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Post by Logan on Apr 4, 2017 1:41:07 GMT -6
Gov. Brown abruptly fires most members of Environmental Quality CommissionSALEM – In a highly unusual move, Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday fired three of the five members of the Environmental Quality Commission, the governor-appointed board that oversees the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Brown ousted commissioners Colleen Johnson, Morgan Rider and Melinda Eden. The move came without warning via a phone call at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to Johnson. Johnson was nominated for a second four-year term by Brown and re-confirmed by the Senate just three and half months ago. Rider had another 15 months left in her term; Eden had three months remaining in her term. Read more: registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35429990-75/gov.-brown-abruptly-fires-most-members-of-environmental-quality-commission.csp
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