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TAXES PAID, SERVICES DELIVERED, AMERICAN DREAM

March 1, 2026 by David Gillaspie

You settle back after you close the books on your taxes paid and that new life waiting just around the corner. Those taxes are the money paid to live the American Dream. Who among us thinks of taxes paid every time we get jolted driving over another gaping pothole? “Why do I bother when they […]

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KEEPING TRACK AT THE GETTY MUSEUM

September 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The Getty Museum lived up to all of my expectations, and then some. It’s been on my list for years. Not any more. Ever since my first school field trip to the Coos County History Museum in North Bend, Oregon, I’ve been a museum fan. My question then, and now, is, ‘Where did all of […]

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