ORblogs Topic: county commissioner

In August of 2007 District Attorney Joshua Marquis wrote to Steve Briggs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) asking that Briggs’ Criminal Justice Division investigate and determine whether the actions of Richard Lee, then a county commissioner, constituted criminal misconduct. In the letter Marquis stated he had resisted acting on continued reports that Lee was pressuring county employees...

County Commissioner Ann Samuelson met with a representative from Representative Wu’s office today to send a message back to Wu. “Don’t wipe the slate clean,” Samuelson asked Stephen Marx, Wu's field representative and deputy communications director, to convey to Wu, “acknowledge all the work done in open, due process. Acknowledge the memorandum of understanding we made...

The County Commissioner races don't receive a lot of publicity and are less glamorous than some other races on the ballot this election. Still, Multnomah County manages the third-largest budget in the State of Oregon and, the things that county government is responsible for are important! I made this short informational video to let voters hear directly from me about what is important to me, and...