There are no articles in this category. If subcategories display on this page, they may have articles.
Reader's letter
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Why is P&R planning a $17 million 'Center' on Stafford Road with no mass transport available?
The greatest generation had it so good - after they won…
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
The things expected of a good dad today would have blown my old man's mind back in his heyday
Big Tobacco, stop poisoning our children
Clackamas Review - Opinion
David Jacques is a volunteer ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Clackamas County and also works with homeless communities of…
Our View: Transparency takes a hit in Salem
Portland Tribune - Opinion
If Oregon hopes to find a new Public Records Advocate, independence must be a guaranteed part of the job description, not a hollow campaign promise.
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Task force should prioritize those who have been excluded; A special night at the farm
Confessions of an EV owner
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
The world of driving is rapidly changing. The best way to understand that is to do what we did - personally see and experience what EVs are like.
DEI is not a box-checking exercise
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
We have leaders running our City who lack respect and understanding of the human condition affecting our citizens
Act now to secure open space
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Land purchases/conservation easements in Stafford cannot be done once land is developed
Racial equity requires a trauma-informed approach
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
At the end of the day, navigating racial trauma is a non-negotiable aspect of equity work.
Ruling defers on public access to Oswego Lake
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
An environmental and natural resources law professor weighs in on the Supreme Court ruling
Fiber Follies: Act 2, Part 3
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Fiber in Mountain Park is the wrong proposal at the wrong time in the wrong place.
Let voters decide future of death penalty
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
As written a new law will even change sentences for cases that are currently pending.
Thoughts on labor, unions and prevailing wages
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
I've come to my support of labor, unions and prevailing wages in several ways.
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Put Parks and Rec at North Anchor; Pickleball causing issues in Old Town; O.L.C.C. decisions warrant concern
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Bridge would greatly enhance local bike infrastructure; Leadership LO has something for everyone
PERS pension debt clouds Oregon's fiscal future
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
The executive director of the national pension lobbying organization for public employee unions distorted specific details
Once it is gone, it is lost to the community forever
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Most of us voted to increase funding for the Parks and Recreation but I don't think we realized it would mean taking away the golf course
Our Opinion: Don't give up on push to revise gun laws
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Oregonians again will see a bill on safe storage of guns. Supporters of Initiative Petition 40 filed an effort last month to get the issue on the…
School cell phone policy should be re-examined
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Schools should explore the possible ways to incorporate phone usage into the average school day.
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Talney will be missed; Insurance companies should be held accountable; Do we really have a $17 million problem?
Ballot measures would make PERS problems worse
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Kentucky, Michigan, and Alaska all experimented with 401(k) systems and they didn't work.
My View: Bend Bulletin's new owners are your neighbors
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Bankruptcy ends about as well is it could, as an Oregon family steps in to buy an important institution
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Improve safety at A Ave., Highway 43; Letter on Kohlhoff was off-base; Stop the bridge
Almost home again
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Not long ago, however, I walked the beach one last time and saw a rich load of driftwood. Enough to heat a cabin for a week, I thought.
Getting to the core
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Final fruity thoughts from 'the internee,' on the Hard Core Club and state of being herself
If only I had known
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Ronald Talney was a remarkable man - a voice of reason, humor and deeply considered thoughts who looked back at the end on a life so very well lived.
Our journey to right-sizing Clackamas County's budget
Clackamas Review - Opinion
Gary Schmidt, Clackamas County administrator: We need to hear from you about what services you most value from your county.
Our Opinion: Time for our next giant leap
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
It's been 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission took humanity to another celestial body. We can't stop there.
How to be a more thoughtful ally
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
While good intentions are important, they alone won't eliminate white supremacist power dynamics
Reader's letter
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Let's find space on one of the school district properties and figure out how to replace the current pool
Fiber Follies Act 2, Part 2
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Simply put, the City's fiber project in Mountain Park is the wrong proposal at the wrong time in the wrong place.
Peacocks and the river of life
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Instead of honoring our relationship with nature, we have torn it asunder. Do we no longer cherish our higher human values of compassion, integrity…
Why I'm pretty sure that change will be the death…
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Ask my friends. They'll tell you. 'Oh, sure, Mikel Kelly does not like changing his mind.'
Reader's letter
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
We have had almost two terms guided by a mayor who focuses on what a city government really should do
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
July 4 photo caption not quite accurate; Supreme Court is failing democracy.
It's 'Prime' time for good jobs
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Unlike shoppers, Amazon workers in Oregon have nothing to celebrate on 'Prime Days'
Why is the media joining the anti-Damascus chorus?
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
I understand why the 'kill Damascus' groups do what they do. What I can't understand is what is happening with the press
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
July 4 detours were confusing for out-of-towners; Democrats not working for the people
Beware: baby strollers
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Having paid just $75 for my first car, a slick '48 Chevy convertible, I am befuddled by some extravagances
Congestion by design visible on Sellwood Bridge
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
With a price tag of $328 million, the new bridge is 43 times more expensive than the original, but it's not 43 times more useful
Fiber follies act 2, part 1
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
What could possibly go wrong or is wrong with the latest fiber proposal? Let us count the ways.
Reader's letter
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
I am writing to express my concern over the proposal to use SAIF reserve funds as a 'cure' to the PERS shortfall
Hey, Salem: Stop bluffing, bungling
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
From Republicans' melodramatic walkout to Democrats' mismanaging issues, this session can't end soon enough.
A long overdue discussion on tokenism
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Isolating people of color and putting the full burden of cleaning up LO's racism problem on their shoulders is not sustainable.
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Elected officials need to step up; Why assigning DEI an expiration date is not diverse, equitable or inclusive
Lawmakers should pass tobacco tax increase, add…
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
The social value of such a tax is simple: The more expensive a product is, the less likely young people, especially teenagers, will be to buy it.
DEI task force off to troubling start
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
All too many signs point to this effort as potentially becoming a tokenistic gesture
Tractors and train cars: thoughts about voting and…
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
If I needed something to remind me that rural America is filled with surprises, this experience did so in a spectacular way
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
HB 2505 would protect children; Sen. Wagner, Rep. Prusak threatening welfare of citizens
My View: Fight for our future. Pass the Clean…
Portland Tribune - Opinion
Yusuf Arifin is a student at Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton. Ruby Haack and Edith Allen are students at Grant High School in Portland.
PERS bill is small but necessary step
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
With Democrats holding a supermajority in the Oregon Legislature, the fact that PERS is being addressed at all is significant.
My World: It's more than a cell phone, d**n it
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
It can contain an entire collection of classical recordings. It contains numerous videotapes, photos, and it can provide maps and tell me the best…
Readers' letters
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Brown's actions demand explanation; Oak Grove bridge would change city forever
Remembering Nov. 22, 1963
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
Raised on optimistic idealism, we were ill-prepared for cracks in our romantic notion of the perfect world
Hark! The Harold peacock sings!
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
We'd heard there were peacocks living in Lake Grove, and Harold was probably from their flock.
Reader's letter
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
'Cost neutral' means that our most vulnerable children will continue not getting the services that they need
My View: We can't fix PERS until we agree on its…
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
If our goal is 'to pay the right benefit, to the right person, at the right time,' then we must do more than merely rearrange our prejudices
Thank you for LO Learning Levy passage
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
The levy provides great hope by preparing our students with the knowledge and skills for future jobs
Reader's letter
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
The American Association of University Women Lake Oswego Branch thanks our outgoing President Pat Squire
Bearing witness
Lake Oswego Review - Opinion
A city councilor recently and derisively used the term 'treehuggers' to refer to the growing number of citizens in our city
Daily News Where you Live
Special Interest
Insiders
As kids return to school, heed auto safety
Brought to you by Lake Oswego's Mike Keeler, Vic's Auto Center - LAKE OSWEGO AUTO REPAIR INSIDER -
Oral Bacteria is Linked to Alzheimer's
Brought to you by Lake Grove's Dr. Charles Branen - Lake Grove Dental - LAKE OSWEGO DENTISTRY INSIDER -
Invest in local schools for better property values
Brought to you by Lake Oswego Realtor Justin Harnish - Harnish Properties - REAL ESTATE INSIDER -
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away....
Brought to you by Lake Oswego's Victoria Bramley, The Insurance Store - HEALTH CARE INSURANCE INSIDER -
Why is your dog's stomach bloated?
Brought to you by Jonathan Wisniewski - Emergency Veterinary Clinic of Tualatin (EVCOT) - EMERGENCY VETERINARY CLINIC INSIDER -
Avalon Introduces Active Discovery River Cruises
Brought to you by Lake Oswego Cruise Director Mary Hanigan, Uniglobe Travel Partners Pacific NW - LAKE OSWEGO TRAVEL INSIDER -
Contract Publishing
