The Gresham Outlook - Opinion http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information Letters to the editor for Feb. 4 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132831715563993800 2012-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132831715563993800 en-us Rep. Hunt is just another slick career politician It was nice to hear that Rep. Dave Hunt, R-Clackamas, will be the guest speaker at the Feb. 7 Boring Community Planning Organization meeting, making a bid to become chairman of the Clackamas County commissioners. I hope the people of Clackamas ... Schools must fight hazing’s ‘code of silence’ http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132813798550791600 2012-02-02 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132813798550791600 en-us A Grant High School hazing incident under investigation as a sex crime serves as a warning to parents and educators throughout the region about a topic that isn’t always treated with the seriousness it deserves. Most people think of hazing as some kind of ritual or tradition that is just ... Gresham relief committee helps during the Depression http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132806097522365900 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132806097522365900 en-us 1912 – With the recent completion of the Bull Run water line, Gresham’s water system was up and running 100 years ago. “No more pumping for us,” said butcher T.R. Howitt. The Congdon Hotel was also to get running water. And the newest things in schools in the east, The ... Letters to the editor for Feb. 1 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132806090445201500 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132806090445201500 en-us Citizens must harness government I understand that direct democracy has huge problems and that the “grand experiment” of our founders is based on being a republic, with unalienable rights. (In response to Karen S. Jacobson’s guest comment in the Jan. 28 issue of The ... School clubs must protect donations from embezzlement http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132806082530510800 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=132806082530510800 en-us School-based fundraising organizations should be the last place you might expect embezzlement. After all, these dollars are intended to directly benefit local children. And yet, here we are. In early December, The Gresham Outlook brought you news of the theft of more than $11,000 from the Orient ...