Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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KKK ad By Finn J,D. John After the 1922 midterm elections, the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon was riding high. It had won almost every election it had deigned to compete for. It looked to them like they’d been handed a solid mandate to remake Oregon in the image of their ethnocentric social agenda, and they lost no time in getting right to work. There was a problem, though. Looking back now, we can plainly see that there was one key element that Oregonians found appealing about the Klan’s vision and its leaders — and it wasn’t what those leade...
McKenzie River Reflections...
LRAPA logo An early backyard burning ban in Lane County is now in effect. Due to high fire danger, LRAPA and the Lane Fire Defense Board have now (5/6/13)prohibited all backyard and open burning in Lane County, except on the coast....
AOC logo The Oregon House Committee on Transportation and Economic Development heard testimony Monday about the problems Oregon counties continue to experience with their roads. Of the 68,128 road miles in Oregon, counties are responsible for 26,692 miles, 39 percent. The remainder is divided between the federal government, Oregon Department of Transportation and cities. Jon Oshel, County Road Program Manager for the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) told the House committee, chaired by Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) and members that funding...
