Five months ago Lakeside Councilor Chrysta Swift resigned her council position at the August city council meeting. Controversy has swirled around the unfilled seat with the sitting council members at odds. Three councilors believe that both candidates are an incorrect fit and the vacant seat should be reposted. The other three remain steadfast in their [...]
At the executive session following the regular September Lakeside city council meeting, Lakesideinfo.com was again ejected by Mayor Ed Gowan. This was a repeat of what occurred at the August meeting. We filed a complaint with the Oregon Ethics Commission after the ejection from the August meeting, but received a OGEC letter in response stating, [...]
Let’s see if we can focus our attention on what is really happening in the Lakeside community. The book, “Rules for Radicals” a handbook for social activists, by Saul Alinsky, has some interesting parallels to what is unfolding in Lakeside. Let’s refer, (for the sake of argument) to the division that has taken place in [...]
A Lakesideinfo.com editorial A troubling pattern seems to be reoccurring at each Lakeside city council meeting in regard to an apparent personal crusade by Councilor Naomi Parker. At July’s marathon city council meeting, lasting well over two hours, Councilor Parker came prepared with what again appears to be her personal agenda. Wasting staff time and [...]
There are already two Marine Reserves on the Oregon Coast approved by the Oregon legislature, they are not yet funded and in limbo. Any of the proposed Reserves being discussed are going to have a tremendous local economic impact. A local group “The Charleston Advisory Committee” for the International Port of Coos Bay, met jointly [...]
Lakeside City Council held a work session Tuesday night, March 1, at city hall; agenda items discussed were, council rules, liaisons and goals of the council. The work session though mostly productive, lapsed at times into contentious debate by the Mayor. Council Rules Mayor Gowan, and Councilor Naomi Parker, had difficulties with portions of the [...]
Lakesideinfo.com editorial The regular Lakeside city council meeting Thursday night showed a very reluctant Lakeside Mayor Gowan, (a reluctance obviously shared by the newly seated councilor Naomi Parker) to follow the Council Rules adopted in 2009 and signed by then Mayor Orville Nelson. The new rules that were adopted in 2009 make for a much [...]
Lakesideinfo.com editorial If you attended the very first Lakeside city council meeting conducted by Mayor Ed Gowan, you may have been as shocked as I was by his disrespectful, undignified and autocratic method of running the meeting. He went out of his way to demean and mock council members, staff, as well as members of [...]
A Lakesideinfo.com editorial We have just come through another election. This one was extremely important for Lakeside as well as the nation. Nationally the results make it obvious that people were dissatisfied with the direction the country was going. A great many incumbents were defeated. What about Lakeside? Two issues were paramount. One, an RV [...]
A Lakesideinfo.com editorial Why is pressure being brought to bear on businesses that advertise on Lakesideinfo.com? Isn’t advertising merely a way of getting ones business name and product out to the public? Free advertising offered to all local business Lakesideinfo.com, which is basically a local news website with a following outside of Lakeside and even [...]
By Pastor John Adams While nearly all of us know Jesus’ name, fewer know who he really was. Many people assume that Jesus was just a good moral teacher. But if he were merely a good teacher, why would we celebrate his birth in the twenty-first century? More enemies than friends Jesus was born in [...]
BROILED TUNA STEAKS 2-4 tuna steaks, about 1 inch thick Salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste 4 sprigs fresh thyme, chopped or 1 tsp. dried 1 tsp. fresh grated or dried powdered ginger 1 sliced clove garlic or minced 2 tbsp. soy sauce 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice 2 tbsp. olive oil In a [...]
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