Vote for parks is historic moment
With the passage of the citizens’ Measure 3-568, Lake Oswego voters have chosen to leave an everlasting legacy of wilderness to future generations. They have chosen to help in…
Citizens’ measure would fully protect parks
I have done my research into the competing parks measures. 3-568 (citizens’ initiative) was written with the full and clear intent to protect our parks without the influence of…
The Devil’s in the details
LO voters have an important decision on the direction to take to protect our natural parks this November. This isn’t a popularity contest about who we like; it’s about…
Measure 3-568 has integrity
Residents have been working hard for at least 18 months, as a part of a grass roots effort, to get the Citizen’s Measure 3-568 on the ballot. The driving…
Don’t be fooled
We can’t trust the City of LO to protect our natural parks. Three times since 1993 the City has tried to build a large communications tower in Cooks Butte…
Vote to truly protect parks
Initiative 3-568 better protects our natural area parks than the City’s Referendum 3-575. Initiative 3-568 places the current natural park areas into the Charter. Referendum 3-575 causes the natural…
Officials’ actions on natural parks don’t match words
Do “actions speak louder than words”? Now “misinformation” and “malinformation” are amplified louder. As an environmental scientist, I respectfully ask my fellow citizens to carefully review the Charter language…
Support citizens’ parks measure
The citizens’ Measure 3-568 will provide all our natural parks the same protections that Spring-brook has. It does so by clarifying specific parks by name and extending to these…
Measure would protect LO beauty
600 acres of parkland, 460 acres of natural and open space areas, and our homes surrounded by tall fir trees are leading reasons Money.com cites Lake Oswego as #14…
City referendum is attack on citizen initiative
I am disturbed by the city’s referendum which would strip away Springbrook Park’s charter protection — and preclude this protection to the remaining parks — while professing to be…
Of sparrows, zombie fires and the tipping point
In this week’s LO Review, Pierre Zubrinsky’s Citizen View asks “Does our City Council not yet recognize the severity of the current crisis?” PIERRE ZUBRINSKY’sREADERS’ LETTER With Pierre…
Does Lake Oswego really want to protect its parks?
In this week’s LO Review, a Letter to the Editor submitted by Jean Eves — a long time Uplands Neighborhood resident and advocate for Springbrook Park — touches upon…
Evaluating options on park measures
THERESA KOHLHOFF’sREADER’S LETTER The city is considering a referendum against a citizen’s initiative, Love LO Parks. The only park that is presently charter protected is Springbrook. It has been…
Love LO Parks measure will appear on November ballot
Clara Howell’s LO Review article (posted online July 2nd), “Love LO Parks measure will appear on the November ballot,” is a disappointing mischaracterization of our citizen’s initiative that proposes…
Don’t take LO natural areas for granted
CLAIRE PUCHY’SCITIZEN’s VIEW The recent wildfires are a reminder of how precious our environment is to humans, as well as to wildlife. Natural areas — even small ones in…
Act locally, impact globally
MEGAN BUSBEE’SREADER’S LETTER Nausea, tightened chest, headaches and anxiety were my symptoms from the relentless toxic wildfire smoke that eerily and dangerously clouded LO. I’m pretty certain too that…