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Petition Discussion

by Tryan Hartill

The folks over at Independentda.com are getting ready for an all out signature drive on Monday morning.

Judge Grove from Columbia County will hear Nick Z’s petition challenge at 9am. If he turns the challenge down, it looks like they can start gathering signatures at 11am….they have till 5pm on Wed. to gather 1,196 valid signatures. Using past results as a guide, anywhere from 10%-30% of signatures are ruled invalid by elections offices. So it looks like they will need upwards of 1,500 names on the sheets they turn in.

Clatsop County Democrats just sent out a mass email that discusses the petition drive.

The Committee to Retain the Independence of the Office of the District Attorney has less than three days to collect 1,196 signatures to place a county charter amendment on the November ballot. The bi-partisan committee chaired by Clatsop Democrats chair Larry Taylor, has identified over a dozen signature collection points in order to make this happen…...

A crucial two days were removed from the signature collection period due to a frivolous objection lodged at 4:00 pm on Friday August 3. Although seven business days were available to register objections, this effort was clearly intended to derail the process. The objection was non-specific, and if justice prevails, will earn the sponsor a fine for contempt. Fortunately, this circumstance had been foreseen by the committee, and Judge Grove from Columbia County is set to rule on the objection at 9:00 am on Monday August 6, clearing the way to collect signatures by 11:00 am.

The amendment would restore the county District Attorney’s salary to where it was prior to the removal of the stipend by the county commissioners. The amendment ties the salary of the District Attorney to the compensation of circuit judges, removing the compensation from the realm of petty politics. This is crucial because there will be a point in the future when current District Attorney Josh Marquis will leave office, and Clatsop County will need to attract a reputable replacement, which will be challenging if the compensation is subject to politics.

This effort has been reported in and lauded by the Daily Astorian, the Eugene Register Guard, and statewide in a Sunday article and editorial by the Oregonian.

The Baker City Herald has a short write up on the DA pay issue. Interesting that their DA doesn’t get a stipend but gets a $12,000 package for acting as the Juvenile Dept. Head.

Josh Marquis has 2 fresh posts up at Coastda.com. One discusses the petition drive and one talks about the recent NDAA election.

Now down to the petition challenge itself. Does anyone know anything about these things? Does Nick’s challenge have merit? I see one of the issues he has is that it doesn’t include the cost of compensation to the taxpayers. If he is right on this, can the wording on the Charter Amendment be changed to include that on the spot and then the Judge can rule on it, or is there more to it than that?

Aug 5, 04:06 pm | Tryan Hartill
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3 comments on this article (post your own)

1 On Aug 7, 12:28 am, anonnimouse wrote:

now, scott won’t read for sure! ;)

go to DSM open forum Joshua Marquis’ song festival, and look at the last five videos. You will laugh your ass off. Guaranteed to brighten your day!

(and i dont hate anyone. see i cant because i just said so even tho i am anonymous and refusing to use proper punctuation.)

2 On Aug 7, 05:36 am, jill wrote:

Whats up with Josh’s wife flipping the bird to Board of Comm. Chair Lee and mouthing the words ‘f’ you – in a court of law when the petition thing was being heard.

Someone wrote it at the ‘other’ forum? Also why is she harassing county staff and yelling profanities to them loud enough for others to hear outside the courthouse? Why is she so angry and hateful?

3 On Oct 19, 09:09 am, zit faced wrote:

What a friggin piece of shit” Sounds like you were stoned that day or on a acid trip
with Samulson and Hazen” Did Jeff also give you a lubricated head job as well?

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