Bandon fights the odds on police levy
Bandon officials say the day is approaching when the police department won t have enough officers to provide 24-hour protection. They are hoping taxpayers will dig deeper into their pockets to help pay for police officer salaries. Voters in the city ...
 4.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 75.0 Assessor to speak at Chamber lunch
Assessor s office 2009 Turning around an underperforming organization will be the topic for this week s Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Independent Business Operators luncheon forum Wednesday in North Bend. Coos County Assessor Adam Colby will make t...
0.7K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 846.0 Building location faces city fine
The city of Coos Bay has imposed fines on the owner of an unfinished building on North Broadway. The property, owned by Bay Cities Building Co. of Coos Bay, is intended to be the future home of KDCQ radio. But construction ground to a halt after the ...
3.0K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 75.0 NB schools want levy on spring 2010 ballot
NORTH BEND The North Bend School District is getting on track to place a local option levy on the spring 2010 ballot to pay for items and potentially employees lost in recent rounds of budget cuts. At its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, the Nor...
3.0K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 75.0 A strong manager must right wrongs
I remember the first time I got my branch managership job in Albany in 1975. I d just completed 2.5 years of internship. The existing staff wanted nothing to do with me. They had all been trained by the person the company wanted out of there. They ha...
1.6K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 75.0 Was that house once a ship?
Question: While at Ferry Road Park, we discovered a house at the very north end of the road that looks much like a ship. What is its story? Answer: The house, at 1225 Ferry Road, was built in the 1970s for actress Edna Skinner and her friend, desi...
1.1K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 75.0 Assessor's office is efficient these days
This letter is in response to the lead article in the Saturday, Sept. 19, edition titled Conflicting assessments. I have had personal experience with the county assessor s office under Robert Main, as well as Adam Colby, and I can tell you there s ...
2.6K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 262.0 I Want To Know: Who appraised Bandon Dunes?
Question: I want to know if Adam Colby was the appraiser that handled the Bandon Dunes account when there was a coding error made. Answer: Coos County Assessor Adam Colby was the commercial industrial appraiser to reappraise Bandon Dunes Golf Resort....
1.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 303.0 Hot ashes blamed for North Bend fire
North Bend firefighters fought an attic fire that started when residents of a one-story wood-frame house didn t cool ashes enough before putting them on their back porch. Three engines, three support vehicles and 20 firefighters responded to 490 Comm...
0.8K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 75.0 Tough bosses can be too tough
What s happening in the Coos County Assessor s Office may be a case of fine intentions bogging down in clumsy execution. Assessor Adam Colby says he wants to correct past procedural errors. Good. He wants a more businesslike office. Also good. He wan...
2.0K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 503.0 Friction builds in county office under Colby
People have three choices. That s how Coos County Assessor Adam Colby views life. No. 1, you can adapt to the situation you re in, he said. No. 2, you can choose to go somewhere else. No. 3, you can work hard, do a good job and become the leader. C...
5.9K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 252.0 Who is to blame for tax errors?
Born and raised here since July 1947, but absence from November 1974 to August 2008, I don t know much about Adam Colby, but I do know this: Whatever he might be alleging in what is due at the tax assessor office is probably only the tip of the icebe...
0.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 75.0 Conflicting assessments
People have three choices. That s how Coos County Assessor Adam Colby views life. No. 1, you can adapt to the situation you re in, he said. No. 2, you can choose to go somewhere else. No. 3, you can work hard, do a good job and become the leader. C...
6.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 289.0 Housing prices plummet locally
Property values have plummeted in Coos County, but don t expect to see a tax break this year. Between 2008 and 2009, the real market value of Coos Bay/North Bend residential properties took a 21 percent hit, according to Coos County Assessor Adam Col...
3.6K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 391.0 Assessor's office: Let's wait and see
What taxpayers know about the Coos County Assessor s Office falls far short of what they don t know. We don t really know, for instance, why some longtime employees have left since Adam Colby became assessor in January. We don t know whether the flur...
2.0K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 196.0 County tort claims rise to 9
An employee has filed two more tort claims against Coos County, Assessor Adam Colby and Chief Deputy Assessor Denise Harris, raising the total to nine. Five assessor s office employees have filed tort claims since August 2008, though no lawsuits have...
2.4K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 151.0 Assessor alleges widespread problems
County Assessor Adam Colby, beset by employee complaints even before taking office in January, has gone on the offensive, alleging widespread errors and inaccuracies in the assessor s office. I believe these problems are multifaceted, and they re all...
3.5K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 632.0 County tort claims rise to 9
An employee has filed two more tort claims against Coos County, Assessor Adam Colby and Chief Deputy Assessor Denise Harris, raising the total to nine. Five assessor s office employees have filed tort claims since August 2008, though no lawsuits have...
2.5K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 151.0 Assessor alleges widespread problems
County Assessor Adam Colby, beset by employee complaints even before taking office in January, has gone on the offensive, alleging widespread errors and inaccuracies in the assessor s office. I believe these problems are multifaceted, and they re all...
3.6K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 632.0 Assessor to hold meeting
Coos County taxpayers can meet with Assessor Adam Colby in town hall property tax meetings starting Sept. 10. Colby will give an overview of the Oregon property tax system and answer questions about assessments in the Coos County real estate market....
1.2K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 454.0 | 
