The Times - Opinion http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information Maybe I have cell phone elbow, and maybe I don’t http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=124657279222216700 I’ve always been a smidgeon on the suggestible side. You know, if I hear about an exotic new disease, I immediately think maybe I’ve got it. Or, if I’m reading about bugs swarming all over something, I start to itch. Back in the ’80s when I worked on the copy desk at a ... Letters to the Editor for July 2 http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=124657260955208700 School board ‘friends’ will be missed Two members of our Tigard-Tualatin School Board, Caroline Neunzert and Mark Chism, have “retired,” at least from that part of public service life, after eight years of service to our community. And, over the course of those eight years, ... Everyone can bridge the gap for schools http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=124657243392132500 Big choices lie ahead for those who care about public education in Tigard and Tualatin. We think the first choice is for everyone to pitch in as the Tigard-Tualatin School District holds fast to a plan to respond to state budget cutbacks by laying off 36 teachers; reducing classes in arts, ... Leaders should snag ODOT road money http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=124595108024631900 It is interesting to note that the silicon corridor — aka Sunset Highway — will get another $77 million facelift while residents of southeast Washington County, and the cities thereof, must cope with a combination poor planning (in large part due to county and city personnel handling ... Fanno Creek Trail ‘missing link’ a long-anticipated community asset http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=124595076517406100 Frank Oulman’s June 11 opinion piece about completing the “missing link” of the Fanno Creek Trail between Beaverton’s Garden Home and Denney-Whitford area neighborhoods (“Fanno Creek trail – a bad idea at the wrong time,” The Times) offers a ... Schools must stay flexible to survive http://www.tigardtimes.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=124595030379186900 The only thing certain about the financial outlook for most Washington County school districts is that their true level of funding will remain unsettled for months to come. Quite simply, while the negative impacts of the recession may be slowing, cuts in employment throughout Oregon continue to ...