Readers fume over energy issues
Among survey respondents, 61% oppose expanding mass transit instead of highways, and 70% see new nuclear power plants as a solution. more >
Value of state’s prisons deserves broader view
"I think your article was one-sided, biased and incomplete. For some reason you only used the Director of Corrections as your named source. There is a broader point of view." more >
Dispute between victims group and Pew Center
"From 1995 to 2006, while Oregon’s prison population doubled, our violent crime rate decreased by 46%, the second-largest decrease of any state during that period. The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission estimated that increased incarceration from 1995 to 2005 resulted in 98,786 crimes being avoided in 2005 alone." more >
The trouble with anonymous complaints
"I found the employees who complained the longest and the loudest, when allowed to do so anonymously, contributed the least, took the most and created, rather than solved, problems in the organization." more >
Leadership is lacking; rural Oregon is on its own
"What we got was a state that accommodated environmental ignorance by closing our federal forests to timber harvest, limiting grazing, and choking our land with overgrown vegetation." more >
Sick of Barry Manilow and LinkedIn, too
"Imagine: 17 hours in a plane flying through the air at 500 mph in a quarter-inch thick aluminum tube, somewhere between Hong Kong and Sydney with another three hours to go." more >
Losing a piece of history
"I read about your visit to our community, and saw that you were at the zeolite plant in Hines. Did anyone mention that the historic long barn next to the building you visited is being torn down?" more >
Will an improved broccoli cost more?
"What does not seem to be considered is the cost to the consumer, as this vegetable, important to a healthful diet, is generally sold by the pound." more >
Is resort building out of control?
"It’s disappointing that the major limitation to this industry seems to be speculative demand for lots, not overall impacts to Central Oregon and its residents." more >
