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Last week, instead of giving the board a financial report, Stamey defiantly accused commissioners
of corruption themselves.
Today, with the county gradually crawling out of its' "money pit" of delayed tax payments,
commissioners turned attention to Stamey's refusal to submit the reports. And people
from other agencies were anxious for action...
MONTE SILK/CORVALLIS SCHOOL; SUPERINTENDENT "II just want you to know that anything you
do that will allow us to start earning our 18-hundred to 2-thousand dollars a month on
our invested monies would be appreciated."
And the board wanted to stick to whether Stamey had broken the law...
GREG CHILCOTT/RAVALLI CO COMMISSIONER "And as far as responding to a bunch of nonsense
I don't want to go there. I don't want to travel down that road."
JEFF BURROWS/RAVALLI CO COMMISSIONER "I guess I personally have enough information
that I feel like these statutes have been broken."
Commissioners struggled with the right approach, deciding over the objection of those calling
for Stamey's blood to set a meeting where she can defend herself, if she chooses, on
February 18th...
SUZY FOSS/RAVALLI CO COMMISSIONER "I mainly wanted to make sure that we protect
the liability of the county and take the time to do this right."
CHILCOTT I'm going to err on the side of due process
, giving our employees, our citizens every opportunity to defend themselves. I may not
like it but I think it's the right thing to do."
J.R. IMAN/RAVALLI CO COMMISSIONER "So I don't think the fact that we have to
follow legal procedure relieves us of the obligation to get the money straight as quickly
as possible."
DB STANDUP "From a practical standpoint the meeting scheduled
today has a somewhat limited impact. Not only is it nearly 3-weeks away, but it wouldn't
directly determine Stamey's removal. It could however result in her facing thousands of
dollars in fines.
In Hamilton, Dennis Bragg, MTN News."