Letter: Is revenge the only option?
Bea Bacher-Wetmore: Sparta and Athens finally ceased their internecine warfare, with Sparta playing the adult in the room and starting a cooperative peace. Can no one keep their eyes on the prize?
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Bea Bacher-Wetmore: Sparta and Athens finally ceased their internecine warfare, with Sparta playing the adult in the room and starting a cooperative peace. Can no one keep their eyes on the prize?
P.A. Johns: News coverage showed students protesting fossil fuels and wanting more electricity. Immediately following that presentation, there was coverage of the demolition of the hydro-electric dams on the Klamath River.
Russ Silbiger: Imagine if a mayor’s position became available again, the only opportunity for the public to participate at all, from the process to the choice, was when council approved a name that was some staff’s choice. That’s exactly what council will do Tuesday.
Gretchen Thiel: I continue to support McCloud-Skinner — she is an intelligent, thoughtful, respectful, and effective problem-solver and visionary whose representation of the state of Oregon in Congress will benefit all those who reside there, regardless of their political persuasion.
Daniel Cooke: Ukrainians are a people whose backs are against the wall… How can we so casually talk about withdrawing support?
Barry Thalden: I have reconsidered and have concluded that the current Union Pacific proposal, as presented by DEQ, is reasonable and would definitely benefit Ashland.
Trisha Vigil: Jackson County for All of Us is seeking signatures to place three initiatives on the 2024 county ballot: 1. Jackson County commissioners to be nonpartisan. 2. Increase the number of commissioners. 3. Decrease the salaries of county commissioners.
Diane Sloan: Small amounts of toxins in the air are quickly becoming huge amounts, but we are still throwing our garbage out the window. Let’s get behind behind laws that protect our air the same way we protect our lands.
MaryAnn Shank: The leadership in our theatrical world, led, I suspect, by OSF, is throwing open its hospitality doors for everyone who enjoys any measure of theater. This is much ado about something indeed.
Barry Thalden: The Oregon DEQ and Justice Department have been remiss in their responsibility to hold Union Pacific to federal requirements. … Ashland is a residential and tourist community that has no need for a toxic waste dump in the city.
Southern Oregon University has partnered with a local low-cost health care provider to operate its student health center next year.
More than 2,000 community members gathered over the weekend for Southern Oregon University’s 31st annual powwow. The event, hosted by the school’s Native American Student Union at the Lithia Motors Pavilion, is known as the largest student-led event on campus. The event spanned both Saturday and Sunday, with grand entries Saturday afternoon and evening and again mid-day Sunday.
Interim City Manager Sabrina Cotta and Emergency Management Coordinator Kelly Burns made the case to Ashland City Council on Monday that the demands of homelessness services have reached beyond the capacity of city staff.
Curtain Call: Playing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Thomas Theatre on select dates now through May 12, “Smote This” weaves a web of stories and tangents about an undocumented Black teen growing up during a time of racial unrest, an immigration crisis and the drug war.
Ask Strider: This week, Strider comforts a woman nearing retirement. Did she do the wrong thing by following her heart instead of her bank account?
Alan Journet: By consistently voting against our health and environment, state Rep. Kim Wallan of Medford earned zero on the Oregon League of Conservation Voters 2023 Scorecard.
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