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Editorial
Now & Then
Curiouser and curiouser.
Hunter S. Thompson recently wrote a column
suggesting we get used to cannibalism. I’m sure he
meant it in a political sense. We are witnessing a
historical shift in this country. An un-civil war has
broken out in our streets, and this time it’s not
anarchists in Seattle, or Rage Against the Machine
in LA; it’s Republicans in Florida. “Outside
agitators” are once again invading the South. But
this time they aren’t riding ‘Freedom Buses’, they
are flying Business Class and staying at the Hilton,
and the bills are being sent to the Republican Party.
They are in Florida because they say they want to
prevent the Democrats from “stealing” the election.
They paid good money and lots of it, for this
election, and they intend to get what they paid for.
The Democrats spent their share, and like the
Republicans, were told by their party bosses that
“The fix was in.”
For an old Sixties radical this is a bit too surreal.
Republicans rioting? When the tear gas hits do they
put their power ties up to their faces and chant:
“The Wall Street Journal is watching!! The Wall
Street Journal is watching!!”? Will violence break
out? Will the Florida National Guard get trigger-
happy? Will Wayne Newton have a hit with “Four
Dead in Orlando”? We certainly hope not, but
when things get this weird it’s not easy to write
parody, you too often find that you have
underestimated the imagination of the American
electorate.
It seems that after literally billions of dollars were
spent, and debates were held, and scandals were
exposed and pundits had pontificated, we still have
a dead heat. And who ever wins will enter the
office amid cries of fraud and corruption. We don’t
seem to really mind our politicians buying an office,
usually Republicans, and historically we have been
forgiving of those who steal an office, usually
Democrats, but we expect them to do it quietly or
with style. The current situation shows both men
incapable of either keeping their mouths shut or
showing the slightest bit of panache.
A major part of the problem with this election is
that even though the ‘party machines’ worked pretty
well, and the propaganda people did their job in
spades, giving each candidate a strong foundation to
work from, neither man could stir the hearts of the
nation. Neither is a leader, and neither will be their
party’s candidate in 2004.
Perhaps we will know who the President-elect is
by the next issue of the Edge; perhaps not; but we
already know that our country has changed and will
never be the same again. This could be a good
thing.
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By AJ Coyne
So does anyone really care who w ill be the next
President o f the United States? America has become a
laughing stock, the most powerful and might I add egotistical
country is now the biggest joke in the W O R L D . I am going to
be traveling out o f the country in a few weeks and I am
actually embarrassed to admit that I live in America. I am
embarrassed that it has taken the government this long to
admit our system is flawed. Mostly I am embarrassed o f the
behavior o f our presidential candidates. The lesser o f two
evils had now become the lesser o f two weasels. Does anyone
really think the man who wins this election w ill be anything
other than a laughing stock for the next four years? I don’t see
how they can expect to be taken seriously by anyone in our
country or the world after all the whining that has been going
Mo’ Stuff...
Locally we have some matters that require our
attention. It seems the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality is asking the City of Cannon
Beach to make sure that our unique wetlands
sewage treatment system is meeting the new
standards for Salmon streams like our own Ecola
Creek. The DEQ must re-certify all wastewater
treatment plants every five years, and, while doing
the current set of tests, found some problems. It
seems the load of the system has been exceeded on
occasions, and it is possible that there have been
permit violations. The DEQ is used to working
with mechanical treatment systems and could
require Cannon Beach to change to or add a
mechanical system.
So, what’s the problem? Just do it, and keep the
creek clean, right? Well, maybe, but then what
about the wet lands system? Will it just become an
oddity, a memorial to a time when this village
wasn’t afraid to try different ways of living in a
closer harmony with this beautiful place? Will we
just do the easy thing? Will we continue to grant
permits for more buildings and more sewage until
we overwhelm the system and the hope that built it?
Will we turn the wetlands on Spruce Street into
public parking? The word is we have a new Public
Works Director who will be taking on this situation
immediately, and we would urge our readers to let
her know how they feel about our unique system
and encourage her to find a solution that is as
simple and beautiful as the one we now have. Yes,
that’s right, our new Public Works Director is a
woman, and an engineer.
on.
The most frustrating part o f this whole mess is that
the president o f our nation is not going to be decided by the
voice o f the people but by a few old judges trying to get their
names in history books. I say let’ s have a national revote, it is
so completely out o f control at this time that the best way to
handle it is just to start over. I f I had actually voted for either
o f these two spoiled brats I would have a hard time looking at
myself without thinking SUC KER . How is your face looking
these days? I would be willing to bet that people would be
voting a lot differently now that we have seen how truly
pathetic our potential leaders have become in the midst o f all
the chaos. Maybe we would have a green party president
when all is said and done.
I t ’s pretty clear that we are throwing away this term
and I can only hope that not too much damage w ill be done.
The important thing to do now is to learn from our mistakes
and make change happen. This is the time to look beyond the
stupidity o f the last few weeks and realize all the good that can
come as a result. Over the years I have been frustrated that the
president could announced before all the votes had been
counted, this year it felt good to think that one vote could
make a difference. Things w ill be changing and we w ill all be
involved. W e need to remember that after we are done
bitching about thrs stupidity it’s time to make our voices heard
positively as well. Be excited.. .change is coming.
“Voting is as d ose to having political powers
as riding in the back seat o f a police car b to
being a cop.”
Discussion Is an exchange of knowledge;
argument an exchange o f ignorance.
Robert Quillen
UPPER LEFT EW»E DECEMBER 2000
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I hope you can help get the word out that
Sigrid Clark's mascot, Rubber Ducky, has been
stolen from the Goose Hollow Inn. Added to her
sudden death from meningitis this year, this theft
only compounds the sadness of Sigrid's family,
friends, employees, and patrons of the Goose
Hollow Inn. Let me tell you why. In the spring of
1987 Sigrid asked me to come to the Goose to help
her decide what to do with a 30 pound unpainted
concrete goose. This was when Bud was mayor and
Sigrid was running the Goose. She jokingly told me
that it was too bad the concrete goose wasn't a
rubber ducky because Bud had never been the same
since he lost his rubber ducky. I asked her if this
loss had happened when he was mayor or when he
was a kid. She laughed but never gave me a
definitive answer. Instead she gave me the goose to
take home and find the answer to her riddle, "How
do you turn a concrete goose into a rubber ducky?"
Being a collage artist, it didn't take me long to find
the raw material which solved the riddle. In the
stacks of printed material friends save for me, 1
found catalogues advertising condoms. The
different brands were all illustrated in colorful
reproductions about the size of big and little postage
stamps. Eureka! The answer to "How do you turn
a concrete goose into a rubber ducky?" was, "Cover
it with condom ads."
I was caring for my mother, who was
suffering from Alzheimer's, at home during this
time, so production of the Rubber Ducky became
collaboration. Mom loved to cut out areas I'd
outline with a felt tip pen. Then, when I'd refined
the rough cut, she enjoyed picking up the images
and helping me arrange them into a collage. So, the
condoms were a real treat. Being an old nurse, she
had a good sense of humor and purpose. Her
Alzheimer's hadn't yet clouded that part of her
brain. So, we spent an hour or two each day for a
few weeks cutting, arranging, and gluing condom
ads onto the concrete goose. When the project was
done, we had a ceremony at the Goose, where
Sigrid got Mom to eat her first oyster shooter. It
was Sigrid who encouraged me to bring Mom to the
Goose once a week, not only for a social occasion,
but so Sigrid could help me monitor Mom's
Alzheimer's. And it was the occasion of the
unveiling of Rubber Ducky that 1 shall always
remember as the most joyful afternoon Sigrid,
Mom, and I spent together. Sigrid put her mascot
Rubber Ducky on the bar in the Goose, and it has
remained there unmoved since 1987 until its theft
As Bud said to me, the disappearance of Ducky is
not a mere theft, it is the loss of something
significant about Sigrid. Of course, the person who
stole Rubber Ducky had no way of knowing its
importance.
Perhaps someone reading this column will
know who took Ducky and get that person to bring
it back to the Goose. There is precedent. Years
ago, Bud's mascot Bismarck was stolen. The heavy
metal sculpture of Bismarck was gone for three
years. Then Bud got a call from a woman who
wanted to meet him in the parking lot at the Goose.
She told Bud she was going through a divorce and
hated the man she was divorcing, the man who had
stolen Bismarck. So, she opened her car's trunk and
there was Bismarck. Perhaps we won't have to wait
so long for the return of Rubber Ducky.
As you can tell, I am terribly upset by this
stupid act of thievery. Everyone who came to the
Goose to look at the Rubber Ducky or to show
Ducky to friends can't believe it is gone. But more
than Rubber Ducky is the feeling that a unique
statement of Sigrid's has been taken from us.
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