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District Attorney and Commissioners Trade Staff Accusations

by Carrie Bartoldus

Astoria, Ore – In an exchange of emails last spring between county manager Scott Derickson and District Attorney Josh Marquis words got heated with Derickson finally telling the commissioners that he could no longer continue communicating with Marquis via email because of the hostility of Marquis’ emails.

A new Clatsop County Planner Jennifer Bunch, whose mother, Peggy Tomlin, recently retired as the District Attorney’s trial assistant, has allegedly made similar accusations against Commissioner Richard Lee.

COMMISSIONERS, MANAGER LAUD PUBLIC WORKS CREW FOR STORM EFFORTS

by Staff

Clatsop County road workers were in the thick of last December’s record-setting windstorms braving the hurricane-force winds, falling trees and mudslides to open roads. On Wednesday, they received some well-deserved praise.

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Letter From Scott Derickson to Ed Wegner and TDS Staff

by Tryan Hartill

Some people have been asking me for the letter that Derickson sent to the Staff regarding the Lee Family Tort Claim. My front page is a little slow anyway so it is underneath the fold.

Local Discussion Topics

by Tryan Hartill

I hope to do these a little more often in the future. Basically about 1 day a week I’m going to mention a few issues/events/rumors and see if NCO readers have any input.

• Unemployment Rate Jumps In December

All areas outside the Oregon Metro areas jumped from November 2007 to December 2007. Clatsop went from 4.7% to 5.8%. It hasn’t been that high since May of 05. Tillamook and Columbia also edged up, but not nearly as much.

• Clatsop Democrats Meet

Clatsop County Democrats will meet on January 28th at the Port of Astoria. Social begins at 6:45. There is a light agenda and much of the Meeting will discuss Delegates for the upcoming Primary.

• Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce Banquet

On Saturday the Chamber will have it’s Awards Banquet at the Red Building. Starts at 6:00 and Dinner is at 7pm. Contact Barb Roberts for info.

• City Receives First Gas Tax Check

The City of Astoria has the first Gas Tax check for November 2007. Minus fees it was just over $16,000. Which multiples out to $192,000 for the year, although November is one of the 6 slower months for gas purchases.

• 2 Identified in HWY 26 Crash

LIZ A. MATEO-GOMEZ, age 17, from Beaverton, and ROXANA M. CHAVEZ, age 23, from Tigard were pronounced dead at the scene. A 3rd person who died has not been identified.
The 2 named were Job Corps students. JAMIE M. DALLAS and WALTER E. REMMERS JR, both from Portland were not seriously injured in the head on collision near Elsie.

• Clatsop Commissioners Discuss Goals

Tomorrow Morning at 9am the Commission will have a work session and discuss goals for 2008. Will it be on KMUN?

• John Jacob Waterfront Grill Closed

The Grill has locked it’s doors, no reason on why, but I would say there are just too many restaurant/bars in Astoria. Especially of the non-smoking variety and the opening of the Shipyard might have pushed them over the edge.

• Hell of a Rant

A super-uber Rant over at Argument Smargument. Definitely worth checking out. Turn your monitor brightness down before you go…the white on black reminds me of trying to read Guy’s Blog when he first started.

• Leather-Back Sea Turtles in the Columbia

Scientists have been tracking Sea Turtles by satellite over the past few years. One of them left Indonesia and ended up at the Mouth of the Columbia a year later. It then went to Hawaii for the Winter and returned to Oregon in the Spring. Anyone hear of people spotting turtles in the Columbia? These are 2,000lbs!!!

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