THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016
FRIDAY EXCHANGE
Trump will help
even years ago, my hus-
band lost his job. The com-
pany he worked for lost its
shirt. Since then, we’ve lived
on unemployment, credit
cards, odd jobs, renting the
family beach house and selling
whatever we had to put gas in
our 1987 Ford truck.
Sound familiar? Can you
relate to what I’m saying? We
own our land but can’t get a
loan from the bank because
our land is not what they want.
We’ve managed on a day-to-
day basis, we go to the food
bank and have borrowed from
family and friends just to stay
in our home. What’s worse is
today I get a 48-hour notice
from the power company
because we’ve fallen behind
on our payments. I pay them
every month, but it’s never
enough.
What is enough? Now
we’re in this political cycle
and all the media wants to talk
about is sex. The corporate
giants want more and more
money for the same thing,
and people like us are literally
struggling to hold onto what
they have. So many have lost
everything because it’s never
enough.
There is crisis all around
us. A civil unrest that has been
perpetrated by the corporate
greed and arbitrary pricing on
everything, including all of our
basic necessities.
I’ve lived on the coast for
30 years, and thought people
in this place would be a little
kinder and gentle to each other.
The homeless are here. Crime
is increasing here. They’re
begging for money in Cannon
Beach.
I don’t have any ix-it-all
notions, but I’m voting for
Trump because he’s the one
who has been a success, and
can truly turn things around.
On common ground.
G. LIVERMORE
Arch Cape
Visit Manzanita
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Vote Bobeck
regon has problems, and
we need change. Our
graduations rate is disappoint-
ing, and jobs are scarce. Dr.
Bruce Bobek has solutions. He
has been a practicing doctor for
30 years and desires to apply
his wisdom and common sense
to serve us in Salem. How will
he serve?
No. 1: Education. He wel-
comes invigorating our school
system with healthy competi-
tion from charter schools.
No. 2: Jobs. He desires to
strip away regulations that
smother business and unleash
freedom to create jobs.
He knows change is
resisted, but he’s willing to
take on the challenge and
persevere.
Dr.Bobek, Republican, for
representative from District 32.
JUDY KUJALA
Warrenton
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Left and right
ords are lying left and
right, not sure if they
are landing — perhaps it is
just too windy in the year of
the election. The rich keep get-
ting richer and the poor get-
ting poorer, jobs have gone
south and the middle class is
shrinking.
Our infrastructure is crum-
bling. But how to repair it?
We could raise taxes, but on
whom, or from where?
The weather is changing,
but whose fault is that? Should
we opt for green energy? Or
continue to frack?
Is free trade the answer for
imports and exports? Or should
we be protective, and raise all
our tariffs?
Immigration is bad, and
we must lock all our doors —
batten the hatches, keep out
the hoards. Or maybe diver-
sity is in our best interest. After
all, this country was built on
immigration.
So what about health care?
Will Obamacare prevail? Is
single payer the answer, or is it
bound to fail?
Our Supreme Court — one
justice is lacking. The presi-
dent appoints, but the Senate
blocks. They will not consent
in the year of an election, hop-
ing their party will win, but
they may be rejected.
Foreign relations are
fraught with great danger.
Should there be a military
solution, or is diplomacy the
answer?
When the election is over,
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s you likely know, the city of Manza-
nita was struck by a tornado this past
week. While damage is substantial, recovery
and rebuilding efforts are well underway.
Despite the amount of damage, the
majority of our merchants remain open
for business. The loss of business during a
weekend that is still typically a busy one has
been another hard hit, especially with winter
season looming.
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and a president selected —
whatever is done, we will dis-
approve, for no human can
meet our high expectations.
Though words ly, they are
cheap and actions are expen-
sive. But in four years we
return to do it again, with all of
our angst, our hopes and our
fears. It is the American way.
Happy voting.
NELLIE HUTCHISON
Seaside
We need Trump
ll we hear on most news
programs constantly is
about Trump’s misconduct,
over and over. Also, criticism
of every kind as to his person-
ality, looks, etc. How about
being fair? Have you ever
heard of that? What about
Bill Clinton’s conduct with
women? Not to mention, most
of the males in the Kennedy
family, from Grandpa Kennedy
on down, mistreated women.
I don’t believe this idea
that bad conduct is the prob-
lem than angers people against
Trump. It’s that he wants to
take the money these organi-
zations and bankers and high
interest credit card companies
want to keep. Also, the poli-
ticians who give contracts to
people who do pretty much as
they please with the contracts,
doing shoddy, expensive
work. Then there are the over-
seas people, putting money in
their pockets, and the goods
they send back are shoddy. I
won’t buy them. They cost too
much.
America needs Trump,
who knows how to do for the
people and all veterans —
jobs, medical beneits, etc. If
he doesn’t know, he’s smart
enough to ask competent
people.
On the other hand, Hillary
Clinton does nothing right.
FLORENCE EILLEEN
HAWKINS
Long Beach, Washington
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I would ask that you encourage your
friends and neighbors that the best way to
help with recovery is to continue patron-
izing their favorite shops and restaurants
in Manzanita, or plan to attend any of the
many upcoming area events.
Manzanita remains a beautiful, special
place to visit, shop and stay.
DAN HAAG
Manzanita Visitors Center
ily because it seemed exces-
sive, put a signiicant burden
on property owners ($2.16 per
thousand of assessed value or
$650 per year on an assessed
home value of $300,000), and
because many of the attributes
in the design seemed to be
more about a desire as opposed
to a need.
This time around the school
district has focused on what is
essential and necessary. They
have reduced their request by
almost 40 percent with the
cost to tax payers at $1.35 per
thousand of assessed value,
or just over $400 per year on
an assessed home value of
$300,000.
The district is irst on a
waiting list to receive $4 mil-
lion in matching funds from
the state, and Weyerhaeuser
Co. has graciously donated 80
acres to site the schools well
above the tsunami inundation
zone.
Our schools are the life-
blood of our communities.
They assist our students in
realizing their potential in aca-
demics, and help ready them
for their future. The invest-
ment in our students is also an
investment in our future. It will
beneit us all.
The time to act is now.
Interest rates are at historic
lows, and the cost to construct
and develop a school will only
continue to increase. Please
vote yes for our local schools.
It’s important to our com-
munity, our families and our
livability.
PATRICK NOFIELD
Cannon Beach
Dreaming
t appears as though
Trump is going to get Hil-
lary elected with his stupid
remarks, and I don’t believe
our country can survive four
years of Hillary with her past
history in politics, and the
fact that she doesn’t seem to
understand the meaning of
our $19 trillion deicit.
She wants to provide a
free college education to all
those in families with less
that $150,000 annual income,
increase the minimum wage
and demand all employers to
furnish vacations, retirements
and other beneits to all of
their employees.
Our country has had
to face all kinds of disas-
ters, but I can’t believe that
we’re ready for the politi-
cal disaster that we’re fac-
ing with this election. If we
could elect Trump and get
him impeached as soon as he
takes ofice, then hope Mike
Pence would follow the one
great immigration idea that
Trump promised, then we
might have a future left for
our country.
It’s not against the law to
dream, and it looks to me like
Mike Pence is better qualiied
to be our president than any
of the others. Let’s all pray to
God and dream.
JIM ELVIN
Salem
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Yes for schools
e are writing this let-
ter to urge the passage
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of the Seaside School bond
issue to build a new campus
of schools on tsunami safe
land that has been donated by
Weyerhaeuser.
Seaside High School,
Broadway Middle School and
Gearhart Elementary School
average 65 years of age. They
each have serious problems
with rooing, plumbing, heat-
ing and electrical mainte-
nance repairs needed at an
estimated cost of $30 million
dollars — nearly one-third of
the total bond amount. These
repairs would not address
deteriorating walls, due to
our harsh weather, or seismic
issues.
Of course, the bond would
add to our property taxes,
about $270 on a $200,000
home, $405 on a $300,000
home. But remember, our
ancestors paid for the schools
that we attended. We owe it
to our descendants to pro-
vide them safe, up-to-date
schools for their learning
environment.
Please join us in support-
ing this needed bond issue by
voting yes for our schools.
JOHN and DIANA
MCLOUGHLIN
Gearhart
Who is Trump?
onald Trump is not
really a Democrat or
Republican. That’s why
some Republicans in Con-
gress don’t like him. They
know full well that he won’t
go along with some of their
manipulative schemes that
hurt the American public.
Who is Hillary Clin-
ton? Well, she is like Paul
Ryan in many ways. Both of
them worship at the altar of
so-called free trade. They are
so embedded in Wall Street
one could not dislodge them
with a jackhammer. They are
war hawks in the irst degree.
One can’t forget their ties
with the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, and last but not
least, their compulsive desire
to let millions upon mil-
lions of more people into this
country.
Anyone who has stud-
ied the problems with over-
D
population knows full well
this country is way overpop-
ulated. A democracy cannot
withstand overpopulation. It
is impossible. Donald Trump
is the only person who has
the tenacity to do something
about this country’s disas-
trous immigration problem.
One of the reasons so
many millennials can’t ind
a job is because of the H1-B
visa program. This program
lets thousands upon thou-
sands of people come into the
high tech sector from other
countries, and take jobs from
native-born millennials. That
is a fact, not conjecture. Hil-
lary Clinton will do noth-
ing to help this generation, or
any generation, with their job
opportunities.
The biggest environmen-
tal threat is not global warm-
ing, it is overpopulation. That
is the inconvenient truth.
When one mentions stop-
ping immigration to these
so-called environmental orga-
nizations, they run like a rab-
bit to their hole. They are
pathetic resemblances to any
true environmentalist.
Our professional sav-
iors and elites will not save
our nation and civilization.
To expect it from them is to
believe in magic and trust in
miracles. The cure will come
from the man and woman
in the street who can read
between the lines. They can
see through the tripe that
the news media throws at
them everyday. They are not
blinded by their prejudice or
bigotry, nor believe the gov-
ernment owes them a living.
These people are not afraid of
success or failure, and what
people might say. In short,
they are the people who are
going to vote for Donald
Trump.
There are many differ-
ences between Donald Trump
and Hillary Clinton. Is Don-
ald Trump perfect? Abso-
lutely not, but he will help
the people of this great coun-
try. And what of Hillary Clin-
ton? She will help herself.
That is probably the biggest
difference.
ROBERT BOEHM
Clatskanie
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easure 97 is going to hit
low and ixed income
people the hardest. It is not
a 2.5 percent tax; it’s much
more. Large medical com-
panies will increase prices to
the large drug stores (Wal-
greens, CVS, etc.), who will
also increase prices to the con-
sumer — all this to cover their
increased costs. Now 2.5 per-
cent plus 2.5 percent becomes
5 percent.
The same will happen in
the food chain. Large farm
supply companies (John Deere,
Dow, etc.) will increase prices
to the farmers, who will have
to raise their prices to the large
grocery stores (Fred Meyer,
Wilco, etc.), who will in turn
increase their prices to the con-
sumer, making the 2.5 percent
tax become a 5 percent tax.
The same ripple effect can be
done in the large meat/poultry,
cereal, canned food companies
and many more.
Add this to the loss of jobs
for those large companies (like
Nike) if they decide to relo-
cate to another state, it will
compound the problem —
we have to remember that the
large companies like this are
high-paying jobs, much less
the loss of what they do give
back to our communities in big
ways (other than taxes).
All the advertisements
for this measure are targeted
at those who can least afford
the net effect of this measure.
We need to make sure every-
one understands what they are
really supporting.
GARY PETERSON
Hillsboro
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measure in 2013 to raise $129
million for relocation of our
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