Judge Phil Nelson says the decision to throw out Oregon LNG's pipeline project is in LCDC's court and not his. The judge supports this view citing case law that makes it very clear that the Clatsop County Commissioners had a perfect right under state law to pull the decision to approve the project, reconsider it, and throw it out. It's up to LCDC or the State Legislature to rescue this project. That's a few hundred jobs.
The Clatsop County Commission has sent a letter that says very little and is less than supportive of the implementation of the Astoria District forest plan. That threatens a few hundred more jobs in the woods and at the mills including the newly retooled Hampton Mill in Warrrenton and the lumber export possibility for the Port of Astoria.
The Clatsop County Commission has dismissed the entire Planning Commission. The Planning Commissioners are refusing to leave other than the two whose terms were up in June. The County is depending on a local ordinance that may be mute in the case of a planning commission that also serves as the state mandated Citizen Involvement Committee..In short we have civil war between the County Commissioners and the Planning Commissioners. That's going to slow things down for anyone wanting to start a business here (That is if there is anyone out there who would even consider it at this point)
Now that's an awful lot to accomplish in less than five months. God help us.
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Just direct me to the bread line...maybe some government cheese to go with it. We don't need jobs, we can sit at home, watch soap operas and live off the system. But wait, who's going to pay for these programs with nobody working? Looks like we need to raise taxes on the few remaining workers! Isn't Socialism great?
ReplyDeleteGet rid of this home rule system of bigger government and part time volunteer commissioners, it does not bring jobs to our town, that's what we need most is J O B S! What is it going to take for these novices to understand the people that are trying to get by here deserve to be at the top of the list, not at the bottom of the list for these enviros that are now in charge. JOBS, say it again, JOBS!
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