Clackamas County won t purchase Jennings Lodge motel January 22 2021
Estacada site now being examined for permanent shelter for homeless people, after Econo Lodge s long list of repairs revealed
Clackamas County is ending its effort to purchase the Econo Lodge Motel on McLoughlin Boulevard as part of a regional project to turn metro-area motels into shelters for homeless individuals. Instead, the county will pivot to begin a due-dilligence process on purchasing a motel located in Estacada.
Last month, the Clackamas Board of County Commissioners directed county staff with the health, housing and human services (H3S) division to begin the due diligence process of vetting the property before potentially purchasing. A heated discussion between board members preceded their Dec. 15 vote in which Commissioners Paul Savas and Martha Schrader both abstained for separate reasons.
Clackamas County commissioner faces growing call to resign over Islamophobic, racist posts
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
More than a dozen Clackamas County elected officials on Wednesday added their voices to the growing chorus calling for Mark Shull to resign, after the newly-elected county commissioner’s Islamophobic social media posts came to light.
Tootie Smith, the chair of the Clackamas County board of commissioners, released a single-sentence statement on the county website Wednesday afternoon.
“In support of the greatest good of citizens of Clackamas County, I have asked that Mark Shull resign from the board of county commissioners immediately,” said Smith, who like Shull is a Republican. A footnote in the statement said that she would not be taking questions from reporters.
Calls for Clackamas Commissioner Mark Shull s resignation mount
Publication of racist, transphobic and anti-immigrant comments sparks public outrage
All five Multnomah County Commissioners are now calling for the resignation of Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull following publication of his social media comments representing Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and transphobic views.
Shull was elected in a close race in November over incumbent Ken Humberston and took office on Jan. 4.
In a statement released Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners stated that they are appalled to learn of Shull s social media posts that spread hatred, bigotry and lies about immigrants, Muslims, communities of color and other historically marginalized groups, as well as inflammatory disinformation during the September wildfires.
Clackamas County leaders weigh in on Mark Shull s comments
Swearing-in ceremony called off as mayors, city councilors appalled by county commissioner s Facebook
Elected officials from across the Portland metro region are weighing in on statements made by County Commissioner Mark Shull on his personal Facebook account representing racist, transphobic, Islamophobic and anti-immigrant views.
Shull who took office Monday, Jan. 4, and was set to be sworn in Wednesday, Jan. 13 is facing harsh criticism from the sentiments he s espoused online, as well as calls for his resignation. Clackamas County spokesperson Kimberly Dinwiddie said recent threats of violence have led to the decision to cancel the swearing-in ceremony for Shull and newly elected County Board Chair Tootie Smith.
A county resident s blog highlights Islamophobic and transphobic comments on Facebook.
New Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull is in the hot seat after a blog created by a local resident highlighted more than a dozen posts he s made to his personal Facebook page espousing anti-immigrant, Islamophobic and transphobic sentiments.
The blog Documenting Mark Shull s Racism was created by Cris Waller, a Jennings Lodge resident and Oregon House District 40 leader for the county s Democratic Party. The website highlights quotes and screenshots of around 20 posts made by Shull during the past two years representing views that Islam and Muslim people are a threat to America, and, on occasion, seemingly calling for violence.