Keep the public's money in the U.S.
It amazes me that a country that is living on borrowed money can give away more than $500 million, but can t give a cost of living increase to the elderly and has to raise everybody s taxes. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently went to Af...
 1.3K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 65.0 Local panel fields questions on health policy
When Rep. Peter DeFazio visited the coast three months ago, people crowded into town halls to vehemently voice concerns and ask questions about public health care reform. It was a different setting Saturday morning at Coos Bay City Hall. A panel of e...
7.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 65.0 Interior, BLM offers 62 timber sales in Oregon
GRANTS PASS (AP) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday announced a crop of timber sales for federal lands in Western Oregon intended to keep Oregon mills open while the Obama administration works on a new long-term forest management strategy....
4.1K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 103.0 Two old chums vie in race for governor
SALEM John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury go back quite a ways. When Kitzhaber was governor, he appointed Bradbury as Oregon secretary of state when the office became vacant in 1999. They are close friends, so close that Kitzhaber jokingly dubbed the ...
5.7K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 65.0 Hospitals pile up unpaid bills while providing care to uninsured
COOS BAY The Bay Area Hospital emergency room was relatively quiet Monday morning. Patients lay in only a handful of the 14 beds. The ambulance bay and trauma center were empty, allowing some of the physicians and nurses a chance to chat for a mome...
5.2K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 65.0 USFS backs new Wilderness area near Reedsport
GRANTS PASS The U.S. Forest Service has endorsed designation of a new wilderness area near Reedsport. It s in an area of the Coast Range known for a remote waterfall called the Devil s Staircase. The agency s deputy chief, Joel Haltrop, appeared Th...
2.2K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 103.0 Mindless criticizing weakens argument
Public Forum This letter is in response to Daniel Cook s letter (The World, Sept. 15). OK, if The World was at fault for titling your letter Rep. DeFazio is a career socialist when nothing in your letter said that exactly, why don t you complain ab...
2.4K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 65.0 Chandler future is on shaky ground
COOS BAY ” One of the last tenants to leave The Chandler Hotel before workers boarded up its ground-floor windows was Rita Todd. Owner of Design Renaissance, an interior design business, Todd had operated out of a storefront on Second Str...
5.6K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 65.0 Bradbury s in
PORTLAND ” Former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury is entering the race to be the state s next governor. Bradbury, who served in the Legislature for 14 years, was to formally announce today, according to his spokesman Jeremy Wright....
3.6K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 65.0 Stop labeling and start thinking
In response to Louise Pool's angry letter (The World, Sept. 8) regarding my opinion letter (The World, Aug. 29). Ms. Pool states that I labeled Rep. DeFazio as a socialist in my letter. Actually, I did not label DeFazio a socialist anywhere in my let...
2.4K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 152.0 DeFazio weighs run for governor
SALEM Congressman Peter DeFazio and former Gov. John Kitzhaber met privately Friday to discuss the 2010 gubernatorial race, but DeFazio wouldn t say whether he will take on Kitzhaber for the Democratic nomination. Last week Kitzhaber announced he w...
2.5K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 921.0 DeFazio works to help people
This letter is from a mother who tried to help her son get Social Security. We tried every place we could think of. Then we wrote a letter to Mr. DeFazio, he contacted Social Security and within two weeks my son got help. My son died in December 2008...
0.6K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 339.0 Stop labeling and start thinking
This is in response to a letter by Mr. Daniel Cook (The World, Aug. 29). I resent, by inference, that since I like Rep. DeFazio, I am a socialist. Far from it. I get as mad as anyone at the people in our community who get public assistance, not becau...
1.7K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 131.0 Kitzhaber's return shakes up 2010 race field
SALEM (AP) Former governor John Kitzhaber s pursuit of a record third term puts pressure on fellow Democrats who might want the job, and it could complicate the job of Republican leaders lining up prospective candidates. A former emergency room phy...
4.4K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 103.0 DeFazio opens conference call to constituents
Thanks to all who recently attended one of my 14 town hall meetings. Many of you expressed legitimate concern about what is in the various drafts of health care reform legislation. While it s clear from my town hall meetings most people agree the cu...
1.4K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 658.0 Universal care will stifle innovation
Congressman DeFazio made his position clear: I will not vote for any bill out of the House of Representatives that does not contain a robust public option. Let me be equally clear: I will never support any candidate who votes in favor of universal h...
2.7K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 65.0 Kitzhaber will run governor - again
SALEM (AP) Democrat John Kitzhaber has announced he will run for a record-setting third term as Oregon governor. Kitzhaber, who left office in 2003, said on Wednesday the state and nation face tremendous challenges and that he believes he can bri...
2.6K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 65.0 Kitzhaber bid for Ore. governor seems likely
SALEM (AP) Speculation is mounting that former Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber will announce this week he s going to run for an unprecedented third term as Oregon s top leader. Kitzhaber is keeping mum for now, but friends believe he s ready to jump...
3.3K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 131.0 Rep. DeFazio is a career socialist
The World newspaper provided a very twisted view of the truth on the front page (Aug. 14) regarding the North Bend-DeFazio town hall meeting when it stated: noise he (DeFazio) had to contend with most was applause. The World tried to make it sound ...
1.6K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 501.0 Fiscally, U.S. can't afford health care
Even a week after the event, I must say it was an interesting experience to attend DeFazio s recent charade at the North Bend Community Center. His town halls masquerade as a colonial New England town meeting when, in truth they are nothing of the ...
2.1K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 131.0 | 
