Behind Oregon City’s Hidden Tax on West Linn Residents
The city of Oregon City wants to charge the Tri City Service District (of which West Linn is a partner) and South Fork Water Board (of which West Linn is a co-owner) a tax hidden in the form of a franchise fee. I would like to describe why the West Linn City Council is opposing […]
Lake Oswego Amateur Radio Emergency Services Field Day 2014
The Lake Oswego Amateur Radio Emergency Service held a field day at Marylhurst Heights Park for 24 continuous hours on June 28th. The park was transformed with wire antennas, batteries, solar cells, and radios. This marathon drill was to simulate a catastrophic disaster that would render traditional communications (land lines, cell phones, internet, emergency dispatch) crippled. These amateur […]