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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Home News Latest Stories Rogue Valley musicians shine in OLLI’s spring class schedule Work your body to save your braaaaains Ashland robotics team fares well at Oregon City Ashland Independent Film Festival announces this year's lineup ASHLAND: High school principal receives national award Education Rogue Valley musicians shine in OLLI’s spring class schedule Work your body to save your braaaaains Ashland robotics team fares well at Oregon City ASHLAND: High school principal receives national award Willow Wind students raise money for water Environment Mt. 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(Austin) Fletcher Shareable Bank of America is predicting a massive Tesla collapse Mars One attracts science fiction geeks and people who hate society This $1 million Mercedes is like an armored private jet for the road Sports Latest Stories Dynamic offenses square off in SOU-Midland first-round matchup SOU women end first-round slump, crush Robert Morris by 25 Grizz snowboard team heads to state with repeat potential No. 10 SOU women brace for national tourney breakfast bracket ASHLAND: Oak Knoll to host free FootGolf event High school Grizz snowboard team heads to state with repeat potential Grizzlies let second-half lead slip away in season-ending loss to CV Williams named first-team all-star Owls stun No. 8 Raiders Norvell goes from newbie to state favorite Southern Oregon University Dynamic offenses square off in SOU-Midland first-round matchup SOU women end first-round slump, crush Robert Morris by 25 No. 10 SOU women brace for national tourney breakfast bracket Raiders tied for third, Gutches two wins from four-peat at NAIA nationals SOU's Maguin advances to 400 final Voices Latest Stories Kent Bush: The Internet is governed by people who have never sent an email Guest Opinion: It's Groundwater Awareness Week; test your well Letters to the Editor, March 11 Landgren cartoon: Farewell to circus elephants Landgren cartoon: Potholes Editorial Our View: No need for blame in Hannah Thomas-Garner case Our view: Ashland tackles school attendance areas the right way Our View: Spelling out safety Our View: Our View: A growing concern Letters Letters to the Editor, March 11 Letters to the Editor, March 9 Letters to the Editor, March 7 Letters to the Editor, March 5 Letters to the Editor, March 4 Guest opinions Guest Opinion: It's Groundwater Awareness Week; test your well Guest Opinion: Ashland schools failed to protect my son from bullying Guest Opinion: There is nothing uniform about the Uniform Crime Report Guest Opinion: Growth carries risks Guest Opinion: Legal poisons in our waters Columns Guest Opinion: It's Groundwater Awareness Week; test your well Kent Bush: Things will never change unless we change them Guest Opinion: Ashland schools failed to protect my son from bullying Council Corner: Solar power in Ashland's future Mark L. 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Onorato: Try out this hot stuff in your kitchen on a cold night Aging Happens Inner Peace Column Inner Peace Blog Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries Photos Videos Blogs Business Business Services NEWS NOW American Association of University Women Ashland ... Our View: Scenic Bikeway is another way to put Ashland on the map ... Guest Opinion: It's Groundwater Awareness Week; test your well ... American Association of University Women Ashland ... Our View: Scenic Bikeway is another way to put Ashland on the map ... Guest Opinion: It's Groundwater Awareness Week; test your well ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, March 11 DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Mar. 11, 2015 @ 12:01 am Posted Mar. 11, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2324,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> No skunk smell, please In response to R.L. Tokareff's Feb. 25 letter to the editor: OMG! Have you ever lived next-door to a pot farm? Maybe using pot all the time doesn't bother you, but when I can't open my windows at night to get fresh air, or am unable to cool down the house in the summertime, then I'm not a happy camper. I don't think Mr. Kanner has his "feathers messed up" any more than mine or anyone else who lives next door to a pot farm. When you have to smell "skunk" 24 hours a day, it makes you sick to your stomach. The majority of voters, including myself, may have voted to legalize marijuana, but not so as to let the very small loudmouth minority of growers ruin a beautiful town with the smell of skunk all summer. Another thing, if you are going to grow pot, it should not be in city limits, and maybe growers should apply for a license. If it's grown indoors, the individual should be charged for the extra electricity they're using, not the whole community. As far as medical uses go, there are legitimate illnesses it can be used to treat, but there are people who abuse its use. As for young people using pot, it has been proven that it stunts growth of the brain and often retards emotional development. M.D. Reaves, Ashland Just the beginning The FCC's decision to support what is called "net neutrality" is very good news. What I do not think is well understood is that this amounts to a skirmish in a much larger battle having to do with turning back or preventing further enclosure of the commons. Although not well understood, the historical enclosure of the commons of land and natural resources is the flaw in what is called "capitalism" and so-called "free enterprise economics." While enclosures of land did result in encouraging increasing productivity on land, resulting in huge benefits to a large percentage of humanity, it also has resulted in the enrichment of a tiny percentage of people, destruction of the environment and marginalization of most of the world's people in the midst of abundance. Modern poverty is not a matter of humanity not being able to produce enough, it is a matter of who gets what is produced. How difficult is it to understand that if someone “owns” the source of physical life (land, genetics, information etc.), that they will always be enriched at the expense of everyone else, and will always foreclose opportunities for people to provide for themselves no matter how creative, inventive and enlightened everyone else is? The good news is that ownership of all commons gives rise to unearned income to its owners, and this value can be claimed by community via appropriate tax and fee systems, allowing humanity to stop taxing earned incomes from labor, and real capital investment in the real economy where real goods and services are produced. Environmental crises, poverty and roadblocks to evolution of consciousness makes sharing of properly managed commons a life and death issue for humanity. I submit that we cannot evolve until we master what it means to live sustainably in the physical third dimension, and that must include sharing the earth and what we create that rightfully belongs to all. Hooray for the FCC decision. Now on to taking back what else belongs to all of us in common. 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