Letters - Page 20

To the editor: This letter is in response to the April 22 YachatsNews story “Faced with hiring crisis, Yachats motel owner asks city to allow temporary RV park to help attract seasonal workers”. As a concerned citizen, I find the idea of moving forward with a “temporary” RV park rather short-sighted. Yachats, Lincoln County and the country as a whole

To the editor: As owners of a short-term rental in the Bayshore community near Waldport we are against the county, state, and even more importantly our own homeowners association trying to control the way we manage our home and our business. The home that we own is used as a short-term rental and also is our own vacation home, where

To the editor: Cities have put caps on vacation rentals to protect neighborhoods, but in unincorporated Lincoln County we have been thrown to the wolves. What has happened in Bayshore north of Waldport is the equivalent of a 447-bed hotel being put smack in the middle of our neighborhood. Yes, 447, is the number of bedrooms in rental homes here. This

To the editor: As this week’s article on the Yachats City Council/Planning Commission discussion of a city planner states, yes, I am the only commission member who believes Yachats deserves a full-time city planner. Since I serve the community in this position, I feel the community deserves to understand at least some of my reasoning. Yachats is growing. Whether the

To the editor: It seems “facts” about short-term rental owners need clarification. Owners say their short-term rentals contribute large amounts of dollars to Lincoln County economy. Tourist dollars from short-term rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County may be realized by some grocery and outlet stores, but most vacationers arrive with coolers, boxes and bags of food with many children. They eat

To the editor: A group of Yachatians have a goal to build and install 100 swallow bird houses in town and up and down the Yachats River valley. Swallows are one of our more common summer migrants, which comb the skyways for bugs preferring meadows, rivers and open space like our very own community commons. Like many birds they are

To the editor: The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners plans to hold several workshops regarding sections of the Lincoln County code regulating short-term rentals. During these workshops, the commissioners will discuss whether it is prudent to put a cap on the number of short-term rentals in the county. This discussion may be spurned, in part, by an anti-short term rental

To the editor: I live in Waldport and have been dining at the Adobe restaurant in Yachats for over 20 years and will continue to support its business for many years to come. However, after reading a recent news article, I wanted to reach out about concerns I have with the Adobe’s intent to pursue shining spotlights on the ocean

To the editor: I listened to the first meeting of the new Yachats City Council last week, and heard a serious confusion in their understanding of how a “council/city manager” administrative system is designed to work. In my past career, I personally held three managerial positions which reported to volunteer boards. These were all long-standing, mature boards, which had been operating for decades before I got there, and clearly knew the boundaries

To the editor: On Dec. 21, I watched several lengthy live stream videos shot by Angelita Sanchez, a founder of Timber Unity in Oregon and administrator of that group’s Facebook page. The video showed rioters masquerading as patriots attacking the Oregon Capitol, illegally breaking and entering the building and assaulting the police. Sanchez clearly supported the activities of these domestic