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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Statue: ‘It took two
school years to build’
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Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Port of Astoria commissioners begin a contentious meeting to hire a new legal counsel on Tuesday.
Port: ‘It’s about the Port’s policies and bylaws’
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In November, Knight said
Astoria native Thane Tienson,
one of three finalists for legal
counsel along with Eakins and
Jordan Ramis, disclosed that he
had counseled Hunsinger, who
should disclose the potential
conflict of interest.
Hunsinger, a critic of
Knight, said Tuesday that a sim-
ple look at conflict of interest
laws would have revealed that
his statements had no basis. He
then read from his letter, while
referencing another from Nov.
15.
“It is clear that Mr. Knight
continues not to devote the time
and attention necessary to per-
form his duties in a professional
and competent manner on this
issue,” Hunsinger said. “The
commission has a right to ter-
minate Mr. Knight for cause
for failure to perform specific
directives of the commission
and for performing any willful,
intentional act which reflects
(unfavorably) on the reputation
of the Port of Astoria.”
Hunsinger said there were
other times he had been falsely
accused by Knight and fellow
Commissioner Raichl of having
a conflict of interest with Wil-
liam Orr, owner of the company
operating the Astoria River-
walk Inn and head of a seafood
processor working in Alaska,
where Hunsinger commercially
fishes for salmon.
Commissioner Campbell
said Hunsinger had already
admitted to Tienson being his
personal attorney, and that noth-
ing Knight said was derogatory.
Chairman Mushen said all he
and Knight wanted Hunsinger
to do was disclose to Eakins
and Jordan Ramis a potential
bias because of his relationship
with Tienson.
“I was in those meetings,
and you didn’t disclose it,”
Mushen said of interviews the
Port held with Eakins and Jor-
dan Ramis.
ing pattern on most controver-
sial issues, Mushen, Camp-
bell and Raichl voted against
Hunsinger’s letter being added
to Knight’s personnel file.
Mushen’s reprimand
Port of Astoria Executive Director Jim Knight came under fire
during a Port of Astoria Commission meeting on Tuesday.
Commissioner Bill Hunsinger speaks during a Port of As-
toria Commission meeting on Tuesday in Astoria.
‘This is just the tip
of the iceberg regarding
this commission not
allowing the dissenting
voices an opportunity to
bring things to the agenda,
to comment on things
and to vote on them.’
Stephen Fulton
Port of Astoria commissioner
“I think it’s a little bit harsh,”
Commissioner Fulton said of
Hunsinger’s letter, “but the fact
of the matter is it’s not a conflict
of interest.”
Following a similar vot-
Before the discussion about
Knight, Mushen said he felt the
need to clear his name. He was
accused by Fulton at a recent
meeting of malfeasance for
sending a letter to the Special
Districts Association of Oregon
nominating Knight for a Man-
ager of the Year award without
commission sign-off.
Mushen asked the com-
mission to ratify his decision
and affirm that he was not
malfeasant.
Hunsinger said Mushen’s
letter included many false state-
ments about Knight’s accom-
plishments and didn’t represent
the Port Commission. Ful-
ton reiterated that his concerns
were about Mushen taking
action on his own in violation
of Port bylaws. Campbell again
accused Fulton and Hunsinger
of acting like children and going
on a witch hunt against Knight.
“It’s not about Jim,” Fulton
said of his concerns. “It’s about
the Port’s policies and bylaws.”
Fulton said he has a letter
detailing his concerns. “This
is just the tip of the iceberg
regarding this commission not
allowing the dissenting voices
an opportunity to bring things
to the agenda, to comment on
things and to vote on them.”
Fulton asked that Mushen’s
request be tabled until the com-
mission could read his letter.
In a rare 3-2 victory for Fulton
and Hunsinger, Raichl joined
the two in tabling Mushen’s
motion, saying he supported
Mushen’s actions but would
allow the Port Commission to
look at the letter.
Fulton’s letter was not
immediately available for pub-
lic review, but The Daily Asto-
rian has filed a public records
request for the document.
Searle said he and
other Warrenton alumni
approached Don Patterson
and Robert Fulton, who own
the commercial complex
on the street corner. Patter-
son, an Astoria High School
graduate who has lived in
Warrenton for nearly 30
years and won the city’s
Richard Ford Award for citi-
zen of the year in 2006, said
there was a lot of support for
placing the statue in a prom-
inent location.
“It’s just nice to do some-
thing for the community,”
he said. “Warriors have a lot
of pride.”
A regular target of senior
pranks, the statue has been
dressed up and swiped
throughout the years. Most
recently, the Class of 2016
deposited the statue in front
of Warrenton’s post office,
a few hundred feet from the
new location, before being
taken back and put into stor-
age by the school district.
The statue had recently
become the most visual
impact locally of a statewide
ban on Native American
mascots. Warrenton-Ham-
mond Superintendent Mark
Jeffery said the school
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Commissioners denied the
request 5-2. They said the lot-
tery machines could open the
door to gambling machines
downtown, and pointed to
video gaming establishments
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Others were skeptical that
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denial.
Gambling and drinking
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to task for failing to provide
evidence for her staff report
recommendation to deny the
machines, based on what she
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finds gambling stations that
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who is adamantly against the
proposed use rather than inde-
pendent review of an appli-
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City Administrator Chad
Sweet said the City Coun-
cil will set a date to hear the
appeal at a public meeting. A
decision must be rendered by
March 28, within 120 days of
the original application.
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pose of the statue, as the dis-
trict divested itself of most
Native American imagery.
“I just couldn’t come up
with a group to more respect-
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statue found a home for it.
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shop teacher in the late
1960s, Earnest Moon, had a
bunch of scrap metal lying
around and came up with
the idea of cutting out small
warriors and welding them
into the statue.
“I’d say it took two
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was lowered onto a porch
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