What's on our minds for March 2, 2023

Here’s what we talked about this morning:

• The need for good people to run for open seats on the Tillamook County Transportation District Board of Directors!

• The need for better last-mile broadband in South County.

• News that Tim Borman is running for Position 7 on the Neahkahnie School Board!

• A new book that one of our members is reading: The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy.

• Appreciation for Jimmy Carter, and for the David French article about Carter’s most famous speech: The Wisdom and Prophecy of Jimmy Carter’s ‘Malaise’ Speech.

• Appreciation for the Tillamook 8th Graders who raised money for a trip to Washington D.C., and a suggestion that we interview a few of them, maybe before and after their trip.

• The need to support Nehalem Bay Health District bond measure, in part because it might bring a much-needed memory-care facility to Tillamook County.

• Concerns and questions about the stance we should take on local demonstrations against the war in Ukraine.

Items that were suggested before the meeting, but that we didn’t get to, are here.