Chair Herman Baertschiger has said the Board wants the county’s website to be the most transparent website in the state of Oregon. However, you can look all day long on that website and find nothing on it about the county being handed the Flying Lark, the “racino” built by Dutch Bros billionaire […]
To the Right of Reality – 2/23/23
Josephine County Commission Chair Herman Baertschiger and Grants Pass City Councilor Dwayne Yunker appeared on right-wing talk radio during the last two weeks. The sum of their discussions is an eight-letter word beginning with “b” and ending with “t.” Yunker, following the grand tradition established by Baertschiger, called in to the Bill Meyer Show on […]
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- Competent, affordable and accessible health care.
- World class, lifelong educational opportunities.
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