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Page 4A OPINION East Oregonian Friday, July 17, 2015 Founded October 16, 1875 KATHRYN B. BROWN Publisher JENNINE PERKINSON Advertising Director DANIEL WATTENBURGER Managing Editor TIM TRAINOR Opinion Page Editor OUR VIEW Tip of the hat; kick in the pants A tip of the hat to Hermiston for securing a big boon for the city’s burgeoning economic development. 7KHIRXUVWRU\+ROLGD\,QQ([SUHVVKRWHOZLOOEHWKHFLW\¶VODUJHVW EXLOGLQJZKHQLWJRHVXSQH[W\HDUDWWKHFRUQHURI+LJKZD\DQG:HVW +HUPLVWRQ$YH %XWPRUHWKDQMXVWDGGLQJWRWKHFLW\¶VVN\OLQHZHWKLQNWKHPXOWLPLOOLRQ GROODULQYHVWPHQWRIIHUV+HUPLVWRQDQRSSRUWXQLW\WRLQYLJRUDWHWKHFLW\¶V OHVVWKDQHQHUJHWLFGRZQWRZQ7KHQHDUO\ URRPVDWWKHKRWHOZLOOEH¿OOHGZLWK travelers who each night will need a place to feed themselves and other places to be HQWHUWDLQHG,WZLOORIIHUDELJERRVWWRWKH QXPEHURIZDUPERGLHVZDONLQJXSDQG GRZQ0DLQ6WUHHWDQGWKDWLVDVPXFK economic opportunity as any entrepreneur ZRUWKWKHLUZHLJKWLQEUHDGVWLFNVQHHGV 7KHFLW\RI+HUPLVWRQWKHODUJHVWFLW\ in Eastern Oregon, if you haven’t heard!) will soon have to start growing up instead of out, if it’s going to remain an HI¿FLHQWFLW\ZLWKVPDOOWRZQFKDUP:H¶UHQRWWDONLQJDERXWVN\VFUDSHUV KHUHEXWPXOWLOHYHOEXLOGLQJVDQGLQ¿OOGHYHORSPHQWZLOOKDYHWREHLQWKH city’s future, and this downtown boost might be just what the doctor ordered IRUIDFLOLWDWLQJWKDW7KHIXWXUHVXUHORRNVEULJKW A tip of the hat to the Don Requa bronze, which took its place along Statue Boulevard in Pendleton. ,QRXUYLHZLW¶VWKHEHVWORRNLQJVWDWXHRQ 0DLQ6WUHHWDQGZHGRQ¶WWKLQNLWGHWUDFWV from the downtown cowboy and Indian vibe DSLQFK&OHDUO\WKHVWDWXHDQGLWVORFDWLRQ ZDVSOHQW\FRQWURYHUVLDOIRUDWLPH$QG PRYLQJIRUZDUGVWDWXHVGH¿QLWHO\QHHGJR through a more thorough public process in RUGHUWRHYDGHVXFKGLYLVLRQ %XWLW¶VD¿QHSLHFHRIDUWWKDWPHDQVDORW to some people, and it didn’t cost taxpayers DQLFNHO,QVWHDGRIGLYLGLQJXV3HQGOHWRQ UHVLGHQWVVKRXOGZHOFRPHWKHLUQHZQHLJKERU Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the East Oregonian editorial board of Publisher Kathryn Brown, Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, and Opinion Page Editor Tim Trainor. 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