featured June 7 letters to the editor Newberg Graphic and Woodburn Independent readers weigh in on important issues of the day Jun 7, 2023 Jun 7, 2023 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email PMG file photo Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How about we just focus on Newberg?To the editor: × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmx <?@H H6 =:G6 :? 9JA6C\A2CE:D2? E:>6D[ 3FE x H@F=5 =:<6 E@ >2<6 2 C6BF6DE @7 E96 ?6H }6H36C8 r:EJ r@F?4:= 2?5 D49@@= 3@2C5i !=62D6 36 E96 25F=ED :? E96 C@@>]k^AmkAm~G6C E96 =2DE D6G6C2= J62CD H6 92G6 D66? E96 =67E DH:?8 7@C 3:8 ?2E:@?2= :DDF6D :? @FC E@H?[ 2?5 E96? E96 C:89E DH:?8 7@C E96:C 3:8 ?2E:@?2= :DDF6D]k^AmkAmr2? H6 DE@A =@@<:?8 2E |$}qr 2?5 u@I }6HD 7@C AF3=:4 A@=:4J 8F:52?46 2?5 :?DE625 7@4FD @? }6H36C8 :DDF6D 2?5 }6H36C8 D@=FE:@?Dnk^AmkAmw@H 23@FE 7@C E96 ?6IE EH@ J62CD[ H6 92G6 76H6C C2==:6D 2E E96 7=28A@=6 2?5 >@C6 5:D4FDD:@? @7 ?FED\2?5\3@=ED A@=:4J :DDF6Dn {6E’D 92G6 =6DD 5632E6D 23@FE 7=28D 2?5 C65F?52?E 5:D4C:>:?2E:@? A@=:4:6D 2?5 :?4C62D6 @FC <:5D’ E6DE D4@C6D]k^AmkAm$6EE:?8 FA 8@E492 :DDF6D 7@C E96 @E96C D:56 >:89E D66> 7F? 2?5 86E E96 v6@C86D 2?5 E96 F?:@?D E@ H9:A @FE E96:C 4964<3@@<D[ 3FE :E’D ?@E 96=A:?8 E96 C6AFE2E:@? @7 @FC E@H?]k^AmkAmx7 ?@E9:?8 6=D6[ 7@C FD 7@=<D H9@ 2C6?’E C625J E@ AFE @? @FC 82?8 4@=@CD 2?5 8@ E@ H2C[ H6 D:>A=J H2?E @FC DEC66ED E@ 36 7:I65[ E@:=6ED E@ 7=FD9 2?5 @FC <:5D E@ ?@E 36 3F==:65 2?5 8C25F2E6] (6 H2?E @FC 4@>>F?:EJ E@ 36 <?@H? 2D 7C:6?5=J[ 42C:?8 2?5 H6=4@>:?8] !6C:@5]k^AmkAm$@ A=62D6[ EFC? @77 J@FC %'D[ J@FC %H:EE6CD[ J@FC u2463@@< 8C@FAD[ DE@A =@@<:?8 2E =@42= 3=@886CD AC6E6?5:?8 E@ 36 (@@5H2C5 2?5 q6C?DE6:? 2?5 ;FDE 7@4FD @? }6H36C8]k^AmkAm*@F >:89E 36 2 3:E =6DD 4@?EC@G6CD:2=[ 3FE H2J >@C6 2AAC64:2E65]k^AmkAm!2EC:4< y@9?D@?k^AmkAmk6>m}6H36C8k^6>mk^Am Featured Local Savings Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags How About We Just Focus On Newberg? To The Editor: I Know We Live In Hyper-partisan Times But I Would Like To Make A Request Of The New Newberg City Council And School Board: Please Be The Adults In The Room. Over The Last Several Years We Have Seen The Left Swing For Big National Issues In Our Town And Then The Right Swing For Their Big National Issues. Can We Stop Looking At Msnbc And Fox News For Public Policy Guidance And Instead Focus On Newberg Issues And Newberg Solutions? How About For The Next Two Years We Have Fewer Rallies At The Flagpole And More Discussion Of Nuts-and-bolts Policy Issues? Let’s Have Less Debates About Flags And Redundant Discrimination Policies And Increase Our Kids’ Test Scores. Setting Up Gotcha Issues For The Other Side Might Seem Fun And Get The Georges And The Unions To Whip Out Their Checkbooks But It’s Not Helping The Reputation Of Our Town. If Nothing Else For Us Folks Who Aren’t Ready To Put On Our Gang Colors And Go To War We Simply Want Our Streets To Be Fixed Toilets To Flush And Our Kids To Not Be Bullied And Graduate. We Want Our Community To Be Known As Friendly Caring And Welcoming. Period. So Please Turn Off Your Tvs Your Twitters Your Facebook Groups Stop Looking At Local Bloggers Pretending To Be Woodward And Bernstein And Just Focus On Newberg. You Might Be A Bit Less Controversial But Way More Appreciated. Patrick Johnson Newberg Opinion Willamette Valley Internet Politics Recommended for you Local Events