Letters - Page 18

To the editor: I wholeheartedly agree with Lincoln County‘s commissioners opposition to Ballot Measure 21-203. Our beautiful historic house on north Devil’s Lake has been my home away from home for over 30 years, where we’ve befriended and employed many wonderful neighbors in our expansive, diverse community. Some of them lost their homes in the Echo Mountain fire last year. We

To the editor: When we live in a beautiful place, one that people travel to for enjoyment, quiet and the beauty of living at the edge of a continent, with all the place has to offer, how can it be protected? What should be protected? All in Oregon and especially in the coastal areas have watched as our towns and

To the editor: We have a choice to be informed by verifiable facts, or succumb to fear mongering, misrepresentation and lies. The phrase “Follow the Money” has never been more appropriate. Some $300,000 has been raised by two political action committees — $200,000 from Meredith Lodging — in an effort to blind you to the facts about Measure 21-203. They

To the editor: A few property owners don’t want a vacation rental in their neighborhood and are trying to eliminate many short-term rentals. Lincoln County has strict regulations for STR’s relating to licensing, quiet hours, number of persons and vehicles allowed per each property, parking, health and safety, enforcement mechanisms, and is currently considering additional regulations such as limiting densities.  County

To the editor: Opponents of Measure 21-203 have pulled out the big guns — significant money lost if the measure passes. The numbers are big. They are scary. But can that much money be lost with the phase-out of only 525 to 530 short-term rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County? Opponents of Measure 21-203 claim “STR visitors generate $3.8 million in

To the editor: While it is easy to give a few second sound bite and sound like you know something, don’t believe the short-term rental companies when they say our measure, 21-203, will ban all short-term rentals.  It won’t.  It doesn’t and it can’t. What it does is give our neighborhoods and residents of Lincoln County a fighting chance at continuing to live in

To the editor: Recently, I received a mailed correspondence from the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District for its proposed local option tax measure on the Nov. 2 ballot. What a joke. The YRFPD wants us to pay additional property taxes for their mismanagement of the current property taxes, bestowed on all of us. The “nicely put” information makes it appear

To the editor: We were among a small group of bystanders who attempted to rescue Steve Allen on Thursday, Sept. 9, at Devils Churn, located in Siuslaw National Forest and within the jurisdictions of Yachats Rural Fire Protection District and the Oregon State Police. We are writing to urge a review of this incident that resulted in Allen’s drowning. We

To the editor: We would like to commend the residents of The Dwellings planned unit development on Village Lane in Yachats for their on-going and incredibly valiant efforts to protect one of our city’s significant natural wetlands from loss due to a proposed development. This wetland, which provides so many invaluable ecological and aesthetic functions, was determined by Pacific Habitat

To the editor: My husband and I live in an oceanfront home in Depoe Bay. I have always lived by the ocean — Newport Beach, Santa Bárbara, San Diego, Alameda, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach and now here. There have always been tourists whom have let their adventure seeking activities turn deadly because of ignorance, stupidity and apathy. Year after year tourists