MGx – Musings, Essays & Ballads

Berri Leslie of the State Building and Codes in Salem confirmed that ORC received a $6,000 fine for starting work without approved plans, third party inspections, etc… A permit is expected to be issued early this week. No answer yet whether an on site inspection of the work done to date will occur before issuance [...]

Meanwhile, why is ORC, the champion promising local jobs in exchange for strip mining forest land, hiring people from out of the area? Local union leaders are asking the same question.

The Guard has some more reaction from both the Freeman and McGuffin family and mentions the odd verbal ‘assault’ issued by Kathleen McGuffin, Nick McGuffin’s mother. Shackled, McGuffin was already crying as sheriff’s deputies led him into Coos County Circuit Judge Michael Gillespie’s courtroom for arraignment. He asked for help as he sat down and [...]

Oregon Resources, the strip mining operation promising to bring jobs and prosperity to Coos County, failed to obtain the necessary permits in advance of the start of construction of their new plant near Bunker Hill. State Buildings and Codes confirms today that plans were submitted recently but the company will have to pay an additional [...]

Long suspected in the murder of Leah Freeman, Coquille PD Sgt Pat Smith and Officer Ray McNeely arrested Nicholas McGuffin today at his home in Green Acres.

Commissioner Kevin Stufflebean is perhaps most famous, (on this blog anyway), for his ability to confuse things. During the road department layoffs he presented to the public information suggesting the department had been operating in the red for eight years. When this was exposed as false, he blamed the press for, well, quoting from his [...]