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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017
Port divide bubbles up over Knight award
Fulton accuses
chairman of
malfeasance
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
The divide on the Port of
Astoria Commission was on
full display Tuesday during a tiff
over an award nomination last
month for Jim Knight, the Port’s
executive director.
During a discussion of the
minutes from last month’s
meeting, Commissioner Ste-
phen Fulton accused Commis-
sion Chairman Robert Mushen
of malfeasance for unilater-
ally nominating Knight for the
Special Districts Association of
Oregon’s Outstanding Manager
of the Year Award.
Knight didn’t win, but
received a certificate of rec-
ognition, along with other
nominees.
Fulton, who with Commis-
sioner Bill Hunsinger has been
a critic of both Mushen and
Knight, said he contacted the
association and received a let-
ter stating the nomination for
the award comes from a board criticizing a letter Mushen sent
of directors. “Since the appli- to the Columbia River Estu-
ary Study Taskforce on
cation and nomination
behalf of the Port Com-
was submitted by one
mission, which had
commissioner from his
voted to ask the group
home email, it appears
to comply with a pub-
that this was a fraudu-
lic records request from
lent application,” Ful-
Warrenton. Fulton said
ton said.
the Port should make a
Mushen said he
formal apology to the
apologized if he made
Stephen
Special Districts Asso-
a mistake, adding it
Fulton
ciation of Oregon over
wasn’t
purposeful,
and that the mailer he received Knight’s nomination and follow
from the association didn’t say the agency’s bylaws, including
he needed the commission’s his signature as commission sec-
approval to nominate Knight. retary on all official documents
“I certainly don’t think it rises from the governing body.
to the level of malfeasance,” he
said.
Divide on display
Fulton asked what the Port
“How would you feel if com-
Commission should do about missioner Hunsinger or commis-
Mushen’s actions.
“What difference does it
make?” asked Commissioner
James Campbell. “It’s an hon-
orary thing. It’s not official pol-
icy. You have nothing better to
do than sit around and scramble
through things like this, when
we’ve got important issues in
front of us?”
Fulton said Mushen’s nom-
ination isn’t the first time Port
bylaws haven’t been followed,
Seaside man
in standoff
charged with
violations
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
The Seaside man involved in
a standoff with police last week
was arraigned Tuesday on mul-
tiple counts of unlawful use of
a weapon and one charge of
aggravated animal abuse.
Brian Wallin, 49, locked him-
self inside his home on Whis-
pering Pines Drive for nearly
64 hours between Wednesday
and Saturday. He fired a num-
ber of shots before he surren-
dered to police. While searching
the house, police found the fam-
ily dog dead.
Wallin was taken to Provi-
dence Seaside Hospital on Sat-
urday morning. He remained
there for evaluation until Sun-
day night, when he was taken to
Clatsop County Jail.
sioner Fulton … did this?” Ful- a lone-wolf operation.”
Hunsinger attempted to call
ton asked. “You’d be up in arms.”
a private executive ses-
Fulton acknowl-
sion to discuss Mush-
edged the divide in
en’s actions. Knight
voting on many Port
called Peter Moore,
issues, with commis-
an attorney with Port
sioners Mushen, Camp-
counsel Jordan Ramis
bell and John Raichl
PC. Moore said that a
often voting against he
general matter regard-
and Hunsinger.
ing an award or rec-
“The bylaws are
Robert
ognition did not qual-
the only protection the
Mushen
ify for an executive
minority has,” Fulton
said. “We continue to have these session.
3-2 votes.”
Hunsinger said the letter
‘A couple of kids’
in support of Knight’s nomi-
During
commissioner
nation also contained numer- reports, Hunsinger continued
ous falsehoods about his needling Mushen over supposed
accomplishments.
falsehoods in his nomination let-
“It’s
unacceptable,” ter for Knight, and for not get-
Hunsinger said. “We can’t have ting the Port Commission’s
approval or Fulton’s signature
on the letter.
“I can’t believe you’re so
mean-spirited you’d come
back on me for nominat-
ing the Port director for an
award,” Mushen said.
“This is crazy,” Camp-
bell said later of Fulton and
Hunsinger’s criticisms. “You
guys are sitting around acting
like a couple of kids.”
Mushen, apparently fed up
with the criticisms, ended the
meeting before the end of com-
mission reports and a second
public comment period, say-
ing he needed to get home.
Hunsinger and Campbell con-
tinued trading barbs after the
meeting adjourned, as attendees
filed out into the stormy night.
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