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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Bill: ‘I didn’t think
it was going to be
this big a deal’
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Johnson,
who
has
deferred questions about
the bill to Boone, said there
was a lot of confusion sur-
rounding the legislation and
people jumping to their own
conclusions before Boone
asked that it be withdrawn.
Boone’s bill would have
required records request-
ers to state in writing “with
particularity” a description
of the records and how they
will be used. She had yet to
hammer out how much par-
ticularity requesters would
need.
“I didn’t think it was
going to be this big a deal,
for one thing,” Boone said.
Johnson, already busy,
was
receiving
signifi -
cant input on the bill, both
good and bad, Boone said.
“Mostly the press didn’t
like it, ” she said.
The bill drew criticism
from the news media , espe-
cially over an initial claim
by Boone that journalists
don’t pay for records, a
view she later admitted was
incorrect. The legislation
was fi rst reported on by The
Oregonian’s Gordon Fried-
man, who balked at the
requirement of stating with
particularity the records he
seeks when he might not
know whether they exist.
Boone claimed the bill
was not meant to curb trans-
parency, but to get records
requestors to state their
purpose in general terms
to more effi ciently direct
the process. The bill was
also meant to avoid people
having to turn over private
information unrelated to a
records request, she said.
“I will fi ght to the death
for
people’s
privacy,”
Boone said.
A report last year by the
state’s public records advo-
cate found that governments
often unreasonably delay
releasing public records or
charge too much for access.
The public records law has
also been criticized for the
more than 500 exemptions
carved out over the years.
Boone’s
legislation
was one of 11 new public
records bills this legisla-
tive session. Others would
reduce public records fees
from state agencies by half,
award attorney fees against
public bodies that don’t
respond to requests in a
timely manner, explore cre-
ating a chief privacy offi cer
position and prohibit using
personal email for offi cial
business.
Fees: Hiatus ‘not indefi nite’
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The seafood industry
has been in tough times
since 2005, with the num-
ber of major processors at
the Port dwindling from
fi ve to two, Wang said.
“There is limited sup-
ply of raw material and
bottom-line issues with
the business,” he said.
“I think any tariff would
discourage landing (and)
as a result increase cost
for business and there-
fore (worse) results for
all parties.”
The Port had reached
out to others along the
West Coast between
Newport and Seattle, but
was not able to glean
much useful information,
Knight said. What was
clear was that no other
regional port charged
landing fees directly on
processors,
although
Knight said Newport,
another large fi shing port,
has considered them.
Kent Gibson, the com-
mercial harbor master in
Newport, said the port
has talked about addi-
tional seafood landing
fees over the years as a
way to bring in extra rev-
enue to help address mil-
lions of dollars worth of
deferred maintenance.
“I think it would be
some extra income to the
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The Port of Astoria has entered dire fi nancial straits with the decrepit docks and a log export
business drying up amid a trade war between the U.S. and China.
port,” he said. “The fi sher-
men never like it, and it’s
really something hard to
track, unless you get landing
tickets from the state.”
But unlike Astoria, the
majority of Newport’s pro-
cessors are off port property,
aside from a smaller opera-
tion run by Pacifi c Seafoods.
Newport does charge fees
on the dock for hoists, fork-
lifts and other services.
Teri Dresler, interim gen-
eral manager at the port in
Newport, said the agency
has brainstormed and spo-
ken with tenants about addi-
tional landing fees and how
to place the money in spe-
cifi c accounts for projects
that benefi t the fi shing fl eet.
“Folks seemed open to
the concept,” she said. “We
need to do some research,
come back with a specifi c
set of fees.
“We’re always worried
about pricing people out of
our moorage, so we’re very
thoughtful as we go through
the process,” she said.
Decaying
infrastructure
Mark Landauer, execu-
tive director of the Oregon
Public Ports Association,
said decaying infrastructure
is the biggest issue facing
the state’s 23 public ports.
Agencies have had to get
creative in creating addi-
tional revenue, from pub-
lic-private partnerships to
several ports along the Ore-
gon Coast operating RV
parks.
“It’s one means to an
end,” Landauer said. “It
can produce new reve-
nue for a port that can the-
oretically put that money
toward delayed or defrayed
maintenance.”
Knight said it will take
Port staff time to internally
reach out to more ports,
research the ramifi cations
of seafood landing fees and
bring back a workable pro-
posal that will withstand
criticism.
“It’s not indefi nite,” he
said about the hiatus regard-
ing potential new fees . “But
I think I’m going to need a
couple months to work these
issues through.”
Library: ‘We are here to listen to every side’
Port: ‘FEMA has no
intention of funding storm
damage to our Pier II’
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“We are still processing
claim requests and reim-
bursements with FEMA,”
Knight wrote in an email
last week to the Department
of Transportation canceling
the grant. “However, it has
become clear that FEMA
has no intention of funding
storm damage to our Pier
II.”
Using the grant to
repair the dock on Pier 2,
while not addressing the
underlying issues, would be
a waste of money, Knight
said, and returning the
grant to the state preserves
the relationship for future
requests.
Knight’s decision has
drawn heat from one of
his
regular
detractors,
Port Commissioner Bill
Hunsinger, who took out an
ad in The Daily Astorian to
voice his displeasure.
“Port staff continues to
operate without publicly
telling the commission what
is going on,” Hunsinger
wrote.
The state has ceased
offering Connect Ore-
gon infrastructure grants
through this year while it
funds several specifi c mul-
timodal projects around the
state.
Katie Thiel, program
manager of Connect Ore-
gon, said the money meant
for the Port will go toward
funding those projects. The
future availability of Con-
nect Oregon grants will
depend on revenue returns
from a new 1 percent tax
on the sales of vehicles, she
said.
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City Councilor Tom
Brownson said he trusted
Library Director Jimmy
Pearson’s judgment and
thanked him “for allow-
ing diversity to fl ourish.”
Last year’s event ,
which occurred during
the city’s celebration of
Pride Week, was adver-
tised on the library’s
Facebook page and trig-
gered no outcry in the
community,
Pearson
said. This year’s event
was promoted in the
same way.
Pearson is not sure
what changed.
Library staff have
received a number of
calls and messages about
the event in recent weeks.
The more passionate
and, at times, concerning
objections have mostly
come from people who
do not live in Astoria.
Pearson plans to pro-
ceed with the reading ,
but is taking precautions
to ensure it is safe for every-
one. He has kept city lead-
ers updated and is in com-
munication with the Astoria
Police Department.
Both Pearson and Police
Chief Geoff Spalding have
spoken with the event’s pri-
mary opponent, Warrenton
resident Miles Rudduck.
Rudduck has been active
on social media, campaign-
ing against the event. He has
told his followers he wants
to end the event peacefully.
Rudduck spoke in oppo-
sition to the reading event
on Monday, but left City
Hall quickly and did not
hear the council’s response
to his comments. The other
man who opposed the event
stayed to listen.
“I understand it’s about
diversity and welcoming
people into our community
and making children feel
safe. I’m totally 100 percent
in agreement with that,”
Rudduck said.
His problem seemed pri-
marily to be with where
searches of drag queens
might lead people, the life
of an 11-year-old self-de-
scribed “drag kid” from
New York City and what
message the event, overall,
might send to children.
City Councilor Jessamyn
West, who supports the
event , said it was diffi cult
to hear the assumptions that
were being made. One man
had said the library would
never allow a representa-
tive of the Ku Klux Klan to
speak to children, but they
would allow a drag queen.
West said that, unlike
the KKK, none of the per-
formers involved in the
reading will be passing on
a message of hate. But she
thanked the two men for
coming and voicing their
concerns.
“We are here to listen to
every side,” she said.
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