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Residents press Clackamas County on PGE Stafford transmission project; staff opens enforcement review
Summary
Residents told the Board of Commissioners that Portland General Electrics Tonquin/Stafford transmission work threatens views, property values and wildfire safety; county staff said it has received complaints and is investigating code-enforcement and noted legal limits while the matter is pending at LUBA.
Residents from the Stafford Road area urged the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners on March 5 to halt or more closely review Portland General Electrics transmission work, citing clear-cutting, property-value loss and wildfire-safety risks.
Lanile Vandermolen told the board that PGE received a waiver from state regulators and criticized the county hearings officer for comments she characterized as biased toward the project. Vandermolen urged the county to retain outside counsel to review whether the hearings officer made legal errors and to give pro se litigants better access to records and resources.
"Both PGE and our County hearings display political and personal biases…
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