WOMF for Astoria

Clatsop County Commissioner Pat Roberts is now facing a December recall vote. The approach petitioners are taking is the same as that taken in the recall of Commissioner Ann Samuelson and the unsuccessful attempt to recall Commission Chair Jeff Hazen in blaming them for moving LNG along in Clatsop County but adds a charge that as a member of the NW Oregon Housing authority she failed to keep that agency out of financial trouble earlier this year. This is mis-drected against Roberts. As she states in her ballot response, it was she who provided the leadership that actually got money flowing back to those who depend on help for paying their rent after significant federal cutbacks hit the program. She says she also helped in getting the agency better organized. Having sat on many local boards over the years I can tell you that staff only tells you what they think you need to know and unless it just happens to occur to you to ask the question potentially embarassing operational blunders don't come to light until it's an emergency. It shouldn't be that way and usually results in the firing of the staff director if it's clear that the problem could have been avoided. So it doesn't matter what position you may have on these boards under these circumstances. What matters are the steps you take to correct the problem and Roberts did just that.

This recall is still about decisions on LNG made by the Commission. Decisions that were carefully considered. Vote No

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