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Predictions in 2008 for Clatsop County

by Tryan Hartill
  • There will be some major flooding during the first part of the year that will rival 1996.
  • The local housing market will weaken, but will be much stronger than the rest of the nation.
  • No Condos over the water will be built due to weak demand.
  • Building will continue around Astoria, but will slow inside the city limits.
  • Bradwood will be totally approved and will start construction in late 2008.
  • Oregon LNG will continue to battle, but achieve very little success.
  • Mark Kujala will be elected Mayor of Warrenton in January and keep his seat on the Commission in November by a landslide.
  • Terry Ferguson will either step down or lose in November.
  • Frank Orrell will win a nail-bitter.
  • Pete Roscoe will keep his seat on the Astoria City Council.
  • Russ Warr will lose a close one.
  • The slide above Bond Street will start up again.
  • The City of Astoria will install a water turbine in late 2008 and will cost twice as much as estimated so it can be installed quickly before the rainy season.
  • The Astoria/Warrenton Gas tax will bring in 2/3 of what was estimated.
  • Vince Williams and a Anti-LNG/Pro Josh Marquis person will run against Patricia Roberts…with Vince coming in 3rd in May and Patricia barely beating the Anti-LNG/Pro Marquis person in November.
  • Sam Patrick will not run again and a Anti-LNG/Pro Marquis person will run against Cary Johnson and Cary will win with 52% of the vote in May.
  • A recall will be tried against Richard Lee and will fail 55-45%.
  • The D.A. will have his 2 Staff Positions cut…along with 4 positions in other Depts. And the County will invoke a pay freeze for every employee to make up for a $1,000,000+ in declining Timber and other revenues.
  • Astoria will lose in the finals in the 4A Baseball Playoffs.
  • The Trailblazers will get the 7th Playoff spot in the West and Greg Oden will be cleared to play the first Playoff game.
  • 50% more locals will be reading the local websites by the end of 2008.
  • The Daily Astorian will raise its Newspaper rates and lower it’s web-subscription rates to try to get more readers online and lower overhead.
  • All local elected officials will unite to demand a by-pass….and will continue to be ignored by ODOT.

If you have other predictions…put them in the comments….

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19 comments on this article (post your own)

1 On Dec 25, 12:46 am, Zebeneezer McBeanfield wrote:

Josh Marquis will lose his battle with the combover and will opt to get hair implants.

2 On Dec 25, 02:55 am, guess who wrote:

Imagine if … there were a third person running for district 4 …

3 On Dec 25, 09:29 am, Patrick McGee wrote:

District 4 will be won by a write-in candidate

4 On Dec 25, 10:48 am, I need some KY Im tired of being dry humped wrote:

FEMA will declare Clatsop County NON Inhabital and the Federal Government will turn it into a wildlife sanctuary for everyone to enjoy!

5 On Dec 25, 11:13 am, The Guy Who Writes This wrote:

Guess who, does this mean that you are going to do it in spite of your family’s wishes? I’ll support you. You have seven days…tick, tick, tick… Get the campaign off to an early start. May is only five months away.

6 On Dec 25, 12:53 pm, THartill wrote:

Why 7 days?

7 On Dec 25, 05:35 pm, snootfullstradamuas wrote:

Tryan will convince Josephsons to buy the Ship Inn. Breakfast’s will include the best lochs and bagels on the west coast. The menu will be expanded to include salmon, tuna and an array of smoked seafood options. Tryan will get a raise and buy the Ocean View apartments on Bond Street which he will convert to 4 upscale condos. He will also get married and start a family.
Pat McGee will lose his write in candidacy for commissioner, go to work for Blackwater, design a motorcycle outfitted with machine guns and lead a team of commandos to root out Usama Bin Ladin. He will be awarded the Medal of Freedom by president Hillery and be appointed the ambassador of Pakistan.
Hot water will bubble up on Carol Newmans property in Brownsmead. As a result she will open a world class hot springs in her barn and a facility capable of energizing 50,000 homes with green power.
The Blazers will go all the way.
A new hit movie will be filmed in Astoria, Willis will get a speaking part and that will launch a “Small Town Mayor” reality series.

8 On Dec 26, 04:27 am, The Ghost Of Christmas Future wrote:

I predict that the late Anna Nicole Smith will reappear on this side of the dirt as a zombie and make the rounds of talk shows, gossipy half hour tabloid entertaiment shows and of course be a featured cover girl on National Enquirer, The Star and Morticians Monthly.

9 On Dec 26, 06:34 am, The Guy Who Writes This wrote:

Tryan, she said she would decide by the new year.

10 On Dec 26, 09:17 am, walter richards wrote:

Ron Paul will lose the Republican nomination, and switch to the Constitution Party – running as their Presidential candidate, resulting in Hillary winning the Presidency.

11 On Dec 26, 11:24 am, Kate wrote:

Prediction #1) The feds indict you-know-who in Port debacle

Prediction #2) Bradwood’s supporters in elective office will either get voted out or recalled (despite Tryan’s heartfelt support)

12 On Dec 26, 12:21 pm, lokel yokel wrote:

Kate’s prediction #2:
ALL of Bradwood’s supporter’s in elective office will get voted out or recalled? Sorry but you are living in fantasy land. That is a personal vendetta with pawns like you being used. Few of us will ever vote someone in or out of office on ONE issue or even on two issues. It takes a whole package. Guess what, most locals WANT lng. Most locals bought it. WHY? Because the antis lied too often with gloom and doom and the pros promise of money and hiding it around the corner was too appealing. Also, MOST antis spokespeople were either assholes, well known flip-floppers, richies who don’t need the money or johnny come lately artsy-fartsies who want to keep our area pristine for their own enjoyment. What’s in it for the guy trying to raise a family on $27,850 a year? You never answered that question. Bradwood says their going to take the tax burden off his shoulders, give his kid a better education. You didn’t have an answer for that except, look at our beautiful river and then call the guy an uneducated moron who doesn’t care about the environment if he didn’t agree with you. The commissioners listened to the guy making $27,850 a month, they didn’t listen to the art crowd of trust fund babies, and then YOU boo-hoo-hoo to your pal, the artsy-fartsy editor of the daily paper who just happens to have been the chairman of the Oregon Arts Commission who loves the lymie light on the state level, jumps ship from his former pro LNG side and starts writing anti-LNG articles.
It boils down to, what have you done for us lately. The commissioners saved our ass from a DA who would have us paying him a mandatory salary when all the rest of the counties pay a stipend, when they can afford to (when all their timber revenue hasn’t been blown away). The commissioners are pushing forward to save what they can in our area by voting whether or not to allow industries that follow proper procedures to come here, providing jobs and revenue to replace the declining timber revenue.
Your ilk have a paper at your disposal that does nothing but spew out one side and you still can’t convince enough people that lng is the devil incarnate, Lee one of its minions and all of Warrenton’s elected officials along with the Ports’ dance beneath the battered crosses out at the jetty. GIVE IT UP! We’re tired of your drivel.

13 On Dec 26, 01:27 pm, THartill wrote:

Wow Snoot…I’m gonna have a busy year!!!

Kate

Who said anything about support? I’m just guessing what will happen. Just like in the D.A. salary Measure on the Ballot in November. I voted no, but predicted that it would pass 51%-49%...and I was wrong about that…..

Walter

I highly doubt that Hillary will get the Dem. Nomination. Obama is looking much stronger. Ron Paul does not have very good odds to win the Repub Nom. I think he will win a few States…like New Hampshire and Alaska, Washington will probably be his last stand since he has the money to make it that far.

14 On Dec 26, 05:15 pm, I need some KY Im tired of being dry humped wrote:

I think Al Gore will come out and run but Hillary will still get the nomination, I really do not think the Dems have that much faith in Obama, but I could be wrong, any way they go, they can still play the sexist or racist card if anyone of them lose, it is the way of there party it seems lately. But it does make for some great bashing between those two. The battle of the lesser of the two weasels.

15 On Dec 26, 09:07 pm, Susie-Suwami wrote:

The Daily Arse-wipe will develop a more user friendly website and may even print letters to the editor which are contrary to the editor’s personal beliefs.

Tryan will fall in love, but not marry yet.

There will be a large change in the cast of characters at the City, County and Port.

There will be 3 people vying for the $800 a month supplement for the District 4 County Commissioner Seat.

A new Chair of the County Board of Commissioners will be designated on Jan. 9th

There will be a stinky fight over all of the downed timber from the storm.

16 On Dec 27, 04:18 pm, Emil Nyberg wrote:

We will all come togeather and live happily ever after

17 On Dec 27, 09:50 pm, AnotherAstorian wrote:

Susie-Suwami I like how you think!

“The Daily Arse-wipe will develop a more user friendly website and may even print letters to the editor which are contrary to the editor’s personal beliefs.”

I have lost track of how many letters I’ve written over the years on various issues – but the Forrester/Webb machine tends to only publish the side that THEY are on. Oh, they’ll throw one in now and then that is opposite what they think, but they don’t even TRY for a balance.

I’m glad that just about everyone knows what a biased and opinionated rag they are and doesn’t take half of what they say seriously.

My prediction as far as the “recall effort” goes, is that they (the vocal minority) will try, but will not succeed in recalling any of our Commissioners.

18 On Dec 28, 10:07 am, walter richards wrote:

Any strong challenger to Hillary’s Presidential aspirations will be found dead. The Republicans will blame the Clintons’ history of such deaths, and Democrats will say Republicans are loony to think such a thing. IF there is an investigation, there will be enough remaining questions to fuel conspiracy theories … like all the other deaths “attributed” to the Clintons.

(Good thing when it comes to 2 candidates running, they can get Secret Service protection. Wonder how many “leftist” 3rd Party candidates will be brave enough to risk death by “taking votes” from Hillary?)

19 On Jun 11, 08:18 pm, The Bob and The Jim wrote:

I see Greg Hambone is going to ask for some more $$$ I am hoping that Astoria tells him no way! Where is your ace reporter Carrie? Has she given up her journalism badge? We miss her out in Jewell…

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