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4 A ❘ WEDNESDAY EDITION ❘ NOVEMBER 16, 2016 Siuslaw News P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 NED HICKSON , EDITOR ❘ 541-902-3520 ❘ EDITOR @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM Opinion LETTERS Invest in our next generation While on the Siuslaw School District web- site, I came across a “Wish List” of items the school district does not have the money to pur- L ETTERS TO THE E DITOR P OLICY The Siuslaw News welcomes letters to the editor concerning issues affect- ing the Florence area and Lane County. Emailed letters are preferred. Handwritten or typed letters must be signed. All letters should be limited to about 300 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone number for verification. Letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. Publication of any letter is not guar- anteed and depends on space avail- able and the volume of letters received. Libelous and anonymous letters or poetry will not be published. All submissions become the proper- ty of Siuslaw News and will not be returned. Write to: Editor@TheSiuslawNews.com USPS# 497-660 chase. These items include such things as AA batteries for keyboards; glue sticks, erasers, markers, pens, colored pencils; classroom books; and the list goes on and on. Nothing fancy, nothing frivolous — Just items teachers and kids need to learn. Measure 97 was supposed to help with that, but business interests in the country, state, coun- ty and even locally within the Florence area spent a lot of money to defeat Measure 97 and were successful. Even the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce came out against Measure 97 (Oct. 1 issue of Siuslaw News). Although I am now a retired high tech exec- utive, I worked in business for over 40 years. One of the issues that was always critical was the ability to hire qualified employees and keep them. Not continuously working towards that aim was shooting yourself in the foot. Without investment in education, your chil- dren and the children of your employees will not have an opportunity to succeed — and nei- ther will your business. Invest in the education of the next generation, the one you hope will support you. Go to that Siuslaw School District “Wish List” and start investing in the education of our next generation. Pat Reno Florence Common sense in government In regards to Florence City Councilor Joshua Greene’s letter (Saturday, Nov. 12) and his take one candidate won a specific state they would win the electoral votes. How wrong was I. This confuses me because I believe that the individual votes should rule. However, I discov- ered that a few individuals in each state are Electoral Collage voters and they control the outcome of the election — not us. It seems there is no “by the people and for the people” in our national elections. We need to get away from this potentially corrupt and archaic election system and elect those that the people vote for. I feel like I casted my vote only to have an individual at his or her discretion change it. Win Jolley Florence Individual votes should count I must confess that I was disappointed that Trump won but given two choices it was hard to define who would be worse. In the movie “Master and Commander,” Russell Crow asked his crew “who was the lesser of two weevils?” I’m not sure which one we got. Admittedly, I had no comprehension of the Electoral Collage and how it works. I discov- ered there is some complex way that individuals in states cast votes that determine the outcome of an election. Due to my uninformed mentality, I thought if The First Amendment C ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- ing the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the peo- ple peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 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Website and E-Edition: www.TheSiuslawNews.com WHERE TO WRITE Published every Wednesday and Saturday at 148 Maple St. in Florence, Lane County, Oregon. A member of the National Newspaper Association and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Periodicals postage paid at Florence, Ore. Postmaster, send address changes to: Siuslaw News, P.O. Box 10, Florence, OR 97439; phone 541-997-3441; fax 541-997-7979. All press releases may be sent to PressReleases@TheSiuslawNews.com. John Bartlett Jenna Bartlett Ned Hickson Susan Gutierrez Cathy Dietz Ron Annis Jeremy Gentry on the Rhododendron Drive multi-use path, I would like to comment on his last two sen- tences. First: “Who would’ve thought that common sense in government would prevail?” I would point out that common sense in gov- ernment only happened after the Save The Rhodys protest was formed and over 3,000 sig- natures protesting the building of the 10-foot- wide multi-use path were obtained. The last sentence: “We serve at your pleas- ure.” This was one time that city government did serve its residents, but it sure took a tremendous amount of effort by the Save the Rhodys volun- teers and the citizenry of the city of Florence. In closing, this is my thought on City gov- ernment: Be wary of government that pats itself on the back. Bill Johnson Florence Pres. Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 TTY/TDD Comments: 202-456-6213 www.whitehouse.gov Gov. Kate Brown 160 State Capitol 900 Court St. Salem, OR 97301-4047 Governor’s Citizens’ Rep. Message Line 503-378-4582 www.oregon.gov/gov U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden 221 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510 202-224-5244 541-431-0229 www.wyden.senate.gov FAX: 503-986-1080 Email: Sen.ArnieRoblan@state.or.us U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley 313 Hart Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510 202-224-3753/FAX: 202-228-3997 541-465-6750 State Rep. Caddy McKeown (Dist. 9) 900 Court St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-986-1409 Email: rep.caddymckeown@state.or.us U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (4th Dist.) 2134 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 202-225-6416/ 800-944-9603 541-269-2609/ 541-465-6732 www.defazio.house.gov State Sen. Arnie Roblan (Dist. 5) 900 Court St. NE - S-417 Salem, OR 97301 503-986-1705 West Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich 125 E. Eighth St. Eugene, OR 97401 541-682-4203 FAX: 541-682-4616 Email: Jay.Bozievich@co.lane.or.us
