Summary
Add the Columbia River Gorge Commission to the list of casualties as Washington and Oregon grapple with their respective state budget crises.
Funding cuts from the two states over the past two years have forced the bistate panel to reduce its staff from 10.5 full-time employees to the equivalent of six, and another cut of $40,000 equal to half a years salary and benefits is expected within weeks. Those remaining have taken cuts in pay and hours. For the first time, the commission has no full-time senior planner, and staff attorney Jeff Litwak took a voluntary four-month unpaid leave of absence to help the commission through tight times.See the full content of this document
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Gorge Commission Sees Resources Eroding
Jill Arens, the commissions executive director, announced two weeks ago that the commissions White Salmon office will close Fridays effective Dec. 10 to save money in the face of plummeting revenue.
Our staff has steadily been reduced, said Joyce Reinig of Hood River, Ore., who chairs the 13-me...See the full content of this document
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