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Daily Astorian LTE Rejection

by Tryan Hartill

Was sent to me as a rejected letter. If anyone else has something they would like to post, please send them in.

UNFAIR & PERSONAL

I was listening to Tom Freel on the radio when he told Mr. Rocka that what he was doing was wrong and Roger said and I quote, “I don’t care, this is a democracy.”

Is it democratic to attack Mr. Lee because his opinion is different from yours? There are five commissioners and they all agreed on L.N.G. with the exception of one.

Is Mr. Lee just the first one? Why doesn’t Mr. Rocka tell you what his agenda is instead of trying to dig up dirt to try discredit Mr. Lee? It’s all about perception, be it the truth or not.

There is not one contractor, architect, developer or home builder that hasn’t been frustrated by the planning department. My opinion of the planners is they throw common sense out the window and try to run rules and regs by the book and each one has a different interpretation of the book. I know horror stories to numerous to mention.

It seems like the last few years we have been inundated with new people. Roger Rocka, Helen Westbrook, Carolyn Eady to name a few. I don’t belong to the “Coffee Klatch” downtown, but you would have to live under a rock to not notice that they all are very vocal and want to take over and run things. Mr. Rocka has an agenda, to start with in a open forum letter he was telling us how prosperous and how great things are. He has never seen great in Astoria, but I have seen much better times. The Plywood Mill was running, several canneries were going, the Can Co. was running, Crown Zellerbach was here making many jobs and I have watched all of these things go. If it wasn’t for Warrenton being so progressive and the bridge over the Columbia, things would be much worse. Can you imagine if the Wauna Mill was trying to site their plant here now? I can tell you with some certainty it would be quite a chore. They have helped Astoria, Svenson, Knappa and all the way to Longview. They made jobs and paid taxes. You really can’t measure the benefits!

Mr. Rocka doesn’t want L.N.G. which means more jobs and helps our infrastructure, helps our schools and helps all of us pay for ever growing government. Where is he and his cronies coming from? When he starts calling our Commissioner the worst of the bunch, I have to take issue with that. The worst of the bunch we all know is the guy with the Thuggish behavior, Mr. Sam Patrick, the fly in the ointment. Is it because they wouldn’t let him mind the store? He should do all of us a favor and resign.

As for my commissioners, Richard Lee, Pat Roberts, Jeff Hazen and Ann Samuelson, they are doing a good job and I believe have the best interest of the County at heart. They are dedicated individuals doing a thankless job.

So Mr. Rocka, do your recall and we will vote to retain them and you may have to eat a little crow. Does this sound a little personal? You made it that way when you called my public servant the worst of the bunch. I have lived in Astoria 52 years, have experienced many ups and downs and this is a hatchet job if I have ever seen one.

I am asking all my friends, associates and Clatsop County voters to see this for what it is.

Bill Cunningham

The One Thing I Really Hate About The Daily Astorian

by Tryan Hartill

I sure everyone has an opinion on the Daily Astorian.
If you mention the Daily Astorian to people on the street, the number answer is “It Sucks” and the number 2 answer is “Forrester is an ass”.

If after that you ask them if they have a subscription, most say “Yes” and then rattle off some excuse.

I don’t have much against the local paper. Their reporters have always been very nice to me and even Steve gave me some encouraging comments when I ran for District 2 in person and in his editorial.

Sometimes they lack “truthiness”.

Sometimes they seem like they are way too late in reporting a story and the article written seems like an outline/timeline/overview of information already known.

Sometimes it seems like 10 pages of ads and reposts off the news-wires.

But this is expected in any news source with the size readership that they have. And I really can’t hold any of it against them as long as these drawbacks don’t become too prevalent.

But what really, REALLY pisses me off is when I get called for a subscription…..

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