At the Oct. 11 meeting of the Josephine County Commission, a public hearing was held to amend the Land Development code to make it line up with changes made by the Oregon State Legislature. One change was defining agritourism in farm zones, which allows farmers to attract visitors with agricultural operations. Josephine County Commissioners complained […]
The defeat of Grants Pass Mayor was fully expected by those running the recall effort against her. The drubbing was not. Voters soundly rejected the recall by a no vote of 64.3 percent to a 35.7 percent yes vote. “Under the circumstances, with the number of people that stormed the office to discuss this and […]
“We yanked the funding because all the kids left the program,” Josephine County Commission Chair Herman Baertschiger said on The Bill Meyer Show Aug. 1. In July a Freedom from Religion Foundation attorney sent a letter to the Board of Commissioners asking them to reconsider their decision to defund the 4H and consequently the Master […]
Josephine County Commissioners Meetings July 12th, 2023 Discussions of the Law Enforcement District July 12 2023 JoCo Commissioners meeting “We…we have to keep some insanity in our community and our county,” said Josephine County Commissioner John West at the July 12 Business session. West’s Freudian slip while he was trying to say something about why […]
The swaggering hubris of Herman Baertschiger, Chair of the Josephine County Commission, is summed up in one quote from his weekly chats with KMED’s morning talk show host, Bill Meyer. “What makes you think Commissioners couldn’t have done that?” asks Baertschiger during his June 6 call-in when Meyer concedes that Jackson County’s well-paid County Administrator […]
Josephine County Commissioners Meetings June 6th, 2023 Public HR Director Hearing Dirty laundry was kicked around at an odd little meeting of the Josephine County Commissioners Tuesday, June 6. The meeting was convened, “to consider the dismissal or disciplining or hear complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent.” […]
Josephine County Commissioners Meetings May 30th, 2023 4H Budget Meeting A 4H fracas turned into a full-fledged War on Woke after Josephine County Commission Chair Herman Baertschiger and Commissioner John West voted to cancel the modest levy funding the youth program for 27 years. Also, a casualty of this war is the Master Gardener program, […]
According to the Grants Pass Daily Courier Josephine County Commissioners decided to de-fund the 4H and Master Gardner programs because of rumor and innuendo…a conspiracy theory has been created around an alleged incident regarding religion 4H representatives say was not true. Commissioners canceled a long-standing voter-approved levy that brings in $414000 to the programs. If […]
May 17 2023 Commission Business Meeting Josephine County Commissioners have suddenly become very interested in children. Feeding on information from Commission regular Judy Ahrens, whose social concerns come from right-wing conspiracy theory sources and religious media, Commissioners regularly blast schools for teaching too much sex and not enough history. Commissioner Herman Baertschiger tells people from the […]
