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Wasco County chair urges nonpartisan response to murder cited at opening of meeting and promotes local dialogue group
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Summary
At the Sept. 17 meeting the meeting chair prefaced the session with a statement about recent political violence, urged civil dialogue and recommended the local group Braver Angels and broader media consumption to understand multiple perspectives.
At the opening of the Sept. 17 meeting, the chair of the Wasco County Board of Commissioners issued a nonpartisan statement addressing what the chair described as the murder of Charlie Kirk and urging civic engagement and dialogue.
The chair said the board is a nonpartisan body focused on local issues and expressed sympathy for the family and friends of the deceased. The chair called for civic dialogue and recommended two local steps: contacting Braver Angels — a Gorge group that brings people of different political perspectives together — and broadening news sources. "If you follow CNN, switch over to Fox News once a week," the chair said, adding that people should seek varied viewpoints to be better informed.
The chair emphasized the statement was intended as a nonpartisan acknowledgement and encouraged community members to engage in discussion rather than violence.
This was delivered as a prefatory statement at the start of the regular business agenda; no formal board action accompanied the remarks.
