investigation will show that Commissioner Messerle and his fellow members of the Board made a final decision to resolve the land use matter in favor of the Cole’s at this executive session (or possibly a subsequent one) in violation of ORS 192.660(6).
Read MoreThankfully, it is up to OGEC (Oregon Government Ethics Commission), not the paper’s editorial baord, to determine whether Messerle’s conduct was unethical or not.
Read MoreThis particular exemption is employed by the current board of commissioners fairly regularly and should mean litigation more likely than not to be filed but in some instances the term “likely to be filed” is too liberally applied.
Read Morethis more like having too many margaritas and getting stopped for a DUI then enacting an ex post facto law to say intoxication by tequila is exempted?
Read MoreAt least four citizens have filed an ethics complaint with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission alleging conflicts of interest claiming that Fred R Messerle & Sons, Inc benefited from a fee reduction at the Coos County Planning Department.
Read MoreIs Messerle daft? That’s what budgets are for, to establish need and associated staffing levels and fee structures to cover those costs. Messerle has been caught napping before, was he sleeping during the budget hearings?
Read MoreAccording to OGEC, the complaint filed against the structure committee does indicate clear violation of public meetings law, however, the ethics commission is limited in its authority. This was the same predicament that befell citizens in Lane County prompting citizens to file a civil suit to enforce the ORS. Coos County Judge Gillespie found in favor of the plaintiffs
Read MoreWhere are all these conversations and deliberations taking place? If Barton and Pettit as well as Messerle and Parry were sidelines coaches even Penn State wouldn’t hesitate to report them and fire them.
Read MoreIn order to obtain access to any recording of that session will require filing a public records request which when denied would prompt an appeal of denial to the district attorney and probably require a civil suit as was the case in Lane County.
Read MoreCommissioners Main and Parry have been fined for illegally entering into executive sessions while deliberating over candidates to fill two elected positions.
Read MoreOregon government ethics law prohibits all public officials from using or attempting to use their official position to obtain a financial gain or avoid a financial cost for themselves, a relative or member of their household, or business with which they or their relative or household member is associated, if that financial benefit is only available to them because of the official position they hold. [ORS 244.040(1)]
Read MoreOubonh White, has been filling in and has manifested what appear to be some evidence of glaring gaps in her grasp of the laws relevant to safely conducting county business.
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