Skirmish on banks of the Willamette reminds us Oregon cities face challenging fiscal future

Skirmish on banks of the Willamette reminds us Oregon cities face challenging fiscal future

The battle of Bunker Hill it was not. But, just last week, the city of Independence experienced a virtual storming of the gates at its closed municipal parks and a volunteer mower brigade threatening to reclaim their civic turf. But, unlike "the course of human events" that followed in the history of the city's namesake, this revolt was halted when a nonprofit organization...