May 2020 - Page 12

To the editor: As you may have seen, Jonathan Cable’s campaign slogan is “Experience Matters,” and never has this been more true than in these troubling times. I first met Jonathan Cable in 2008 when my husband, Brian Gardner, accepted a position as a Lincoln County deputy district attorney. At that time, Jonathan had already been working as a deputy

To the editor: We started Save Our Siletz River in May 2018 when we met Betty Kamikawa, who is now the group’s soil scientist. Together and individually we have spent more than two years years of volunteering, attending city and county meetings, holding and attending a biosolids summit, conducting workgroups, going to state hearings, and more. We are trying to

I feel compelled to respond to a recent letter to the editor by Newport attorney David Beal. He states that 25 of 30 cases of my rulings on appeal have been reversed for “illegal sentences.” First, do not be misled that 30 cases have been appealed in my career. When a case is appealed, the state sends the court a

To the editor: I had the eye-opening experience of serving on jury duty in early 2019. As part of a felony jury, I heard the evidence in a truly disturbing domestic violence case. While the facts of the case were difficult to hear, it was also difficult for me to hear that in January the governor had appointed the defense attorney in that case, Jonathan Cable, as Lincoln County’s new district attorney. I will be frank. I was not impressed with the lawyering on either side of the case. But my fellow jurors and I ultimately reached the right outcome. Mr. Cable, the defense attorney, demonstrated a particular lack of passion and skill.  He mumbled, put his head down so we often could not hear him, and seemed to just be going through the motions.  I remember

To the editor: I have had the opportunity to work with Lincoln County Circuit Judge Sheryl Bachart for the past 23 years. I began my career in law enforcement in 1997 around the same time Sheryl Bachart was hired in the Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office as a deputy DA. As a new deputy with limited experience, I often reviewed

To the editor: Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall is running for another term in the May primary election, and along with the many others speaking and writing on her behalf, I, too, support her candidacy and confirm the aptness of her slogan, “Claire Cares!” If you are one who follows this or other local news sources, you will know that