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Randall L. Frank is a Seaside City Council writing as a private citizen.

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  Letter: Column should be used to build community, not tear it down By RANDALL L. FRANK For Seaside Signal   Jan 5, 2021     0 Facebook Twitter Email Seaside City Councilor Randy Frank. Seaside Signal Facebook Twitter Email Print Save I love the city I have lived in for the last 56 years and am both happy and proud that our children were raised here, graduating from Seaside High School, participating in sports and learning to swim at our pool. One way of giving back to the community is to be involved in different groups, organizations, associations or perhaps nonprofits or various boards or councils. I volunteer hundreds of hours per year out of the interest I share with others in the well being of this community we call home, it is a way of showing gratitude. Part of what a person learns in working with others is the ability to come and reason together. Sometimes this means that we shall agree to disagree after our brainstorming, conversation, debate or even goal s...
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Guest column: Time to stop park and rec district bullying By TITA MONTERO For Seaside Signal

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  Guest column: Time to stop park and rec district bullying By TITA MONTERO For Seaside Signal   Dec 16, 2020     0 Facebook Twitter Email Buy Now Tita Montero Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian /Daily Astorian Facebook Twitter Email Print Save I’m so glad that Skyler Archibald, executive director of the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, recounted the gist of our 2016 interchange when I expressed positivity for possible uses of Broadway Middle School. I thought he might have forgotten that I haven’t been opposed to SEPRD offering more activities to a wider audience. But that doesn’t mean I was in favor of or voted for the 2018 bond. Wanting and being able to afford with open process are two very different issues. I am not opposed to sports or recreation or children or fun or health — as has been accused. I — and the small vocal group to which I belong, Transparency for SEPRD Taxpayers — are opposed to lack of transparency, lack of adequate information to assess co...
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The Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board of Directors approved the purchase of the Broadway Middle School in their closed session of Dec. 28.

Letter: Taxpayers, beware of debt risk Seaside Signal Jan 2, 2021 Updated Jan 3, 2021 0 Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save The Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board of Directors approved the purchase of the Broadway Middle School in their closed session of Dec. 28. What surprises me is how they can move forward without full disclosure of all the inspection reports and the remediation costs to the public. In the reports I have read there is no estimate of these costs, only that these issues are very expensive and could be into the millions. The roof needs immediate repair estimated at $4 million. With the purchase price, roof replacement, seismic retrofit, lead paint abatement, asbestos abatement and mold remediation, the costs could reach $10 million to $12 million. Has the board considered these additional costs, repairs and maintenance and ongoing administrative costs. Have they just dismissed them? Why have these issues not been discussed in ope...
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skyler archibald tried to embroil Seaside Taxpayer in his Broadway Middle School (BMS) asbestos boondoggle

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Transparency for SEPRD Taxpayers Like This Page   ·   November 25, 2020   ·     This email was sent to the SEPRD board tonight: The only one of you who I can recall being on the SEPRD board in November 2019 is Mike Hinton. So I'll assume that the rest of you have never seen the document prepared by SEPRD staff for review and discussion by the board last November. This has been kept from the public in violation of public records and meeting law. I have attached a copy of m y record of my efforts to have the document released. I have been told that it's not being used (implication that all of it has been thrown out the window and none of it is continued to be considered) I have read the document fairly thoroughly and attached notes. I believe this is the basis of further plans, written or unwritten, which have also been discussed by you away from public view and in violation of public record and meeting law. I believe it is the basis of untruths regarding 'there...
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why are Seaside, Parks employees using their position to sexual harass, groom, attack, and lure sexual assault victims?

  ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: mary rose lenore eng <maryeng1@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 8:42 AM Subject: Re: sexual attacker who works for seaside parks To: <rmarx@seasidesignal.com>, Brandon Farley <bfarley88@gmail.com>, Skyler Archibald <sarchibald@sunsetempire.com>, <tanya.dehart@nwsds.org>, Shaysee May <shaysee.may@nwsds.org>, PAKSERESHT Fariborz <FARIBORZ.PAKSERESHT@dhsoha.state.or.us>, <ZACHARY.P.GEHRINGER@dhsoha.state.or.us>, <info@mealsonwheelsamerica.org>, <newstips@katu.com>, <news@koin.com>, <news1@coastradio.org>, <tips@nbcuni.com>, Maxine Bernstein <mbernstein@oregonian.com>, Shane Kavanaugh <Skavanaugh@oregonian.com>, Keith Fink <kfink@finklawfirm.com>, <celia@hoevetlaw.com>, <monterotita1@gmail.com> Thanks for investigating why I was denied opportunities at Seaside Parks who continue to employ the man who attacked me. If i...
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