Saturday, July 25, 2009
FYI;"Why arent' these people listening to us?" - Petition Information On The Where, When, Why For County Commissioner Recall
From: "Laurie Caplan" - "Astoria Neighbors"
Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: Recall Petitions: Where, When, and Why
"Why aren't those people listening to us?!?!"
That Warrenton voter's outrage was echoed throughout the day Friday as voters signed petitions to recall County Commissioners Jeff Hazen and AnnSamuelson.
If you want to restore the people’s voice in our county,please sign a petition for recall.
About 500 signatures are needed in each district.
As one signer said in Astoria, "It's time for them to go!
Only registered voters from each district can sign that district's petitions.
Recall Jeff Hazen - District 1 - Covers Warrenton, Hammond, and and the western portion of Astoria westof Fifth Street, northwest of Denver Ave. and north of platted W.Niagara Avenue - Astoria has almost half the voters in District 1 ASTORIA and WARRENTON POST OFFICES Monday - Friday, July 27-31 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Recall Ann Samuelson - District 5 - Covers the area from Sunquist Road in Seaside east of U.S. 101, andCannon Beach, Arch Cape south to the Tillamook County line, east tothe Columbia and Washington county lines, including Hamlet and JewellSEASIDE and CANNON BEACH POST OFFICESMonday - Friday, July 27-31 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
For more information or to sign a petition at another time or location: District 1 for the Columbia 503-791-3006, 1fortheColumbia@gmail.com Democracy in District 5 503-755-2415, info@did5.org
The recall campaign committees give these reasons to recall Hazen andSamuelson.
RECALL JEFF HAZEN - "Whose Side Is He On?"
*Ignoring the will of the people Cheerleading for BradwoodLanding
*Wasting staff time and taxpayer money 67% of voters in District 1 and throughout Clatsop County voted NO to allowing LNG pipelines in parks, but Jeff Hazen continues to say YES to LNG. ·
*Ignored local fishermen, business leaders, and many county residents who testified more than 2-to-1 against Bradwood Landing during days of public hearings·
*Ignored the recommendations against Bradwood Landing made by the independent land use expert he voted to hire to lead county staff in analyzing the company’s application·
*Failed to demand that public safety, security, and emergencymeasures for LNG be publicly spelled out and costs guaranteed by Bradwood Landing·
*Initiated a long and expensive controversy with the DistrictAttorney with a surprise motion to deny payment of the DA’s customarystipend, which was established to cover the costs of supervising county employees and administering county programs·
*Tried to undermine the effectiveness and stability of theDistrict Attorney’s office by repeatedly and publicly attacking theD.A.’s competence, personality, and professionalism·
*Traveled at County expense to government hearings in Washington, D.C. to lobby for Bradwood Landing·
*Testified as a public official to the Oregon legislature againstThe LNG Public Protection Act, which would have required the state toshow a need for LNG as a condition for approving necessary statepermits for Bradwood Landing·
*“Forgot” to mention during his testimony in Salem that 1) the staff recommendation was to NOT permit Bradwood Landing, 2) the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals said that key points of the county’s approval did not comply with County land use laws, and 3) County voters voted 2-to-1 AGAINST LNG Pipelines in Parks in last fall’sReferendum·
*Voted to rely on Portland attorneys, paid for by BradwoodLanding, for the County’s legal counsel·
*Rejected and prevented discussion of another Commissioner’s suggestion to get an independent legal analysis of the BradwoodLanding findings·
*At public hearing in July, Hazen insisted that LNG would protect salmon and traditional gillnet fishery - and then said, “Is there going to be a loss? Yes, there is going to be a loss.”
RECALL ANN SAMUELSON - By her actions as a Clatsop County Commissioner, Ann Samuelson, has harmed the future of Clatsop County and its residents through:
*Repeatedly voting in support of proposals overwhelmingly opposed bythe public, and over the objections of professional staff.
*Squandering public funds by choosing to hire planning and management consultants and expensive attorneys but disregarding their professional advice and findings;
*Squandering public funds by unnecessary, unproductive and ill-advised travel;
*Undermining common values, adopted plans, established policies, and regulations of the County;
*Failing to be open and transparent in decision- making and development of policy, violating the spirit of public meetings law;
*Ignoring and failing to respond to the advice and concerns of paid staff, volunteer committees, and the public;
*Manipulating the membership of the Planning Commission in order to control the Planning Commission's decisions and actions;
*Endangering the public and disregarding public safety by failing to require funding guarantees for emergency services and personnel from major industrial proposals;
Creating a divisive environment that is acrimonious and counterproductive in doing the public's business........“What we tolerate, we perpetuate.” -- R. Graham
Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: Recall Petitions: Where, When, and Why
"Why aren't those people listening to us?!?!"
That Warrenton voter's outrage was echoed throughout the day Friday as voters signed petitions to recall County Commissioners Jeff Hazen and AnnSamuelson.
If you want to restore the people’s voice in our county,please sign a petition for recall.
About 500 signatures are needed in each district.
As one signer said in Astoria, "It's time for them to go!
Only registered voters from each district can sign that district's petitions.
Recall Jeff Hazen - District 1 - Covers Warrenton, Hammond, and and the western portion of Astoria westof Fifth Street, northwest of Denver Ave. and north of platted W.Niagara Avenue - Astoria has almost half the voters in District 1 ASTORIA and WARRENTON POST OFFICES Monday - Friday, July 27-31 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Recall Ann Samuelson - District 5 - Covers the area from Sunquist Road in Seaside east of U.S. 101, andCannon Beach, Arch Cape south to the Tillamook County line, east tothe Columbia and Washington county lines, including Hamlet and JewellSEASIDE and CANNON BEACH POST OFFICESMonday - Friday, July 27-31 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
For more information or to sign a petition at another time or location: District 1 for the Columbia 503-791-3006, 1fortheColumbia@gmail.com Democracy in District 5 503-755-2415, info@did5.org
The recall campaign committees give these reasons to recall Hazen andSamuelson.
RECALL JEFF HAZEN - "Whose Side Is He On?"
*Ignoring the will of the people Cheerleading for BradwoodLanding
*Wasting staff time and taxpayer money 67% of voters in District 1 and throughout Clatsop County voted NO to allowing LNG pipelines in parks, but Jeff Hazen continues to say YES to LNG. ·
*Ignored local fishermen, business leaders, and many county residents who testified more than 2-to-1 against Bradwood Landing during days of public hearings·
*Ignored the recommendations against Bradwood Landing made by the independent land use expert he voted to hire to lead county staff in analyzing the company’s application·
*Failed to demand that public safety, security, and emergencymeasures for LNG be publicly spelled out and costs guaranteed by Bradwood Landing·
*Initiated a long and expensive controversy with the DistrictAttorney with a surprise motion to deny payment of the DA’s customarystipend, which was established to cover the costs of supervising county employees and administering county programs·
*Tried to undermine the effectiveness and stability of theDistrict Attorney’s office by repeatedly and publicly attacking theD.A.’s competence, personality, and professionalism·
*Traveled at County expense to government hearings in Washington, D.C. to lobby for Bradwood Landing·
*Testified as a public official to the Oregon legislature againstThe LNG Public Protection Act, which would have required the state toshow a need for LNG as a condition for approving necessary statepermits for Bradwood Landing·
*“Forgot” to mention during his testimony in Salem that 1) the staff recommendation was to NOT permit Bradwood Landing, 2) the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals said that key points of the county’s approval did not comply with County land use laws, and 3) County voters voted 2-to-1 AGAINST LNG Pipelines in Parks in last fall’sReferendum·
*Voted to rely on Portland attorneys, paid for by BradwoodLanding, for the County’s legal counsel·
*Rejected and prevented discussion of another Commissioner’s suggestion to get an independent legal analysis of the BradwoodLanding findings·
*At public hearing in July, Hazen insisted that LNG would protect salmon and traditional gillnet fishery - and then said, “Is there going to be a loss? Yes, there is going to be a loss.”
RECALL ANN SAMUELSON - By her actions as a Clatsop County Commissioner, Ann Samuelson, has harmed the future of Clatsop County and its residents through:
*Repeatedly voting in support of proposals overwhelmingly opposed bythe public, and over the objections of professional staff.
*Squandering public funds by choosing to hire planning and management consultants and expensive attorneys but disregarding their professional advice and findings;
*Squandering public funds by unnecessary, unproductive and ill-advised travel;
*Undermining common values, adopted plans, established policies, and regulations of the County;
*Failing to be open and transparent in decision- making and development of policy, violating the spirit of public meetings law;
*Ignoring and failing to respond to the advice and concerns of paid staff, volunteer committees, and the public;
*Manipulating the membership of the Planning Commission in order to control the Planning Commission's decisions and actions;
*Endangering the public and disregarding public safety by failing to require funding guarantees for emergency services and personnel from major industrial proposals;
Creating a divisive environment that is acrimonious and counterproductive in doing the public's business........“What we tolerate, we perpetuate.” -- R. Graham
Friday, July 24, 2009
3 Mayors, Two State Legislators And Three Rabbis Among 44 Arrested In New Jersey Money Laundering Investigation
GRP. - Until one gets caught, the misery of local politics can sometimes be bearable and very profitable, it seems, for the right deal and the right prize at the end
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER - New York Times
Published: July 23, 2009
A two-year corruption and international money-laundering investigation stretching from the Jersey Shore to Brooklyn to Israel and Switzerland culminated in charges against 44 people on Thursday, including three New Jersey mayors, two state assemblymen and five rabbis, the authorities said.
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By DAVID M. HALBFINGER - New York Times
Published: July 23, 2009
A two-year corruption and international money-laundering investigation stretching from the Jersey Shore to Brooklyn to Israel and Switzerland culminated in charges against 44 people on Thursday, including three New Jersey mayors, two state assemblymen and five rabbis, the authorities said.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Bend, Oregon; Poverty With A View?
KGW.com/AP Wire: Oregon's recession is 'poverty with a view'
07/20/2009
By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER and TIM FOUGHT / Associated Press
This city in Oregon's scenic high desert once had one of the nation's hottest economies. Resort developers, bankers, construction workers and luxury car dealers rushed for a piece of the action.
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07/20/2009
By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER and TIM FOUGHT / Associated Press
This city in Oregon's scenic high desert once had one of the nation's hottest economies. Resort developers, bankers, construction workers and luxury car dealers rushed for a piece of the action.
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