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Brannon’s Auto Repair Companies manipulate
history and update
public opinion
To the editor:
In June newly appoint-
ed city manager Kraig Cuts-
forth sent Marvin Brannon
a certified threatening letter
informing him that he was
in violation of the 11-3-6
Downtown District, DD:
Brannon’s Auto Repair was
not one of the businesses al-
lowed under this ordinance
in the downtown business
district. Although this busi-
ness had been located in
this location since the late
1940’s.
He was given 15 days to
vacate/clean up his business
or he would face a $435
per day penalty. Quote: A
violation of this title shall
be considered a separate
offense for each day that
the violation continues. Mr.
Cutsforth would be enforc-
ing these penalties.
This was all without
knowledge of the city coun-
cil.
Marty called and asked
for a copy of the ordinance
and he was told it was 365
pages. (This ordinance that
was adopted in 2003, states
that all current businesses
were grandfathered in and
therefore allowed in the
new zone.)
I find it very interest-
ing that a newly appointed
city manager just stumbles
upon this ordinance from
16 years ago that he feels he
needs to enforce. Mr. Kraig
Cutsforth, was appointed
to replace the acting city
manager, his sister Kim
Cutsforth. She is also the,
chairperson of the Howard
and Beth Bryant Trust,
which is contributing to the
renovation of the Gilliam
and Bisbee Building next
door to Brannon’s Auto
Repair.
As Katherine Melby
Turner at the August city
council meeting brought
forward the question/state-
ment that there is a feeling
of many citizens: Is there
collusion between Kraig
Cutsforth, city manager,
and his sister Kim Cutsforth
in this renovation effort.
September 11 council
meeting the 11-3-6 ordi-
nance is now referred to as
the violation of the debris
and junk car ordinance.
Mr. Cutsforth has taken
it upon himself to video
tape Brannon’s Auto Re-
pair. (He never seems to
come around when Marty is
there.) He showed the coun-
cil pictures he had taken and
now wants council involve-
ment to tell him what to do
regarding the $435 per day
fines. The council took no
action feeling that Marty
would continue with the
cleanup. Everyone knows
that those fines will put any
business that our communi-
ty needs and supports out of
business.
Cutsforth likes to point
out there have been com-
plaints regarding Brannon’s
Auto Repair. Most of those
complaints have been from
his sister Kim while she was
acting city manager.
Some things to consid-
er regarding the slowdown
of cleanup.
1. Marty has one em-
ployee.
2. During the summer
and until school started, he
had two high school boys
helping with cleanup.
3. During harvest and
fire season Marty places
taking care of our com-
munity/families as his first
obligation.
4. Recently his one em-
ployee was in an accident,
was in the hospital and will
be off work for at least an-
other month.
5. His work schedule is
presently booked out for at
least two weeks.
6. Marty needs some
time to support and raise
his family.
7. Cleanup will contin-
ue as quickly as it can be
completed.
Questions, I always
have questions:
-Does Kraig Cutsforth
have an agenda to put Bran-
non’s Auto Repair out of
business? Just asking?
-Does Gilliam Bisbee
Building renovation still
need parking and access to
the building?
-How much prior em-
ployment investigation was
done before Kraig Cutsforth
was offered the position of
Heppner city manager?
-How much time is
spent on other issues that
are in dire need of address-
ing i.e. streets, water (most
people I know purchase
bottled water, or have it
delivered), sewage plant,
residence cleanups, drugs,
animal control, crime in
general, etc.
I understand that each
of these departments has
an individual in charge.
They must all be doing
exceptional jobs, leaving
Mr. Cutsforth not much to
do but monitor cleanup of
Brannon’s Auto Repair.
Sincerely,
Arletha Brannon
To the editor:
In 2013 Edward
Snowden documented
proof that Amazon, Apple,
Facebook, Google, Micro-
soft, Yahoo, YouTube and
other major tech companies
were providing the Obama
administration (DOJ, FBI,
NSA) personal information
on American citizens. These
tech companies are consid-
ered part of the private
sector; however, Obama
era operatives are now em-
ployed and operate in these
tech companies working
to manipulate public opin-
ion. For instance Google
controls more than 90 per-
cent of all online searches
worldwide. On July 17, Dr.
Robert Epstein testified at
a Senate Judiciary hearing
that “Google algorithms are
having a dramatic impact
on the thinking, behaviors,
attitudes, beliefs, purchases
and voting preferences of
two and a half billion peo-
ple, right now.”
Google and leftist tech
companies use algorithms,
manipulative search engine
techniques, to promote their
globalist, leftist, anti-Amer-
ican agenda and suppress
and undermine American
conservative, Biblical and
constitutional values.
This is part of a coup
against the constitution and
sovereignty of the Ameri-
can Republic and the Amer-
ican people orchestrated by
traitors that own and control
the American press, media,
Democrat party, some in the
Republican party and are
insidiously planted within
all branches of the Ameri-
can government. This coup
has attempted, from the
get-go, to overthrow a duly
elected president. The lat-
est evidence of this coup
and proof these Demo-
crats could care less about
America or Americans is
the coming fake press and
media orchestrated con-
gressional impeachment
mockery.
This is the reason the
Democratic, socialist/com-
munist left needs to abro-
gate the constitution and
Bill of Rights, especially
the Second Amendment.
There is one reason why cit-
izens living under Socialist/
Communist/Islamic gov-
ernments have no freedom
or liberty. They live under
the despotic controls of
governments that have con-
fiscated their ability to arm
and defend themselves. The
globalist Socialist/Commu-
nist controlled Democrat-
ic party in America must
confiscate the arms of the
American people to com-
plete their attempted coup.
They could care less about
victims of mass shootings
and do nothing to heal the
root causes of these trag-
edies in order to promote
their anti-American agenda.
Do not be deceived
America. Stand without
compromise for God and
country. Every American
has a duty to stand unwav-
eringly for a duly elected
President Donald Trump
who stands for our Consti-
tution and Godly heritage.
In like manner, every Amer-
ican has a responsibility to
stand against every enemy,
within or without, of our
Constitutional Republic and
way of life.
Stuart Dick Irrigon
Make abortion illegal again
To the editor:
Is there anything more
precious or helpless than a
tiny baby? Apparently not
to 44 Democrat politicians
who voted to legalize abort-
ing an infant at any time
during the pregnancy.
Apparently harvesting
baby organs has become
a very lucrative business.
The closer to full term the
healthier the unborn in-
fant’s organs are. These
powerless human beings
are tom apart sometimes
while still kicking, can you
imagine the pain?
May of 2013, Dr. Ker-
mit Gosnell was convict-
ed of murder for doing
this exact thing. At this
time only four states had
laws protecting babies - no
abortions after a heartbeat,
which is 18 days to 6 weeks
after conception. A baby
can suck its thumb, blink,
swallow and dream during
the second trimester.
Planned Parenthood,
America’s largest abortion
providers, performs ap-
proximately 320,000 abor-
tions a year. At $450 per,
that is $1,475,000. Plus the
$550,000,000 of tax payer
dollars they received in
2018.
We need to make abor-
tion illegal again with the
exception of rape or incest.
This is murder plain and
simple.
Heppner Homecoming October 4th
Order your
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Call Merry at The Country Rose
541-676-9426
Wedding Registry Tables
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&
Brandon Landwehr
October 26th
Heidi Turrell
&
Travis Carr
November 9th
217 North Main St.,
Heppner, OR
Phone 676-9158
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Please, please, please
voice your opinion on this
horrendous, barbaric prac-
tice. Contact the following:
President Trump 202-
456-6213
Senator Jeff Murphy
503-326-3386
Senator Ron Wyden
503-326-7525
Rep Suzanne Bonamici
503-469-6010
Rep Greg Waldon 541-
624-2400
Rep Earl Blumenaur
503-231-2300
Rep Peter DeFazio
541-465-6732
Rep Kurt Schrader 503-
588-9100
Carol Olmstead
Wasco, OR
Senior golfers play
at China Creek
Senior golfers from
Willow Creek Country
Club participated at the
Columbia-Blue Senior Golf
Association tournament
on Sept. 8 at the par 68
China Creek golf course
in Arlington. Up and down
terrain makes it a challeng-
ing course. John McCabe
scored a hole in one on the
fourth hole, his first ace.
Winners from Willow
Creek in the Columbia
Division (handicap 15 and
below) were Dennis Peck
and John Boyer in a tie for
third in gross with a score
of 79. John McCabe took
second in net with 68.
Blue Division (hand-
icap 16 to 20) winners in
the gross category were
Tom Shear in first with
78 and Delbert Binchus
in third with 88. In the net
category, Jim Swanson was
first with 63, Steve Marlatt
took second with 68 and
Dave Creswick came in
fifth with 71.
In the Senior Division
(handicap 21 and above)
Bob Nairns was second
in gross with 91 and Mike
Sweek took second in net
with 67.
The last Columbia-Blue
Senior Golf Association
tournament of the year
will be held at the Mil-
ton-Freewater golf course
on October 14 with tee
times at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
A special golfer’s lunch
will be available at the golf
course restaurant.
2019 Chronicles
available
The Morrow County
Chronicles have published
the 2019 edition with a
colored aerial photo of the
Port of Morrow on its cover.
The Chronicles is dedicated
to the late Merlyn Kirk
Robinson.
Some of the stories are
about the Matthews of Ione,
Larry Lindsay’s experience
with the Port of Morrow, the
Downings, Roice Fulleton,
the Heppner class of 1947,
Chuck Nelson’s Christmas
star and the conclusion of
“A Murder Mystery” from
last year’s edition.
Sponsored by the Mor-
row County Historical So-
ciety with Doris Brosnan
as editor and printed by the
Heppner Gazette-Times,
this is the 36 th edition of the
Chronicles. It is available
for the purchase price of $7
at Murray Drugs, Heppner
City Hall, Bank of Eastern
Oregon branches in Mor-
row County and the Heri-
tage Museum in Heppner.
Back copies of the
Chronicles are available by
contacting Neva DeMayo
541-676-8017.
The Loop schedules
meetings
Morrow County Trans-
portation the Loop will
be holding their quarterly
advisory committee meet-
ings for the Special Trans-
portation Fund and the
Statewide Transportation
Improvement Fund on Oc-
tober 15 starting at 3 p.m. in
the Bartholomew Building
located at 110 N. Court,
Heppner.
Agenda items will in-
clude approval of minutes,
revenue/expense reports,
by-laws pertaining to size
of committee, previous
ODOT review of the pro-
gram, progress of projects
on the STIF plan, Port of
Morrow fixed route and
other items.
These meetings are
open to the public. For
additional information call
The Loop at 541-676-5667.
Correction
The Gazette-Times published a story about Louis
and Betty Carlson moving to Bend in an August issue.
In the article, their new address listed their room number
as #2105 and it should be #205. The editor apologizes
for this error.
Marriage
Licenses
The Morrow County
Clerk’s office has released
the following report of
marriage licenses:
September 3, 2019:
- Blas Eliseo Elguezabal,
38, Heppner, and Monika
Kucal, 27, Lysomice 87-
148, NA.
September 6, 2019:
- John Dean Haakenson,
68, Kennewick, WA, and
Melissa Marie Sullivan, 53,
Richland, WA.
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