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Sometimes the Word Just Seems Upside Down!!

The City Charter, Municipal Code, and Accountability of Parks Commission

I have just read the petition being filed by a taxpayer/resident/voter regarding required financial statements due from the APRC to the CC that should be available to the appropriate staff and the CC for review...... and to the public as well. There seem to be reports required that either have not been filed or released. This kind of irregularity is …

We Need Something Cute!!

TAXPAYER ALERT-Council to Consider $243,258.69 Expenditure to a Consultant for a Study

That's right, taxpayers. The City is facing a $2,000,000 structural deficiency in the current budget, and it's forecast to increase to $3,500,000 by July 2023. That simply means that the budget has approved two million dollars more of expenditures than it expects to collect in revenues. Yet next Tuesday, Council is being asked for a quarter of a million dollars …

We Cannot Wait: Citizen Gwen Davies Tells Ashland Councilors

For years now, I have spoken out about the spending issues the City has. Each time I said make cuts first before "raising revenue"...... except......support and even expand the Fire Department and Ambulance Services to keep us alive and address emergency planning and safety issues.  I objected to cuts to the Fire Department that began just as we entered the …

It Is Time to Hug a Tree

SOCAN: Press Release 8/10

CONTACT: Alan Journet, Co-facilitator, Southern Oregon Climate Action Now; alan@socan.eco 541-301-4107 SUBJECT: The Impact of Climate Change on Species of Concern. Species across the planet are adapted to the climate where they live. A climate shift of just a few degrees, or inches of rainfall, can render current locations uninhabitable to many species. The consequences will be one of adaptation …
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