Whether anyone likes it or not, Keizer is growing. Our city’s growth is expected to continue on an upward path for the forseeable future. That’s what happens when you are successful. Through both planning and happenstance Keizer is one of the most desirable addresses one…
We admit it. The Keizertimes has an agenda. It is called a people agenda. We cover the news—good and bad—happening within the seven square miles that is the city of Keizer. Most of our news revolves around people—leaders, both government and civic, students, athletes, business…
To the Editor: On behalf of Keizer Community Food Bank, I want to thank the Keizer businesses and community donors for their financial support throughout 2018. Go-to friends have been Uptown Music, Tony’s Kingdom of Comics, France School of Dance, Art Impressions, Dollar Tree, Franz…
By MICHAEL GERSON Another massive study has discovered no causal connection between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism. This time, the study’s cohort consisted of every child born in Denmark from 1999 through December 2010 — more than 650,000 children. The conclusion? “The…
The Oregon Legislature is in session in Salem and we’ve learned that, due to members who practice sexual harassment, Oregon’s taxpayers must satisfy the grievances of those so harassed by $1.3 million. Not to be outdone, apparently, we now learn further that those days when then-Governor…
The desire to expand Keizer’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) has captured the imagination of civic leaders and developers alike. Setting aside questions of the cost of infrastructure needed to turn land north of Keizer into residential neighborhoods or industrial/office parks, who is speaking for Marion County’s…
History has taught that one party rule rarely works out well for the governed. Books are filled with stories about societies that have suffered under rule by one party or ideology. However, that flies in the face of the adage, “To the victor go the…
By DEBRA J. SAUNDERS At one point during his hours of testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen was asked what “breaking point” prompted him to split with Trump. “There were several…
Americans enjoy debates. The first debate of consequence was whether the thirteen colonies, after the Revolutionary War, should come together as a whole or remain divided into 13 separate nations. The “ism” under debate was federalism, defined as a system based on democratic rules and institutions in…