Help she flipped me off! I hated you first…

When people step into the public arena as Dean Warner has it is only fair that motives should be scrutinized as well as alliances. Just some simple observations of what has been said and done by Dean Warner this year are in order. It is pertinent, as Dean Warner seeks a position on the Lakeside City [...]

Are we to learn from history? Let’s take a stab at it. We are also counseled to look at peoples actions, not just listen and be influenced by their words. History of threats Stacy Dunn threatens Councilor Armstrong over sign ordinance in the March 16,2011 issue CLN. Dunn urges citizens to file complaints against Armstrong  offering to hand [...]

I agree that Lakeside should look ahead, not back. Everyone says there should be no “sides”, but in actuality, there are always sides: Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Green Party, — each has a “side”, a viewpoint.  The real issue is the objectives of each “side”, and HOW these disparate “sides” want to achieve those objectives. At [...]

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 [...]

What started as a verbal contract between a retired Lakeside senior and a fledgling small business ended in a court judgment and 19 writs of garnishment. The deal John Schneider made a deal with Jessica L. Lloyd-Rogers of Coast Lake News (CLN) to deliver between 100 and 125 of her papers for $40 a week. [...]

Editorial from the desk of Rod Schilling After having just returned from a couple of weeks of some pretty wild firefighting, I was shown and asked a question about an editorial written by Jessica L. Lloyd Rogers. I do not as a rule respond to any of Jessica’s or Jerry’s nasty opinions, it would take [...]

Letter to the editor I am a resident of Lakeside, Oregon and have been since February 2008. I have been following the politics closely for a year and a half. A few months ago, I contacted the Sheriffs Department because Mayor Ed Gowen brought a gun to a city council meeting. The end result was [...]

YES, We are still outraged by Coast Lake News July 20, paper and attempt to disgrace resigning Councilor Chrysta Swift. Part 3, about the “Cartoon” The subject this time is the CLN “cartoon”. The definition of cartoon: “a drawing intended as humor, can also be a caricature or satire.” Coast Lake News “cartoon” is a [...]

Part two in a series of four, Jessica L. Lloyd Rogers still on a tear… When we first read the July 20, edition of Coast Lake News, we were outraged. Then calmness sets in. Now, we sit down to write Part two, so we read “My turn-from the editors desk” and the outrage returns. Opinion [...]