State reps file for election
The South Coast s two state representatives have filed re-election papers with the Oregon Secretary of State s office. Rep. Wayne Krieger, R-Gold Beach, turned in his forms for District 1, while Rep. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, handed them over for Dis...
 0.9K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 534.0 Labor Day picnic centers on health care, union efforts
South Coast labor leaders say this year s Labor Day picnic will emphasize legislation on health care and union organizing rules, along with hamburgers and hot dogs. This Labor Day is the kickoff for a massive push for health care and labor law refor...
1.3K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 133.0 Don t blast reasonable, fair-minded people
Patricia Tapian s letter (The World, July 25) lambasting Sen. Joanne Verger, Rep. Arnie Roblan and the recent state income tax increase demonstrates ignorance of fact, ignorance of perspective and ignorance of our two legislators. HB2649 takes more ...
2.1K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 172.0 Tax-hiking politicians should get the boot
Oregon now has the dubious distinction of having the highest personal income tax rate in the United States thanks to the liberals in Salem. Passage of HB 2649 with the support of both Arnie Roblan and Joanne Verger takes more of your hard-earned mone...
1.6K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 211.0 Area seniors step into government
Arnie Roblan and Joanne Verger weren t the only Coos County residents kept busy by legislative matters last month. Two dozen rising seniors from Marshfield, North Bend and Bandon high schools got a taste of local and state government as part of Orego...
1.4K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 133.0 Time ran out on ESD merger
The Oregon Legislature spent much of the 2009 session to reach a deal on K-12 funding, but it couldn t agree on a plan to consolidate education service districts. That means the South Coast ESD won t be merging with Douglas County s EDS Senate Bill 5...
2.0K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 133.0 Legislature: Session dismays GOP rep
The 2009 Legislative session was discouraging for Rep. Wayne Krieger. The Gold Beach Republican found himself on the short end of votes that raised taxes and increased government, with the general fund growing by 11 percent over the 2007 session. For...
4.6K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 220.0 Legislature: Session dismays GOP rep
The 2009 Legislative session was discouraging for Rep. Wayne Krieger. The Gold Beach Republican found himself on the short end of votes that raised taxes and increased government, with the general fund growing by 11 percent over the 2007 session. For...
4.7K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 220.0 Memories of parades gone by
Chloe Danielson s Fourth of July tradition started small. She was small, too, when Coos Bay s North Ninth Street held its first parade. That first year, a handful of children marched or rode decorated bicycles. They cruised the block twice, then brok...
2.4K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 133.0 Roblan chosen for program
Rep. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, is one of 40 state officials from across the country selected for the Toll Fellowship Program, designed to develop state government leadership. Oregon House Speaker Dave Hunt, D-Clackamas County, nominated the three-ter...
0.9K - May. 23, 2009; scored 133.0 Coos Bay tries to protect its core classes
Superintendent Bob De La Vergne plans to present a budget for Coos Bay schools Wednesday that will cut into academic programs as well as electives and sports. De La Vergne said it's possible more cuts will be needed, though the latest news out of Sal...
4.6K - May. 19, 2009; scored 133.0 Bill proposes ESD consolidation
Local school officials aren t seriously considering merging districts to cut administrative expenses. But state lawmakers are, and some officials aren t happy. If a senate bill passes as currently written, the South Coast Education Service District w...
5.1K - May. 11, 2009; scored 133.0 Bill proposes ESD consolidation
Local school officials aren t seriously considering merging districts to cut administrative expenses. But state lawmakers are, and some officials aren t happy. If a senate bill passes as currently written, the South Coast Education Service District w...
5.3K - May. 9, 2009; scored 133.0 County Dems awards dinner
The Coos County Democrats will host radio celebrity Peter B. Collins at the Annual Awards Dinner at the Barn in Bandon on Saturday. The event begins with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Collins, a veteran San Francisco on-air pe...
1.1K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 133.0 Fight brews over ocean council control
Somebody stirred up a tempest when introducing House Bill 3013 this month. It would undo a lot of the revisions to the Ocean Policy Advisory Council put in place in 2003 and put much of the control over OPAC squarely in the governor s corner. Hopef...
5.8K - Mar. 14, 2009; scored 133.0 This area needs its railroad
Yahoo, good job Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, Arnie Roblan and Joanne Verger, for seeing this most important project through. This could be the first step to our stimulus program, keeping and creating jobs in our area, and transporting lumbe...
0.8K - Mar. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 Shipwreck payment should benefit coast
We had a perfectly good shipwreck, until the lawyers got involved. For a decade, the New Carissa sat quietly on the North Spit, sheltering starfish and attracting human gawkers. Though the initial wreck was an environmental disaster, the wreckage bec...
2.2K - Mar. 3, 2009; scored 199.0 Senator works to keep money on coast
COOS BAY Today, the Oregon Senate will begin working on the governor s transportation package, also known as the Jobs and Transportation Act of 2009. Sen. Joanne Verger plans to be there. The Coos Bay Democrat, who is a member of the Senate Transpo...
4.0K - Mar. 2, 2009; scored 1000.0 Verger to address state cuts Saturday
State Sen. Joanne Verger, D-Coos Bay, will discuss state funding cuts at a town hall meeting Saturday at Coos Bay Public Library. Co-chairwoman of the Ways and Means sub-committee on public health, Verger plans to talk about proposed cuts to the Oreg...
0.5K - Feb. 27, 2009; scored 172.0 State's funding the topic at Verger talk
State Sen. Joanne Verger, D-Coos Bay, plans to discuss state funding cuts at a town hall meeting this Saturday at Coos Bay Public Library. The Oregon Legislature has been trying to account for a $855 million revenue shortfall. Verger expects...
1.1K - Feb. 25, 2009; scored 612.0 | 
