Monday, September 14, 2009

An Open Letter To Clatsop County Commissioner Patricia Roberts

GRP:We would like to extend the same invitation to Commissioner Roberts that we have extended to Commissioners Samuelson and Hazen and that is to use this venue to their best advantage to inform the citizens of this community in their defense against the proposed Recall Petitioning. We would certainly like to see a response from Commissioner Roberts on the Open Letter below.

Commissioner Roberts;


On Friday, August 28th, 2009, outside the Gearhart Post Office between the hours of 10:00 and 1:00, you
made the following public remarks in defending yourself against recall. I hope you will take some time to
clarify what you meant by the following statements:

“I don’t have any control over the size of the project.”
What do you mean? That the Bradwood Landing project, as proposed, was the minimum size it could be?
Your responsibility as a County Commissioner was not to decide if it was as compact as possible, but
rather to decide if the project met the “small to medium scale development activity” test necessary to
build anything on the site at Bradwood. You voted “yes” twice.

“We just voted to give them a chance, and I think they will fail.”
At no time that I‘m aware of, acting in your role as a quasi-judicial body hearing the case, were you asked
to vote on whether the Bradwood Landing proposal deserved a chance or not. Instead, your responsibility
was to rule on whether the proposal fit numerous aspects of county and state law and zoning rules. In
what way, precisely, do you think they will fail?

“We had no choice, this is the process.”
Do you mean that the process predetermined the outcome? You clearly could have chosen to vote no. A
no vote would have been more consistent with testimony and the county consultant’s opinion. Why do
you say you had no choice? Did anyone advise you that you had no choice?

“We would be sued if we had not voted this way.”
How did you come to the conclusion that the county would be sued if you voted no? Did someone tell
you that you would be sued? If so, who and when? Would you have voted differently without the threat
of being sued?
Unsaid
On two points that were brought up however, you were strangely silent. When it was mentioned that the
river closures resulting from the mandatory exclusion zone around the tankers would prohibit cruise ships
from considering Astoria as a port-of-call, you had no response. And more importantly, when the
discussion turned to the fishing industry along the Columbia River, and how it would be severely impacted
by the closures, your only response was, “I hadn’t heard they [the LNG super tankers] would be in port
that long.”

“You just don’t understand.”
You are correct on this one, I truly don‘t understand. But I believe it is your obligation to help me and
the people of Clatsop County understand why you keep voting for LNG and the Bradwood Landing
application. The concerned citizens of Clatsop County would appreciate an explanation of your
comments.

Sincerely.

Deborah McEuen
Lewis and Clark

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

what "venue"?

McGee said...

Anonymous said...
"what "venue"?"

Definition of Venue:

* The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

And this would be one of those places.

Anonymous said...

Roberts own words damn her.

Anonymous said...

How can Roberts' words "damn her" when all you've got is alleged "hearsay"...


And a blog isnt a "place", it's a website. Sorry, but McGeespeak don't fly in the real world. If you want to discuss something with Roberts you're gonna have to leave your house and go to a real venue, ie; a meeting or a forum held at an actual physical location.

Patrick McGee said...

Nonym said: And a blog isnt a "place", it's a website. Sorry, but McGeespeak don't fly in the real world. If you want to discuss something with Roberts you're gonna have to leave your house and go to a real venue, ie; a meeting or a forum held at an actual physical location.

So, what brings you to this venue thenh "Anonym"?

Roberts has an open invitation to express her argument in her defense here, at this venue should she wish, so does Hazen and of course Samuelson has pretty much shown what she has up to this point and is welcome to continue and maybe actually answer a few of the questions posed to her.

Anonymous said...

[b] If you want to discuss something with Roberts you're gonna have to leave your house and go to a real venue, ie; a meeting or a forum held at an actual physical location.

[/b]


Really, McGee, you're delusional if you think those folks you mentioned don't have anything better to do than to go to some nut's website (a blog is not a venue) and engage in pitter patter. You seem to have a lot of free time on your hands, why don't you go to BOC meeting? What are you afraid of, the truth?

Anonymous said...

If you want to discuss something with Roberts you're gonna have to leave your house and go to a real venue, ie; a meeting or a forum held at an actual physical location.

Patrick McGee said...

Looks to me Roberts as well as the other two have quite a bit to discuss with the citizens of Clatsop County and I offer this "Venue" to them to reach out and present their case just as this is a "Venue" for you "Anonym" to present your view as an acceptable and valid opinion.

Anonymous said...

well, let them go to the public meetings, then. None of the officials you've mentioned should be expected to come to some cut'n paste cyber rag to appease you

Anonymous said...

If this ad misquoted Patricia Roberts I'd suspect we'd have heard her say so.....
Her silence confirms it and she has said dumb things like this at Commission meetings as well.
Interesting that her anonymous apologists are trying to minimize her idiocy.
I work for the county and with Ann Samuelson checking who signed the recall petitions many of us are afraid of retribution. Look at what Ann's husband did!

Anonymous said...

Who is Samuelson's relative in the Election Division?

Anonymous said...

what "ad"? McGee cuts & pastes some drivel on his blog and PR is supposed to respond? How pretentious can you get?

Patrick McGee said...

Anonymous(Genius) said...
"what "ad"? McGee cuts & pastes some drivel on his blog and PR is supposed to respond? How pretentious can you get?"

Why not, you're responding to it and "YOU" even call it drivel and I don't know what ad whomever is referring to.

Maybe they will clear that up.