December 20, 2018
December Cheers & Jeers
Let’s kick this December Cheers & Jeers editorial off with a seasonally appropriate cheers: to the folks who work at the Camas Post Office on Northeast Fifth Avenue.
Let’s kick this December Cheers & Jeers editorial off with a seasonally appropriate cheers: to the folks who work at the Camas Post Office on Northeast Fifth Avenue.
The photos from the “big reveal” inside the Downtown Camas Association (DCA) office Tuesday morning only go so far in capturing the pure excitement running through the room as executives from the web series “Small Business Revolution — Main Street,” which runs on Hulu, presented a live announcement of the top 10 cities in the running for the grand prize — a $500,000 downtown business makeover and a whole season in which to promote Camas and its small business community.
At first, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what was so different about the city council meeting I was watching on video. The discussion — about budgets and funding new staff positions — was similar to the hundreds of council meetings I’d watched in my 20-plus years as a community news reporter. But there was just something … off.
It’s the season of giving thanks and we have an abundance of cheers to hand out in this November Cheers & Jeers column.
If you’re reading this editorial the day this paper published, we at The Post-Record would like to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving.
The “blue wave” looks a lot more impressive a week after the midterm elections. Democrats have gained 33 seats in the House and could pick up another six when all votes have been counted. According to NPR, despite the fact that House districts are now “far more gerrymandered to favor Republicans” the midterm election produced “the most House seats gained by Democrats since the wave elections following Watergate.”
No matter which “side” you were on, there was plenty to celebrate — and mourn — when the midterm election results started to shake out Tuesday night.
If you’re reading this editorial on the day this paper hit the newsstands, you still have five days to get your ballot in for the Nov. 6, 2018 General Election.
Normally, finding individuals and groups worthy of accolades in our monthly “Cheers & Jeers” editorial is the easy part and we struggle to come up with those deserving the “jeers.”
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