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Portland hotelier Gor-
don Sondland, an ambas-
sador who provided key
and colorful testimony
in then-President Don-
ald Trump’s fi rst impeach-
ment hearings, is suing for-
mer U.S. Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo to recover
legal fees. Sondland owns a
home in Gearhart.
The Washington Post
reported last month that
Sondland fi led a $1.8 mil-
lion federal lawsuit in U.S.
District Court for the Dis-
trict of Columbia. Sond-
land’s attorneys say the
Trump administration paid
only a small part of the
hotel owner’s legal bills
related to the impeachment
inquiry.
Sondland is founder
and chairman of the Prov-
enance hotel group, which
operates 13 hotels across
the country, including Port-
land’s Heathman, Hotel
Delux, the Sentinel, Hotel
Lucia and the Woodlark.
He was a major contribu-
tor to Trump’s inaugura-
tion fund, and was named
ambassador to the Euro-
pean Union.
Sondland’s
Novem-
ber 2019 testimony to the
U.S. House Intelligence
impeachment inquiry out-
lined a link between pres-
idential attorney Rudy
Giuliani in Ukraine and the
White House in an attempt
to get information on
Hunter Biden’s activities as
a member of the Burisma
energy company board.
“I know that members of
this committee frequently
frame these complicated
issues in the form of a sim-
ple question: Was there a
quid pro quo?” Sondland
told the committee in his
testimony. “As I testifi ed
previously, with regard to
the requested White House
call and the White House
meeting, the answer is yes.
Mr. Giuliani conveyed to
Secretary (Rick) Perry,
Ambassador (Kurt) Volker
and others that President
Trump wanted a public
statement from President
Zelensky committing to
investigations of Burisma
and the 2016 election.”
Sondland was dismissed
as ambassador after Trump
was acquitted in the U.S.
Senate.
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Weber requests federal funds for local projects
By EMILY LINDBLOM
The Astorian
State Rep. Suzanne Weber
has recommended sev-
eral local proj-
ects, including
two in Clat-
sop
County,
to be consid-
ered for fund-
ing through the
Suzanne
American Res-
Weber
cue Plan.
State
law-
makers divided
up $240 million of the fed-
eral pandemic relief money
among their districts. While
each senator got to suggest
how they would want to
spend $4 million, each rep-
resentative got $2 million.
The requests are under
consideration in Salem
as the Legislature moves
toward the end of session.
While not set in stone, they
do speak to the lawmakers’
priorities.
Weber requested four
capital projects, meaning
they had to do with building,
repairing or renovating. She
asked for $360,000 for Can-
non Beach to use on resil-
iency projects, $420,000
for Astoria to use on the
Astoria Library renovation,
$400,000 for the Ander-
son Creek raw water trans-
mission main for Nehalem
and $820,000 for well and
wastewater treatment resil-
iency for Bay City.
Weber said the proj-
ects align with her pri-
orities of buoying water,
sewer and earthquake and
tsunami resilience.
The Tillamook Repub-
lican said $2 million
spread across House District
32 is not a lot of money, but
she worked with Sen. Betsy
Johnson and Rep. Brad Witt
to look through all the proj-
ects submitted and to make
sure most of the regions in
their districts were covered.
“Some smaller areas
were chosen because they
don’t have a lot of oppor-
tunities to be able to lever-
age any kind of dollars at
the present time,” Weber
said. “I asked all the munic-
ipalities and diff erent orga-
nizations in my area what
was extremely important to
them.”
Astoria City Manager
Brett Estes said if the fed-
eral funding comes through,
he hopes it would enable
the city to accomplish more
of its goals for the library
remodel in the fi rst phase of
the project.
“We’ve been working
with the project architect to
look at what sort of items
specifi cally we’d be able to
do with this funding,” Estes
said.
At the top of the priority
list is renovating the reading
room to comply with Amer-
icans with Disabilities Act
access guidelines. The pro-
posed library project also
includes updating the chil-
dren’s area, redesigning the
circulation desk and put-
ting in new windows on the
north wall.
Weber said resilience
after earthquakes and tsu-
namis will be especially
important because many
North Coast communities
are right by the ocean.
“Communities up and
down the coast have taken
the initiative to build that
resiliency into their plans,
but they need to have funds
to fi nance that to make it a
reality,” she said.
Cannon Beach has pro-
posed multiple small proj-
ects that fi t into the earth-
quake and tsunami resilience
category. One is providing
reliable power to survival
cache sites — places to keep
emergency stockpiles of
supplies.
“We have made signifi -
cant upgrades to our cache
sites but will require mainte-
nance,” Cannon Beach City
Manager Bruce St. Dennis
said. “This will be much eas-
ier to accomplish with elec-
tric power to the sites.”
Other projects in Can-
non Beach include replac-
ing the main pump station
generator, as the existing
one is an old military surplus
model that has become unre-
liable; replacing the Hay-
stack pump station main line
and mechanical systems to
upgrade the control panel
that triggers tsunami warn-
ings; and replacing the gen-
erator at Ecola pump station.
“The money I hope is allo-
cated to that area is going to
be divided into those smaller
projects so they can be
accomplished,” Weber said.
The allocated funds may
or may not cover all the proj-
ect costs.
Weber said she is still
waiting to hear the federal
guidelines for what can be
funded through the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan, and she
cannot guarantee that her
requests will be granted by
the Legislature.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
A man reports dropping an
envelope containing a large
amount of cash in the parking
area.
June 7
June 4
12:25 p.m., 1600 block Broad-
way: Individuals reported
loitering say they are waiting
for a friend. They’re advised of
the complaint.
7:59 a.m., 2600 block N.
Roosevelt: Subjects loitering
in a parking lot are advised to
move along.
8:29 a.m., Avenue E and
Lincoln: Subjects reported
possibly living in their car tell
police they are waiting for a
part to fi x their car so they can
leave the area.
12:24 p.m., Convention Center
parking: A case is taken for a
dog left in a car.
2:56 p.m., 700 block Seventh
Avenue: Police and fi refi ghters
help free a skunk from a live
trap.
June 5
3:23 p.m., Avenue B and Hol-
laday: Kids reported driving
around town in a golf cart are
advised of the law.
10:36 p.m., 14th Avenue and
Ocean: Police assist Coast
Guard with a report of a boat
on fi re on the water.
June 6
10:19 a.m., 600 block Broad-
way: A man reported sitting
perched on a pile of furniture
on the sidewalk is advised to
move his things and get going.
4:46 p.m., Broadway Park:
A wallet found in the park is
turned in to police for safe-
keeping.
7:00 p.m., Convention Center:
8:00 a.m., Broadway and
Wahanna: Subject running
down the street wielding a
Ninja-style sword is unable to
be located by police.
Holladay: A missing person is
reported.
June 10
8:25 a.m., 2400 block Pine
Street: Offi cers diff use a situa-
tion between family members
reported as a disturbance.
3:17 p.m., 300 block N. Wa-
hanna: Emergency medical
response.
5:04 p.m., 200 block Seventh
Avenue: Fire alarm.
June 6
6:24 p.m., 500 block Broad-
way: Emergency medical
response.
1:55 p.m., 2400 block U.S.
Highway 101: Emergency
medical response.
8:57 a.m., Avenue G and
beach: Tents are reported on
the beach.
11:31 a.m., 2400 block U.S.
Highway 101: Police go to a
hotel at the request of man-
agement regarding guests
who will not leave. The guests
tell police they are in contact
with their attorney and are
devising a plan.
10:23 a.m., Twenty-sixth
Avenue: A missing person is
reported.
4:52 p.m., 1000 block Avenue
F: A person is arrested on a
warrant.
3:21 p.m., Broadway re-
strooms: Police make con-
tact with a person reported
refusing to leave the restroom;
the person was concerned
about their belongings which
they didn’t want to move. They
were advised they can’t block
access to the facility.
8:05 p.m., Railroad Avenue,
Gearhart: Police assist Gearhart
police with a reported assault.
6:41 p.m., One Rock North
of Haystack Rock, Cannon
Beach: Police and fi re aid at a
water rescue.
June 8
3:38 a.m., Seaside: A person is
arrested on a warrant.
June 9
12:12 p.m., Turnaround: A
man reported yelling and
causing a scene is approached
by offi cers who advise him of
the complaint. The man said
he was performing a magic
trick. He agreed to move
along.
June 11
8:12 a.m., Broadway: Caller
reports a person sleeping in a
car with a tarp pulled over the
top of the car. Caller says he
doesn’t like the way it looks in
front of his business.
11:56 p.m., Turnaround: A
disturbance is reported.
SEASIDE FIRE & RESCUE
PUBLIC SAFETY
LOG
2:46 p.m., 1500 block S. Roos-
evelt: Police conduct a welfare
check on a report of a man
holding his head. The man says
he’s fi ne.
June 4
6:15 p.m., Beach and Fourth
Avenue: A missing person with
dementia is reported.
June 5
6:53 p.m., 1700 block N.
June 7
5:59 p.m., 33000 block Beer-
man Creek Road: Emergency
medical response.
8:17 a.m., 2300 block Ocean
Vista: Emergency medical
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June 11
Fire: 5:38 a.m., 800 block
Fifteenth Avenue: Emergency
medical response.
2:37 p.m., 800 block Fifteen
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3:23 p.m., 2600 block U.S.
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Assaulted
10:26 a.m., Avenue C and
Roosevelt: Emergency medical
response.
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response.
9:34 a.m., 400 block S. Holla-
day: A man reported sleeping
on a porch says he lives here
and was taking a rest out-
doors.
4:44 p.m., Seventh and Holla-
day: A person is pulled over for
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911 June 10 at 8:56 p.m.,
to say she was physically
assaulted and injured by her
male partner. Troopers re-
sponded to U.S. Highway 101
at milepost 24.5 where they
met the couple.
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