Updated February 3 Each time Toledo City Councilor Bill Dalbey drives along U.S. Highway 20 which winds through the tiny timber town he calls home and extends to Newport, Ore., 7 miles to the west he s reminded of the hornet s nest he kicked over. That stretch of highway leading into Toledo, as well as businesses along the town s Main Street, is scattered with more than a dozen Timber Unity signs, Dalbey says. But it s not the signs themselves that bother Dalbey. It s what, in his opinion, they symbolize: far-right extremism. It s a black eye for the city of Toledo to have 15 goddamn 4-by-8-foot signs in this town advertising an organization that has these associations, Dalbey said during a Jan. 27 Toledo City Council meeting. I would think anybody venturing into our town would assume that this town is literally owned by Timber Unity.
February 02 2021
Clackamas County commissioner s win called into question in election when racially, sexually denigrating statements flew under the radar
Many elected officials, Clackamas County organizations and members of the public calling for Commissioner Mark Shull s resignation have essentially asked, What if voters knew beforehand?
Most recently, during the public-comment period of Board of County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, Jan. 28, a citizen said if voters had known about the racially and sexually denigrating statements Shull made, incumbent Ken Humberston would have won the November election.
Reed Harvey, a Milwaukie resident and business owner, told Shull if your comments had come out before the election, you would not have been elected. You are allowed to make these statements as a private citizen, but you ran for elected office, and therefore you are being held accountable.