How many times have Benton County voters rejected building a new jail, and by what huge margins? I've lost track, personally, but the will of …
Andreas Schmittner (Mailbag, Feb. 16) doesn't like my climate book recommendations. Hey, I mentioned Al Gore's books, and frankly they certain…
My name is Olivia Christie, age 10, and I love all animals. So when I got the mail on Feb. 14 and saw “Council hears argument against outdoor …
Albany City Councilor Mike Sykes' equating the rights of an inanimate object like a firearm to that of human life is quite pathetic. Perhaps h…
Recently there have been several letters pushing the popular vote vs. the balance attempted with the Electoral College.
We have the opportunity to vote for a great candidate for Linn County commissioner. Kerry Johnson has worked in her husband’s dental practice …
Dianne Farrell, in her Feb. 16 letter, is once again way off-track. She writes: “Richard Hirschi has got it in his head that universal health …
Do you like your Social Security and Medicare? Fire department, police department, roads, highways and bridges?Those are social programs. Yes,…
It really cracks me up when the progressive liberal socialist Democrats make reference to JFK, RFK, MLK and the Constitution. First of all, th…
I am against Sheri Wheeler's cat control ordinance. Her proposal has caused me high anxiety.I love cats. I have cats at my place and also have…
As an engineer with experience on 1,000-plus environmental studies, I understand climate literature. Most climatologists agree that there is c…
I am a senior citizen living on a fixed income that does not allow for much wiggle room in any section of my budget. Therefore, I was very dis…
The crosswalk on Third Avenue continues to remind me that an accident, at any time, can alter anyone’s life. This spot continues to be the epi…
At their 6 p.m. March 2 meeting, the Corvallis City Council will consider reducing setbacks (the distance from the property line one may devel…
I want to thank the Corvallis Parks and Rec Department for filling the potholes in the parking lots of MLK and Woodland Park. Those of us that…
We're saddled at present with an incompetent, malicious president because the Electoral College, a product of the Constitution, failed for the…
I read a letter to the editor from a gentleman who, it appears to me from the content of the letter, may be watching Fox "News" and not gettin…
Richard Hirschi makes an argument that coercion should not trump individual freedom in deciding how health care is paid for (Mailbag, Feb. 11)…
Trump hater! This is the latest label aimed at those who are not fooled by Trump's tweets. The more forgiving among us teach "Hate the deed, n…
Re: Dick Powell's (not the 1940s movie star) Feb. 5 D-H/G-T letter: If very few people live in those rural counties in America where Trump too…
Donald Trump has committed crimes. We know that because Michael Cohen is doing three years in prison for conspiring with Trump in the commissi…
Currently (at least until Tuesday Feb. 18), the 1.8 miles of Highway 99W between Willamette Graystone and the Willamette River contains five s…
The Republicans chanting "Four more years!" at the State of the Union might as well have chanted "Authoritarian for life!" given their apparen…
Country people are not all alike!
Regarding recent letters that argue that the Electoral College is an archaic institution and is no longer needed, I have to strongly disagree.…
During my daily perusal of the 10 minutes of Orwellian hate against our president called “Editor’s Mailbag,” I noticed there were two letters,…
This is in regards to a recent letter about toxicity of solar photovoltaic panels (Mailbag, Feb. 11).
