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Articles by our Editors and Community
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Supporters of increased funding for The Ashland Parks and Recreation Department have begun a campaign to have the Food and Beverage Tax assigned exclusively and without restriction to APR. There are two questions that must be examined in light of this proposal. First, is this the best use of the some odd $2-3M generated by that tax? And second, is …
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One Ashland resident's reaction to the Supreme Court ruling.
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Hyatt and Howard Prairie continue to draw down and Emigrant continues to rise as the Talent Irrigation District prepares to deliver water starting July 5. TID reminds customers with pressurized lines to not start irrigating until advised by their ditch rider. Reeder Reservoir has begun to draw down, and city water use has risen about 50% over the past month, …
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There was plenty of interesting conversation at City Hall last week. Two meetings, a City Council business meeting on Tuesday, June 21, and a Parks and Recreation Commission special business meeting via Zoom on Thursday, June 23 were worthy of further examination. We have analyzed the interactions at the City Council meeting regarding APR/the budget/the 2022 election here https://theashlandchronicle.com/parks-pure-power-play/ . …
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It all began at the last City Council meeting. Just after public comment, Councilor Stephen Jensen made an unexpected announcement. He explained that an “ad hoc working group” had been formed consisting of himself, Councilor Paula Hyatt, and APRC Commissioners Rick Landt and Jim Bachman and former APRC Commissioner Mike Gardiner. They had met via Zoom. This was obviously news …
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“Whatever the exact scope of the coming laws, one result of today’s decision is certain: the curtailment of women’s rights, and of their status as free and equal citizens.”Dissenting opinion, Supreme Court, June 24, 2022 I just saw a headline about the Capitol police being on high alert in anticipation of protests against today’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. …
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Ashland’s political campaign season has begun – with a battle brewing between the Parks and Recreation Commission on one side and the Mayor, some on the City Council and the city's first professional city manager on the other. Parks wants to extend its independence from the city government by obtaining full use of income from the five percent food and beverage …
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Mr. Runkel's article "Budget Secrets" in the Chronicle is superb. Please read it. Mr. Runkel has done so much for our town and continues to do so. His comments reminded me of the previous budget cycle and inspire my comments. The purposeful restrictions on what the Citizens' Budget Committee (CBC) could ask, what data they could see, who they could …
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