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OPINION: The False Choice Fallacy - APR's "BIG LIE"

The Ashland Parks and Recreation held a study session on February 2, 2022.  The meeting packet included the staff report from department Director Michael Black.  In it, we find the following: The City Manager’s office is also attempting to define which General Fund services are mandated, or required by State Statute, City Charter, Memorandum of Understanding or Contracts. By defining …

Don't Uproot Ashland Wants Uproot Meats, LLC Held Responsible for Its Numerous Violations

Holding Violators Responsible As you may know, the citizens’ group Don’t Uproot Ashland has been challenging the operations of Uproot Meats, LLC (UM) for three years now. We recently obtained aerial footage of the current “lay of the land” on the hillside property UM stripped south of Ashland, first for a marijuana grow that failed, followed by a pig and …

What is the “Cross Climate Collaboration Group"

The Transportation Commission Chair, Linda Peterson Adams, presented the Annual Report from the Transportation Commission to City Council at their business meeting Tuesday, Feb. 1. One interchange was intriguing. At approximately 15:29 of the video, there was the following exchange between Ms. Adams and Councilor Stefani Seffinger: SS: "Yes, I just wanted, you mentioned Cross Climate Collaboration Group." LA: "Uh huh" …

What’s up with Ashland City Attorney Katrina Brown? by David Runkel

What’s up with Ashland City Attorney Katrina Brown?Two weeks ago she turned down the request of two online reporters to attend a City Council executive session, even though state law clearly states reporters are permitted at these sessions.  Her action was a mistake, nearly every member of City Council said at a study session this week.  It was in fact …

My Public Testimony at the City Council Study Session: Press Access to Executive Sessions

Good evening. I’m Dean Silver. I’m the reporter who was illegally denied access to the executive session. The discussion scheduled for tonight is obviously just a solution in search of a problem. Press access to executive sessions is CLEARLY defined in the state statutes and DOJ opinions. The real question is WHY didn’t the city attorney want me to attend? …

Ashland's Chinese History Adds to the Celebration of the Chinese New Year 2022

To honor Chinese New Year in Ashland Oregon Tomorrow is Chinese New Year 2022. (fireworks photo from Wikimedia Commons) Learn about Mr. and Mrs. Wong and their daughter Jennie, who mixed with the social elite in early 20th century Ashland. They were known in Ashland as Mr. and Mrs. Wah Chung. (photo from Southern Oregon Historical Society) Read about Ashland's …

A Not So Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Executive Session

On January 18, 2022 at 5:30 PM, the Ashland City Council scheduled an executive session “regarding real property transaction”. It had been properly noticed on the city website. I requested a Zoom invitation from the Mayor. She agreed and told me that she instructed the Recorder to issue one to me. Be aware that members of the press are expressly …

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