Public commenter asks for ethics review of outgoing commissioner
Jan 14, 2026
During public comment, Ellie Grimmie urged the Lane County board to conduct and disclose a formal review into conduct she attributed to Commissioner Lovell, alleging inappropriate and bullying behavior during a recent state of the county presentation; the board took no immediate formal action on the request at the meeting.
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During the public-comment period Jan. 13, Ellie Grimmie of District 5 asked the Lane County Board of Commissioners to initiate and be transparent about a formal review of the outgoing chair’s conduct, identifying Commissioner Lovell in her remarks and saying recent remarks at the state-of-the-county address were inappropriate and amounted to bullying.
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