A Keizer resident protesting retightening COVID restrictions prompted a walkout in the chambers of the Keizer City Council Monday, May 3. Alexis Smith warned of her intent to remove her mask inside the Keizer Civic Center, where masks are required, but city councilors did not make comments on her action[Read More…]
Author: Eric A. Howald
A regal post
A close-up of the profile of a new public art sculpture at the corner of River Road North and Chemawa Road North. Salem sculpture artist Jim Johnson had his fourth piece of art selected as part of the Keizer Public Art program recently. The metalwork piece featuring a bald eagle[Read More…]
Post’s bills for police dog rescue, veteran’s benefits taking shape
Cactus Crater on Runit Island in Enewatek Atoll holds 110,000 cubic yards of radioactive contaminated soil and 6,000 cubic yards of contaminated debris. Rep. Bill Post sponsored a bill advocating for service members who participated in the clean-up to receive an expansion of their Veterans Administration benefits. Rep. Bill Post[Read More…]
Debate over money-saving step for city gets testy on equity, police pay
Plans to rehire a Keizer Police Department (KPD) officer after submitting his resignation have been snarled at the Keizer City Council’s dais for the past three weeks. The council approved an offer for Sgt. David LeDay’s continued employment with KPD at its May 3 meeting, but it was a narrow[Read More…]
Post goes all-in with long battle for allergy relief
Rep. Post For much of his time in the state Legislature, Rep. Bill Post (R-Keizer) has waged a war for allergy relief. After three attempts to make the allergy relief medication pseudoephedrine available to state residents without a prescription, victory may finally be in sight. “I feel good about its[Read More…]
The ties that bind Detroit & Keizer
Prominent Keizer names and faces, as well as the Keizer Civic Center, are popping up frequently in an unusual space: Detroit City Council meetings. In recent months, the husband of one Keizer city councilor was appointed to the Detroit council, another Keizer city councilor was retained as the pro bono[Read More…]
A rep to protect
A lawsuit involving an anti-fascist group caught up in The Red Scare laid the groundwork for the former Keizer city manager to receive a six-figure severance package. Since his resignation after discharging a gun in his office, Chris Eppley has been hired by Marion County as a community development manager[Read More…]
Public testimony sides with Herrera
Members of the Keizer City Council were taken to task during public testimony for calling to investigate Councilor Roland Herrera for potential violations of public records law and council rules and policy. The push to reprimand Herrera comes more than a month after the former city manager fired a gun[Read More…]
Council pursing ‘corrective action’ in fallout over Eppley gun shot
The Keizer City Council voted unanimously to consider a memo of corrective action for Councilor Roland Herrera at a meeting Monday, April 19. The memo will be prepared by councilors Elizabeth Smith and Kyle Juran and presented to the council for consideration at its May 3 meeting. Smith, alongside Mayor[Read More…]
Crowded field vies to reset school board
After more than a year of festering political tumult and hurt feelings, it may come as no surprise that the Salem-Keizer School District’s board seats are hotly contested. What might be harder to fathom is that there are 11 candidates for four open positions. Election Day is May 18. While[Read More…]