THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016
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Save animals by passing Measure 100
B
ill Clinton’s 1992 presi-
dential campaign slogan
was “It’s the economy, stu-
pid.” Ironically for Hillary
Clinton, the shoe’s now on the
other foot.
Hillary and other establish-
ment politicians get the lion’s
share of their money from cer-
tain bankers, executives and
very wealthy people. There’s
no doubt this wealthy donor
class is better off today than
eight years ago.
Worse off today are work-
ers and the middle class. Cur-
rent tax policy and interna-
tional agreements are still
sending jobs abroad. Don-
ald Trump wants to help
those worse off by changing
job-hurting policies of the pres-
ent Democrat administration.
Hillary will just continue them.
Trump’s policy changes
will rebuild manufactur-
ing and strengthen America.
And Trump’s new border pol-
icy will ensure a recognizable
country that will have a strong
economy again.
Trump wants to reduce
taxes so business has money
to expand and create more
jobs. A good job and less tax
also means more money in
your hands to spend, invest, or
save as you see it.
Trump’s not an establish-
ment politician, and is using
his own money to campaign.
Trump isn’t controlled by any-
body. That scares the hell out
of the very wealthy, who are
used to controlling politicians
like Hillary. They want Hillary
to continue government poli-
cies that protect and increase
their wealth, even though the
policies may be harmful to the
rest of us.
Unfortunately, there’s little
positive to say about Hillary
except her gender. The venom
Hillary and other Democrats
are spewing out daily about
Trump are obvious political
strategies to distract us from
policy failures of a Demo-
crat administration, and Hil-
lary’s terrible 30-year record
of corruption. And it’s ridicu-
lous for Democrats to criticize
Trump for not having to pay
taxes. After all, Trump fol-
lowed all tax laws Democrats
helped pass.
Trump is human and, like
us all, isn’t perfect. But com-
pared to Hillary’s dismal past,
Trump’s a roaring success
story.
America needs to change
the disastrous economic poli-
cies of this Democrat admin-
istration. Simply put, we’ve
gone way too far in the wrong
direction. We need to elect
Donald Trump and turn the
economy around.
DON HASKELL
Astoria
Lied
‘W
hat difference, at this
point, does it make?”
— Hillary Clinton, Jan. 23,
2013
Here are four reasons why
Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be
elected president: Ambassador
Chris Stevens, Sean Smith,
Glen Doherty and Tyrone
Woods. Hillary lied after these
four Americans died.
RENEE DICK
Salem
Bruce for Astoria
R
etired U.S. Coast Guard
Capt. Bruce Jones earned
the conidence of our coun-
try. We are lucky he stayed in
Astoria and is willing to share
his experience, expertise and
integrity with our community.
Bruce deserves to be elected
to Astoria’s City Council.
In service to our coun-
try, Bruce distinguished him-
self by heading many signii-
cant posts in the Coast Guard.
He is an expert in dealing
with multiple agencies at var-
ious levels. Also, as an air sta-
tion commander, he led aerial
rescue efforts after Hurri-
cane Katrina in New Orleans.
These skills are directly appli-
cable to us who live in the
Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Bruce can head in prepared-
ness planning, and, heaven
forbid, rescue and recovery
efforts.
In our community, Bruce
serves without personal
agenda but as a consensus
builder. He currently chairs
the Astoria Armory board and
has served the community on
the boards of the United Way,
Columbia River Maritime
A
nimals across the planet face
a variety of threats — habitat
destruction, pollution, and many oth-
ers. But the issue of wildlife traf-
icking is one with clear and obvious
solutions.
Measure 100 will help save endan-
gered sea turtles, elephants, rhinos and
other wild animals threatened with
cruel poaching and extinction by ban-
ning the commercial trade in their parts
and products here in Oregon.
The scale of the world’s poaching
crisis is immense. Every day nearly 100
Museum and Astoria Column.
His calm and effective man-
ner helped those organiza-
tions navigate dificult waters
and reach the safe harbor of
enlightened and effective
results. He will do the same
on our city council.
For the betterment of Asto-
ria, voters in Ward 4 should
vote for Bruce Jones.
DAN STEIN
Astoria
Immoral and unit
R
ecently an audio tape
was released with Don-
ald Trump describing how
he attempted to bed a mar-
ried woman while he was also
married. And then he goes
on to brag that when he sees
beautiful women he just starts
kissing them, without even
asking, and “when you’re a
star, they let you do it. You
can do anything. Grab them
by the (private parts). You can
do anything.”
Mr. Trump has already
shown that he has no busi-
ness ethics by bilking thou-
sands of dollars from contrac-
tors he defaulted on with his
failed Trump Casino and the
fake Trump University, and
now he has proved that he
also has no moral character, as
well. Apparently he believes
that half of the people on this
planet, the women, were cre-
ated strictly to quench his lust.
I am a man, and I under-
stand lustful thoughts, but I
have always treated women
with the respect that they
deserve as intelligent individ-
uals. I have never once uttered
insults of the kind on Mr.
Trump’s tape, nor could I pos-
sibly ever respect a man who
did so.
Is this really the person that
you want to be our president?
This sleazebag? Yes, Hillary
Clinton has made some mis-
takes, but Donald Trump is
morally unit to be president
of our great country.
ROD DAWSON
Seaside
elephants are brutally killed in Africa,
their tusks hacked off, to supply the
black market for ivory trinkets. Orga-
nized criminal gangs and armed reb-
els use military weapons to kill wildlife
for the multi-billion dollar illegal wild-
life trade.
Poachers and trafickers exploit
weak laws and regulations to sell ivory,
rhino horns, sea turtle shells and other
animal parts. Products from endangered
animals can be found for sale here, in
Oregon. We must shut down the Ore-
gon market for these animal products;
thoughtful, caring and diplo-
matic person, and we would
be fortunate to have him serve
as city councilor of Astoria.
CRAIG and SARA WISTI
Astoria
Safe schools needed
T
he safety of schools can-
not be minimalized. The
probability of a major earth-
quake off the coast of Ore-
gon, triggering a catastrophic
tsunami, increases each day
it doesn’t happen. We need
only to watch PBS’s “Oregon
Field Guide” episode “Unpre-
pared” to grasp the serious-
ness of this. Free viewing is
available at http://tinyurl.com/
opb-unprep
All schools, including Sea-
side’s schools, need to be out
of the tsunami inundation
zone. The bond to raise money
to build new schools in safe
areas in Seaside, if done with
integrity and good manage-
ment, could save 1,700 lives.
The monthly price to residents
will probably be about the
cost of a tank of gasoline, but
what price can one place on
1,700 lives?
An added note: Safe, high
quality schools increase prop-
erty value.
POLLY MINER
Warrenton
Sales tax
R
ead the text of Measure
97. It is a sales tax. No
matter how broad or limited it
any amount of trade will continue to
motivate this killing for proit.
Measure 100 is endorsed by a broad
coalition of individuals and groups.
The Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon
Zoo Foundation, Oregon Humane Soci-
ety, animal protection and conservation
leaders, a bi-partisan group of elected
oficials, veterinarians, and untold
numbers of individuals understand the
important role that Oregon has in sav-
ing these endangered animals.
KRISTIN LEPPERT
Portland
may be, it’s still a sales tax. If
adopted, it will surely encour-
age the politicians to pass
more general sales taxes. Ore-
gon will then be like Califor-
nia, with both an income and
sales tax.
Sales taxes are the most
regressive for of taxation,
because they hurt the people
who can least afford them the
most. If you truly want more
taxes on everything you buy,
in just a few years, then vote
to approve this measure.
CLEVE ROLFE
Seaside
Move schools
I
always thought that I had a
good understanding of the
danger our community and
schools were in, but I really
had no clue until I started
to extensively research the
Cascadia Subduction Zone
during my senior year at
Seaside High School.
The fact of the matter is
that Seaside schools will not
survive the magnitude of a
Cascadia subduction earth-
quake. The schools will col-
lapse on children, leaving
them trapped as a large tsu-
nami rolls in. Trapped with
no way to escape, the major-
ity of children in Seaside
School District will either
drown or be killed by a
building collapsing on top
of them. The few who man-
age to escape the collapsed
building will have to over-
come all odds to make it to
high ground before the tsu-
nami reaches land.
As students, we were
oblivious. We believed we
would make it out of the
building after the earthquake
hit, and if we moved fast
enough we would be able
to make it to high ground
safely. This sense of hope
that I and the other students
had was completely false.
The reality is that as long as
Seaside schools continue to
reside in the tsunami inun-
dation zone, there is a very
slim chance for students to
survive a Cascadia event.
The new bond measure
isn’t about enriching Seaside
students with more advanced
education opportunities that
the 2013 bond measure pro-
vided, but instead simply
providing safe, reliable facil-
ities where students will be
afforded peace of mind.
Our community needs
this new campus. It can
serve as the central location
providing refuge, aid and
relief after disaster strikes,
with emergency supplies
having been stored at the
campus ahead of time. We
cannot wait any longer. We
are 73 years overdue, and
need to start thinking pro-ac-
tively while we still have the
chance. It shouldn’t come
down to the students to con-
vince people to move our
schools, but that is exactly
what has happened.
TAYLOR BARNES
Seaside
I
t is opined over and over
again, and on almost all
hands agreed to, that Don-
ald Trump is unit to be pres-
ident. His opponent then,
by implication, is “it.” Hil-
lary Clinton looked away
while her husband, a lasciv-
ious, adulterous womanizer
all his political life, turned
irst the Little Rock, Arkan-
sas, statehouse and then the
White House into his per-
sonal bordellos.
Then, disdaining a cardi-
nal dogma of contemporary
feminism, she “stuck by her
man” as he unctuously slith-
ered, squirmed and perjured
his way to impeachment. Her
own mendacity and devious
evasions are known to all. It
is reported that 75 per cent of
the electorate will vote against
one or the other, and not for
either.
Friends, Oregonians, coun-
trymen and women: Vote for
neither. Vote against both. Has
the American electorate lost
all sense of moral discernment
that it will accede in a choice
between a bombastic clown
and a liar to serve in its high-
est elected ofice? Has virtue
become a minor irrelevance in
our nation’s governance?
Cast your ballot for a third-
party candidate, or write in
the name of a neighbor or an
acquaintance you know to be
a plain-talking, honest, thrifty
and industrious soul who
would serve, not as a political
party ideologue, but as pres-
ident of all the people, with
humility and great respect for
our nation’s founding docu-
ment, the Constitution; who
will preside over a govern-
ment run as frugally as his or
her own household; and who
will not splinter society into
competing groups organized
by race, ethnicity, gender, age,
business, occupation or class
by holding out the promise of
government favors in return
for party fealty, votes or cam-
paign contributions.
Whatever way comes to
mind, on your ballot, just say
no to Hillary and Trump.
LOUIS SARGENT
Gearhart
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ruce Jones is a tremen-
dous candidate for the
Astoria City Council. He
came to Astoria in 2011 as
the sector commander of the
Coast Guard. This translates
to being the person in charge
of the coast from North Bend,
Oregon, to Westport, Wash-
ington, and up the Columbia
River to Portland.
Under his leadership the
sector commander dealt with
saving people on the shore,
in their boats, and monitor-
ing potential drug traficking,
as well as issues with Home-
land Security. All of this was
managed by Bruce, who is
cool under pressure. He thinks
clearly, and is able to make a
good decision about what is
best for all concerned.
There is the primary ele-
ment that brings us to the rec-
ommendation of Bruce Jones
for city councilor. Bruce
brings a solid calm to the
table for collaboration. He is
a leader who listens, and has
done his homework and is
prepared to discuss import-
ant topics. Bruce has worked
with companies and agencies
with issues around the areas of
his responsibilities. He would
approach his job as city coun-
cilor with the same thoughtful
consideration.
Since retiring from the
Coast Guard, Bruce has been
actively involved in the res-
toration of the old Asto-
ria Armory, which had been
years without attention. He
raised interest, wrote grants
and, after years of hard work,
the Armory has been brought
back to life for the use of the
community.
Bruce Jones is an educated,
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