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Bonamici hears health care, climate concerns
Aff ordable
Care Act draws
an emotional
response
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
When Gearhart resident
Arden Bryce heard Congress-
woman Suzanne Bonamici
tell the story of her and her
daughter, Selah, on the fl oor
of the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives back in May, she
couldn’t help but feel emo-
tional.
Bryce emailed Bonamici
earlier in the year when House
Republicans fi rst started pro-
posing plans to repeal and
replace the Affordable Care
Act. Bryce, whose daughter
has been diagnosed with au-
tism and a host of other med-
ical issues, said she worries
about how she would be able
to afford the medication her
daughter requires.
Bonamici told Bryce’s
story on the House fl oor after
voting against legislation that
proposed eliminating cover-
age for pre-existing condi-
tions and preventive care.
“How am I supposed to
meet her needs without cover-
age?” Bryce said. “I hope the
more personal connections
we make, the more seriously
Congress will take their jobs.
I know (Bonamici) cared
about health care before, but
if she can carry this story in
her heart it will keep making
it personal.”
Bryce was one of the
many community members
who came to ask Bonamici,
D-Oregon, questions about
health care, climate change,
tax reform and other topics
at Tuesday night’s town hall
meeting.
Many in the audience
expressed concerns about
cuts to Medicare and other
changes to health coverage
proposed by the Trump ad-
ministration, including Selah
herself. Bonamici said there
are bipartisan efforts to ad-
dress the Affordable Care
Act, and that any proposal
would have to benefi t people
who use it.
“I’d be concerned about
any health care proposal
that undermines Medicare,”
Bonamici said. “This is the
United States of America.
There is no reason why any-
one should go without health
care. I’ll be fi ghting for you
on that.”
Bonamici also discussed
her work as the co-chair of
the bipartisan Oceans Caucus.
Bonamici and her colleagues
managed to include amend-
ments that address harmful
algal blooms and ocean acidi-
fi cation in the House bill to set
funding levels for next fi scal
year.
Her amendments increase
funding for the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration’s National Ocean
Service to do coastal monitor-
ing and assessment of harmful
algal blooms — which can
lead to toxins that shut down
shellfi sh harvests — as well as
help coastal communities re-
spond to changing ocean con-
ditions and how they affect
fi sheries and ocean health.
“Oregon’s economic vital-
ity is dependent on the health
of our oceans and coastal
communities,”
Bonamici
said. “Climate change affects
our economy.”
While on the topic of
climate change, some com-
munity members asked how
Bonamici would improve the
role of the federal government
in battling the numerous fi res
that torched Oregon’s forests
this year.
“As we see more extreme
weather events, we know cli-
mate change can exacerbate
these events,” Bonamici said.
Bonamici was one of
many Western lawmakers
who requested more emer-
gency funding from Trump
administration to fi ght wild-
fi res throughout Oregon. She
supports efforts to reform how
Morgan to help with Astoria planning
By Katie Frankowicz
EO Media Group
A former Cannon Beach mayor
will assist Astoria’s Community De-
velopment Department while the city
searches for a new director.
Mike Morgan, who was Can-
non Beach’s mayor from 2009 until
2015, will serve as interim city plan-
ner, helping City Planner Nancy
Ferber tackle various projects in the
department while the city searches
for a replacement for former Com-
munity Development Director Kev-
in Cronin. City Manager Brett Estes,
himself a former Astoria community
development di-
rector, will act as
interim director in
the meantime.
Cronin, who
was hired in 2015,
announced
in
September that he Mike Morgan
was leaving the
department to pursue other opportu-
nities. H is last day was Friday, Oct. 6 .
This isn’t the fi rst time Morgan
has taken on city planning work
with the city.
His time with Astoria dates
back to the 1970s and he was the
city planner from 1987 to 1991.
He has also served as interim city
planner before, most recently to
fi ll a gap in 2015 after longtime
planner Rosemary Johnson retired.
“I’ve seen something like four
decades of development here,”
Morgan said.
When he learned Cronin was
leaving, he offered his services to
the city. He will be in the Commu-
nity Development offi ce three days
a week. At 71 years old, he’s not
interested in applying for Cronin’s
old job.
“I’m happy to have my freedom
and help the city fi nd a good per-
son,” he said.
Estes said the cost of hiring
Morgan will depend on how long
Morgan will need to stay on as in-
terim planner, but it will cost less
than paying a director’s salary.
He said the city is also looking
at how to use some of the salary
savings to have planners with the
Columbia River Estuary Study
Taskforce review more permits.
The organization works with cities
and agencies along the Columbia
River estuary in Oregon and Wash-
ington state, and already reviews
some permits for Astoria. Planners
there could have the capacity to
take on more, Estes said.
wildland fi refi ghting is fund-
ed, she said.
In large events, the U.S.
Forest Service often exhausts
all its funding for wildfi re
suppression quickly, Bonami-
ci said, which forces the agen-
cy to borrow money from oth-
er USFS accounts that would
otherwise go toward fi re pre-
vention and forest manage-
ment.
While there were no active
fi res on the North Coast this
summer, more than 50 fi re-
fi ghters throughout Clatsop
County were sent out to help
fi ght fi res in other regions of
the state.
“When we have fi res of this
scope, it doesn’t make sense
to borrow from these other ac-
counts to fi ght them,” she said.
“Let’s have funding to manage
these forests better.”
Coast Guard
hoists beachgoers
stranded by tide
EO Media Group
The Coast Guard hoisted two women off
a rock near Hug Point State Park Thursday,
Oct. 12, after they beca me stranded by the
incoming tide.
Watchstanders at Sector Columbia River
in Warrenton received a request for assis-
tance at 5:50 p.m. from the Seaside Police
Department. An MH-60 Jayhawk crew
from Air Station Astoria arrived around
6:30 p.m. and deployed a rescue swimmer.
The women were hoisted and taken to emer-
gency medical services in Cannon Beach.
CANNON BEACH POLICE LOG
Oct. 1
Oct. 2
12:08 a.m., 3400 block S. Hemlock: Police
respond to a request for a welfare check.
7:39 a.m., 400 block Oak Court: A burglary
is reported at a construction site.
3:02 a.m., 100 block N. Hemlock: Overnight
campers are advised they are breaking the
law and are advised to leave.
10:08 a.m., Ecola Creek and the beach: Police
assist Oregon State Police with a report of a
suicidal person whose car broke down on
the highway. The person in question was
located through their pinging phone at the
estuary, in the ocean, and wearing a wet
suit. Police say he was intoxicated. A trooper
released him to the custody of his family
who were on scene.
7:09 a.m., 3400 block S. Hemlock: Dogs
left for hours barking in a hotel room are
removed from the room after police and
hotel personnel are unable to contact the
dogs’ owner; the dogs are removed to the
kennel. The owner was later located by police
who escorted him to the kennel where he
regained custody of the dogs.
Oct. 3
12:23 a.m., Highway 101, Milepost 29: A
stolen vehicle was pulled over, occupied
by 4 people. Charges against the driver in-
cluded unlawful entry into a motor vehicle,
unauthorized use of a vehicle, possession
of a stolen vehicle, reckless endangering,
criminal mischief, illegal alteration or display
of a registration plate, failure to display plates
on an expired out-of-state plate, operating a
vehicle without driving privileges, and minor
in possession.
5:23 p.m., Haystack Rock: Subject was cited
for climbing Haystack Rock.
Oct. 6
12:52 a.m., N. Hemlock and Adams: Police
respond to a request for a welfare check.
in the roadway. Offi cer responding spoke
with the subject who advised they were
almost home.
9:28 p.m., Arcadia Beach: A person is arrested
for driving under the infl uence of intoxicants.
Oct. 7
2:23 p.m., 3500 block Pacifi c: A dog is im-
pounded. The owner had been cited before
for dog at large.
12:04 p.m., 900 block S. Hemlock: A distur-
bance is reported.
Oct. 4
4:09 p.m., 400 block Fir Street: Police assist
a person with fi nding their vehicle.
3:00 p.m., 3300 block S. Hemlock: Police
conduct a welfare check on an individual.
2:01 p.m., City Council chambers: A found
earring was turned in to police headquarters.
8:58 p.m., Highway 101, Milepost 31: Offi cer
checked on subject said to be stumbling
10:35 p.m., Avenue A and S. Roosevelt: A
person is arrested for DUI.
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