July 14 2021
The elected official and former Oregon House Speaker was arrested for commercial sexual solicitation in April.
Clackamas Community College is asking Dave Hunt to step down from his elected position as a board member in light of his arrest for commercial sexual solicitation.
CCC s Board of Education made the difficult decision to ask Hunt to resign for the good of the college in a statement released July 14. Mr. Hunt s continuing to serve on the board is detrimental to the college and its students, Hunt s fellow board members wrote. We understand that Mr. Hunt has pleaded not guilty to the charge, but at a time when equity and inclusion are the touchstones of our work, the college cannot have in leadership a person who put himself in the position of being charged with a crime, the victims of which are nearly always vulnerable women… We hope he puts the college s interests first and allows us to appoint a replacement to his position.
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Community college can t remove Dave Hunt from board
Clackamas elected official arrested for commercial sexual solicitation can remain in office even if convicted
In light of the arrest of Clackamas Community College board member Dave Hunt for commercial sexual solicitation, CCC President Tim
Cook emailed students on May 7 to inform them that board members can t be terminated by the college.
Hunt could still be removed through the state recall process that would require signatures of 3% of CCC district voters before setting the date for a special election.
As first reported by Pamplin Media Group, the resident of the unincorporated Gladstone area was picked up in April during an undercover sting conducted by the Portland Police Bureau. A former Oregon House Speaker and current CCC board member, Hunt was among eight men cited in an operation where officers posted online decoy ads on known human trafficking websites, and people who according to the bureau contacted unde