Archive for Guest Editorials

Poison pen and yellow journalism

Jan 12, 2011 9 Comments

Guest Editorial by Michael Armstrong I had hoped the citizens of Lakeside would wake up to the reality of just who Jessica L. Lloyd-Rogers actually is by now. It is true many folks have had their eyes opened to the true Jessica L. Lloyd-Rogers, but sadly many still don’t see or care to see. After [...]

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Ethics, support and common sense

Jan 11, 2011 14 Comments

Editorial by M. Smith We start with KCBY, the interviews of Bob Edwards and Mayor-elect Ed Gowen and the OLCC’s choice for Lakeside liquor agent. The OLCC chose the highly qualified, Coos County native, Heidi Heller over Tina Ross. Gowen says, “Some members of the community are banding together to basically ban, the new liquor [...]

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Financing municipal improvements, Part one

Jan 10, 2011 2 Comments

A two part study in how municipal improvements are financed, Editorial by Mervyn Properly understood the role of the elected officials is to be sort of an advance party. This is normally a military term and those who have not been privileged to that experience will have to excuse my comparison. Responsibility falls to Board [...]

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Ethics, petitions and suspicions

Jan 03, 2011 35 Comments

Guest editorial by M. Smith OUR MISSION: To Provide information using only that which is available to everyone with a phone and Internet access. To provide web links showing them in their entirety, but to edit them for easy reading. When people have information, it is only then that a fair, impartial, intelligent and knowledgeable [...]

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My Side of the Story: Part Three

Dec 31, 2010 1 Comment

Guest editorial by Rod Schilling OK, back to the ethics complaint filed by Jessica Lloyd- Rogers. Related: My side of the Story; Part One My Side of the Story: Part Two Upon closing the regular meeting on September 9, 2010, and before starting the executive session, with City Attorney Fred Carlton present, I asked to [...]

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Welcome to Lakeside, now get out!

Dec 28, 2010 3 Comments

Guest editorial by M. Smith We are still on the issue of whether or not Coast Lake News is a “real newspaper” and should it be a “newspaper of record?” And, their ethics, or lack of. In past issues (we acquired all of the back issues of Coast Lake News, formerly North County News) Coast [...]

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My Side of the Story: Part Two

Dec 25, 2010 14 Comments

Guest editorial submitted by Rod Schilling My side of the story part two will continue on the subject line of whether or not the claim made by Jessica Lloyd Rogers, that her paper, Coast Lake News, carries the necessary qualifications that a newspaper of record should carry. And, should the City of Lakeside pony up [...]

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Information is power

Dec 21, 2010 31 Comments

Guest editorial OUR MISSION STATEMENT: To provide information, using only information available to every one with a phone and Internet access. To provide the websites so you can see them in their entirety, but to edit them for easier reading. To tell the TRUTH. When people have all the information, it is only then that [...]

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My side of the Story; Part One

Dec 18, 2010 2 Comments

Editorial submitted by Rod Schilling As many of you this last month might have heard, Ms. Jessica Lloyd-Rogers has turned in a complaint to the Oregon State Ethics Commission.  The complaint alleges that she and husband Jerry J. Schneider were illegally excluded from a Lakeside City Council executive session on September 9, 2010.  The complaints [...]

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