#newberg oregon

Newberg school board Vice Chair Brian Shannon, the architect of a ban on political symbols in schools who sought to specifically ban Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ Pride, appears sure to face an ultimatum: resign by Friday or hope that Newberg voters will side with him in a January recall election.

Remember back a while ago we’re all like, Ugh, Newberg.  In fact, Ugh, so many small towns in “liberal” Oregon.

Well, there’s hope.  

The school board might be full of assheads, but the town itself is on it.

I wish them all the luck. 

OH ALSO this kind of cracks me up:

If he decided to fight the recall at the ballot box, he would be required to submit a 200-word explanation for why he should not be recalled

Newberg Bridge from Rogers Landing, 6-23-24

“Oregon lives in my mind for its gleaming wheat fields, its abundant fruit, its luxuriant forest vegetation, and the fish in its mountain streams. To step into its forests with their tangles of berry bushes, their ferns, their masses of wild-flowers stir

Of the 46 presidents who have steered the helm of the United States, only one has ever hailed from the Pacific Northwest. The 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, was born in West Branch, Iowa on August 10th, 1874 into modest beginnings; not so much because his family was poor, but because their beliefs honored humility. Herbert’s father, Jesse Hoover, was a blacksmith turned…

Double Feature date with my wife tonight!

We were second in line for the movie and got the PERFECT spot in the shade before the sun went down.

NOPE is a completely unique experience in a drive in theater. Outside, at night, a full moon, clouds on the screen and BEHIND THE SCREEN!