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Rick Thomas of Pacific Power hands a piece of Christmas
décor Tuesday to Robin Chambers of City of Hood River as
the crew removes lights and garlands from downtown utili-
ty poles. Just behind Chambers is a parking sign directing
motorists to a nearby pay kiosk; parking enforcement at me-
ters and kiosks is back as of Jan. 5, following a hiatus in De-
cember caused by State Street renovations combined with
the city’s annual Christmas parking amnesty period.
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decision. McBride, who in
the early 2000s publicly
voiced her opposition
against what was ultimately
an unsuccessful attempt to
build a Walmart Superstore
just outside the city limits,
recused herself from the
vote, but was brought back
to break a 3-3 council dead-
lock in a situation known as
the “rule of necessity.”
Walmart also asserted the
city had improperly inter-
preted its municipal code re-
garding the discontinuance
of nonconfor ming uses
when considering the appli-
cation — an assignment of
error that LUBA did not end
up considering.
LUBA ruled the city in-
voked the rule of necessity
“prematurely” and that
McBride did not adequately
disclose her ex parte commu-
nications regarding Walmart
prior to her vote. As a result,
a significant portion of the
Dec. 2014 remand hearing
was spent discussing ex
parte contacts, as well as en-
tertaining multiple motions
in an attempt to vote without
calling back McBride and in-
voking the rule of necessity,
which proved futile.
At the end of the hearing
following a decision that did
not favor Walmart, Hath-
away did not indicate
whether his client would ap-
peal, but stated for the record
that he felt the decision the
council made was “based on
biased votes and that’s just
simply unfair.”
The notice of intent to ap-
peal is the beginning of a
multi-step process for an ap-
peal to be heard at LUBA.
Eventually, attor neys for
Walmart will have to file a
“petition for review” that
contains legal arguments as
to why the decision should
be overturned.
If LUBA does decide to re-
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and, of course, mail and
email. They help me develop
my ‘to do’ list to take back to
Washington, D.C. each week.
I look forward to answering
questions from the public
and giving an update on local
and national issues, includ-
ing growing jobs in Oregon’s
rural communities, reform-
ing federal lands policy, and
standing up for America’s
veterans,” Walden said.
Walden will give an update
on bipartisan legislation to
grow the economy and create
jobs in America, including
two bipartisan bills passed
by the House last week to
help veterans find jobs and
lift burdens on American
workers and small business-
es.
In 2014, Walden held 25
town hall meetings, at least
one in all 20 counties of Ore-
gon’s Second District.
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mand the decision for a third
time, nearly half the council
could be unable to deliberate
on the issue as LUBA would
likely deem them biased.
McBride has already official-
ly been deemed biased by
LUBA, and Councilor Mark
Zanmiller could be as well as
he recused himself during
the Dec. 2014 hearing over
comments he made in a 2012
News article — prior to his
election to council — stating
he was opposed to the expan-
sion. Councilor Becky Brun,
who was sworn in last week,
is almost certainly guaran-
teed not to participate in
council deliberations as she
is a party of standing in the
Walmart dispute.
Due to the length of proce-
dural timelines, whatever de-
cision LUBA makes likely
won’t be handed down until
sometime this spring.
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