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Astoria runs over Seaside What are lawmakers waiting for on gun control? SPORTS • 4A OPINION • 6A 143rd YEAR, No. 79 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 ONE DOLLAR DOG DAY Gearhart considers regulating rentals City to send out SROOWRUHVLGHQWV By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian Dani Palmer/EO Media Group Donna DuBois, of Portland, leads her Chihuahua Sprite, 3, through the obstacle course. WKDQQXDOGRJVKRZEULQJVRXWWKHSXSV C By DANI PALMER EO Media Group $1121%($&+²7KHSRWHQWLDOIRUUDLQGLGQ¶WNHHS FDQLQHVDQGWKHLURZQHUVIURPWKHEHDFKIRUWKHWK annual dog show on Saturday. 6RPHGRJVDQGSHRSOHVWRSSHGE\WKH6XUIVDQG 5HVRUW LQ &DQQRQ %HDFK IRU WKH FRPSHWLWLRQ 6XUIVDQG $VVLVWDQW*HQHUDO0DQDJHU-DPHV(YUDUGVDLG7KHHYHQW LQFOXGHGRYHUFDWHJRULHVZLWKSUL]HVDUDIÀHDQGDKRW dog roast. 7KH&ODWVRS&RXQW\$QLPDO6KHOWHUDOVRIHDWXUHGGRJV IRUDGRSWLRQ3URFHHGVEHQH¿W&ODWVRS$QLPDO$VVLVWDQFH $QLPDO&RQWURODQG6KHOWHU6XSHUYLVRU6WHSKHQ+LOGUHWK VDLGWKHHYHQWSURYLGHVJUHDWH[SRVXUHIRUDQLPDOVLQQHHG GEARHART — A City Council ZRUNVKRSRQVKRUWWHUPUHQWDOVWXUQHG LQWRDGLVFXVVLRQRIZKDWTXDOLW\RIOLIH Gearhart residents are seeking. ³,W¶V QRW WKH *HDUKDUW ZH¶YH NQRZQ´0D\RU'LDQQH:LGGRSVDLG GHVFULELQJYLVLWRUVZKR³GRQ¶WSDUWLFL- SDWHLQWKHQHLJKERUKRRG´DQGDUHKHUH ³PRUHIRUWKHSDUW\LQJ´³3HRSOHUHDOO\ care about their neighborhoods,” she VDLG³,W¶VLPSRUWDQWWRXV´ 7KHFRXQFLOKDVKHDUGIURPGLYLGHG UHVLGHQWV VRPH DJJUDYDWHG E\ D SUR- OLIHUDWLRQ RI VKRUWWHUP UHQWDOV LQ WKH FRPPXQLW\DQGRWKHUVZKRSUR¿WIURP the business. ³:H¶YH UHFHLYHG RYHU OHWWHUV IURPHDFKVLGHIRUDQGDJDLQVW´&LW\ Manager Chad Sweet said. City Councilor Dan Jesse worked on the issue in Seaside and discussed LWDVDPHPEHURI*HDUKDUW¶V3ODQQLQJ &RPPLVVLRQ³,W¶VYHU\DSSDUHQWWRPH WKDW WKLV LV D YHU\ KHDWHG VXEMHFW IRU PDQ\SHRSOHRQERWKVLGHV´KHVDLG A $2.5 million business 0RUH WKDQ SHRSOH FRPH through Gearhart through rentals, Sweet said. See GEARHART, Page 10A Senator wants FLWL]HQ watchdog FRPPLWWHH -RKQVRQEHOLHYHV FLWL]HQVFDQ hold agencies accountable By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau OHPRQMXLFHDQGVLPSOHV\UXSVKDNHQ WRJHWKHULQDPDVRQMDU Oh, yeah — and for a little slice RI 6XQGD\QLJKW GLYHUVLRQ FDOOHG ³0HDW %LQJR´ ZKHUH SDWURQV FDQ ZLQHQRXJKSDFNDJHGPHDWWRPDNHD KHDUW\KRPHFRRNHGPHDO Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian 6WDWH6HQ%HWV\-RKQVRQSODQVWR introduce a bill next year to create a FLWL]HQZDWFKGRJFRPPLWWHHWRKROG VWDWHDJHQFLHVDFFRXQWDEOHIRUPHHW- LQJVSHQGLQJDQGSROLF\JRDOV -RKQVRQ '6FDSSRRVH VDLG VKH KDV EHHQ IUXVWUDWHG E\ VWDWH RI¿- FLDOVZKRPVKHDFFXVHGRIPLVOHDG- LQJ ODZPDNHUV DERXW KRZ DJHQFLHV VSHQG PRQH\ DQG WKH SURJUHVV RI PDMRU SURMHFWV VXFK DV WKH VWDWH¶V IDLOHG &RYHU 2UHJRQ LQVXUDQFH H[- change. “When I ZDWFKHG VRPH of the staff IURP &RYHU 2U- HJRQ FRPH LQ DQG MXVW ÀDW ¿E to the Legis- lature, I think that’s where an accountabili- W\ FRPPLWWHH could dig in, State Sen. and I think Betsy Johnson there ought to EH FRQVHTXHQFHV IRU WKDW´ -RKQVRQ said. 6RPH ODZPDNHUV IHOW PLVOHG DI- WHU &RYHU 2UHJRQ RI¿FLDOV WHVWL¿HG See TODD, Page 10A Mary Todd is proud of her Union- town haunt. See JOHNSON, Page 10A Dani Palmer/EO Media Group Dani Palmer/EO Media Group Annie, a 3-year-old Labrador mix, goes for the frisbee owner Naomi Langdon tossed. Claudio Bertelli, of Chicago, cheers on his dog George, 10, during the Doggie Dash. Eclectic Uniontown watering hole turns 25 Owner celebrates QHDUO\¿YH\HDUV on the wagon M DU\%ULGJHW+DXQDQL7RGGOLYHV in a big box under the Astoria Bridge — a box with her own full-ser- YLFHEDURQWKHERWWRPÀRRUDQGDEHHU garden in the backyard. 7KLV\HDUPDUNVWKHWKDQQLYHU- sary of Mary Todd’s Workers Bar & Grill, a historic Uniontown watering KROH IDPRXV IRU FDPS¿UHV RXWGRRU EDUEHFXHVVXPPHUSDUWLHVKDQGSDW- tied ground chuck burgers and yuccas GRXEOH YRGND ZLWK IUHVKVTXHH]HG