Commissioner Herman Baertschiger had his weekly conversation on the radio last week. There were many falsehoods put forth in the show. This particular show may have spurred the recent Courier Editorial. And by the way, regarding voter “fraud”, in case you missed it, a California Republican (elected official no less) was recently convicted for committing […]
Between the anti-code enforcement people and the recall people, Commissioners found themselves in a pickle. During Wednesday’s short meeting Commissioner Dan DeYoung and Board Chair Herman Baertschiger used their comment periods at the end of the meeting to lament, defend, argue and express a bit of self-righteous indignation. Meanwhile, Commissioner Darin Fowler, who is up […]
Week of January 3, 2022 Keeping the community safe costs money but as Commissioner Darin Fowler said during Thursday’s budget discussion, “I do want to remind everyone our community decided 10 or 12 years ago that they don’t want to be a fully funded county and we’re not. They never supported the sheriff’s patrol, they […]
December 21 Administrative Discussion meeting Josephine County Commissioners had one meeting last week with one issue: a mining exploration permit extension request they concluded couldn’t be extended but it can be renewed. American Mineral Research spokesman Jay Meredith gave a presentation during their Dec. 21 Administrative Discussion meeting, reviewing his operation and touting the potential […]
Commissioners Week of Dec 13, 2021 Josephine Commissioners had a sobering look at their PERS (Public Employees Retirement) obligations and, as Commissioner Herman Baertschiger said, it had Commission Chair Dan DeYoung pulling his hair out, “all three of em.” And that was without any discussion of the recent court ruling that said Josephine and Jackson […]
Week of Dec. 7, 2021 During next year’s growing season Josephine County’s sheriff could conceivably roar up to an illegal cannabis grow in a military-style armored vehicle, round up everyone on site, evacuate the property and set up barriers to re-entry that may include barricading roads. This could happen because Josephine County Commissioners, at their […]
Week of November 29-Dec 3 Josephine County Board members went through an update of their emergency operations plan this week, approved a $1.6 million grant from the state to help Sheriff Dave Daniels combat illegal marijuana grows, drafted yet another letter chiding Gov. Brown about “vaccine passports,” a right-wing media rumor burning the airwaves, then […]
At Tuesday’s Legal Meeting, the Commissioners once again delayed discussion of implementing minimum standards for private fire departments (impacting the areas of the County not included in a Fire District or Grants Pass), this time for 2 months. That will bring us to a total of over 20 months delay since the Fire Protection Committee […]
Money earmarked for vaccine promotion, originally rejected by Josephine County Commissioners, was dangled in front of Grants Pass Mayor Sara Bristol, then snatched away through a letter that said they were disappointed the “rough framework” of ideas she submitted for promoting the vaccine in the city did not have the total approval of everyone on […]
