October 21, 2021
Letters to the Editor for Oct. 21, 2021
Camas needs Steve Hogan’s experience
Camas needs Steve Hogan’s experience
In my college days, I was a conservative Republican. I voted for Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. But I gave up on the party during the presidential election of 2008. I admired John McCain, still do, but Sarah Palin was a bridge too far, and, like many other Republicans in 2008, I voted Democratic for the first time in my life.
Hogan has ‘key qualities’ of successful mayor
Hogan has leadership, experience and vision
“I can’t believe that person is getting that close.”
We’re happy to kick off this month’s Cheers & Jeers column with a bit of good news. CHEERS to the fact that the cooling rains have returned, bringing some much needed relief to the months-long drought in the Pacific Northwest — the worst in nearly 130 years according to the Washington Department of Natural Resources — and hopefully putting an end to the devastating 2021 wildfire season that saw more than 1 million acres in Oregon and Washington go up in flames by mid-August.
It is not an exaggeration to say that New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park is under siege. A surge of oil and gas development threatens this ancestral site, recognized as one of the architectural marvels of the world and revered by Native Americans who consider it a living presence.
In early January 2020, about two months before the COVID-19 pandemic forced all of us into an alternative reality, dozens of Camas-Washougal folks packed a room inside the Port of Camas-Washougal’s headquarters to speak to their state representatives.
This summer, three of us were hiking in Alaska’s western Brooks Range when we encountered a pack of eight wolves. We were far from any help when they moved toward us, paused, and then disappeared behind a low ridge.
9/11 remembrance ceremonies a reminder to never forget
