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Public commenter urges La Center residents to follow Clark County council developments
Summary
A caller at the La Center meeting used public comment to criticize Clark County Council decisions to use public funds to defend several county officials and warned of property-tax increases; the remarks did not prompt formal city action.
During the meeting’s public-comment period, Kimberly Goheen of La Center addressed the council at length about recent Clark County Council activity and local consequences she perceives.
Goheen identified herself as a local resident and said she listened to Clark County Council meetings the previous day and at 9 a.m. that day. She said she believes her son is being wrongly held in the Clark County jail and described having filed paperwork alleging prosecutorial or judicial misconduct; those claims were presented as personal assertions rather than a city matter.
Goheen told the La Center council that she opposes Clark County Council members’ use of public funds to pay legal defense for several county officials (she named Michelle Belcott and others in the discussion). She said the county council — she named board chair Sue Marshall and several councilors — voted to use county funds for legal defense and that one county council member, Michelle Belcott, did not vote with the majority. Goheen urged residents to follow Clark County meetings and called for public engagement around perceived increases in property taxes and county spending decisions.
Mayor and councilors did not take any formal action in response to the remarks. The city did not debate or vote on any of the county-level matters mentioned during public comment; the statements were recorded as a citizen’s comments and not as a city council finding or conclusion.
