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Recount: The food tax was
a divisive issue for the city
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LaBonte had come under
a state ethics probe earlier
this year related to the city’s
use of a design company
she and her husband own to
make signs during the coro-
navirus pandemic. The state
found LaBonte should have
informed the city of a poten-
tial confl ict of interest in writ-
ing ahead of any transaction
with Cannon Beach Design
Co. LaBonte was fi ned
$1,000. City Manager Bruce
St. Denis has called the viola-
tion a technicality.
But the implications are
big for Nofi eld.
“Frankly, I feel like the
integrity of the election
should be questioned,” he
said. Given how contentious
the tax proposal has been, he
doesn’t know why a city offi -
cial did not seek guidance
from the c ounty e lections
division before opening the
ballot box.
St. Denis said voters had
not been able to access the
ballot box at City Hall over
a weekend in October and
had stuck their ballots into a
crack in the access door. City
offi cials worried the ballots
could be damaged by heavy
rainfall that weekend. They
did not have a way to reach
county elections staff outside
of normal business hours, so
they decided to unlock the
box with a key provided by
the county and put the ballots
inside the drop box.
St. Denis was present with
LaBonte when the drop box
was opened. St. Denis notifi ed
city councilors, the city attor-
ney and the Oregon Secretary
of State’s Offi ce and later dis-
cussed the matter with county
elections offi cials.
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“The county noted that
the city was correct to have
two persons present when
the box was opened and
stated the city did not vio-
late any rules,” St. Denis
wrote in an email to the City
Council explaining what
had happened.
T he food tax was a divi-
sive issue for the city.
Many people who testi-
fi ed at City Council meet-
ings against the tax said they
supported fi nding a new
source of revenue for the
fi re district. However, they
did not trust the city and
questioned the timing of the
tax as businesses continued
to reel from the upheaval
caused by the pandemic and
related supply chain issues.
If the tax still passes fol-
lowing the recount, it will
not begin to appear on cus-
tomers’ bills until July.
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Brown: Will focus on sustainability, outreach
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Brown graduated with a
degree in forest management
from Oregon State Univer-
sity, and worked at the Wash-
ington State Department of
Natural Resources, then spent
six years at Campbell Global
out of Cathlamet.
Morgans hopes Brown
will bring a fresh perspec-
tive to management. He said
he admires Brown’s ability to
connect with the staff and the
community, and to keep up
with evolving technology in
the fi eld.
“I thought that timing was
good, and he will bring a lot
to it,” Morgans said.
As manager, Brown
intends to focus on sus-
tainability and community
outreach.
“Mark has led all of us, and
as a mentor to me to teach me
those things,” Brown said.
Brown previously worked
with the Chinook Indian
Nation to increase access
to the land which occupies
their ancestral territory, and is
especially interested in build-
ing upon that relationship.
“We’re fostering every
relationship we have. I think,
as a forester, we’re the big-
gest environmentalists there
are,” Brown said. “I want my
daughters’ kids’ kids to be
able to recreate, manage and
reap the benefi ts that we get
right now, from these man-
aged forests.”
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Musician: Plays around four shows a week
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