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Pacific County Republican Party chair reads resolution calling on Commissioner Lisa Olsen to resign after DUI charge
Summary
Speakers at public comment read and submitted a resolution from the Pacific County Republican Party calling for Commissioner Lisa Olsen to resign by Feb. 17, 2025, citing an alleged Nov. 5 motor-vehicle crash and a DUI charge; the board received the comments but took no action at the meeting.
Jan Davis, chair of the Pacific County Republican Party, used the public-comment period at the county commissioners' Feb. 11 meeting to read a formal resolution demanding the resignation of Commissioner Lisa Olsen by Feb. 17, 2025. The resolution, as read into the record, cites an alleged Nov. 5 motor-vehicle crash involving Commissioner Olsen and a subsequent DUI charge and references state statutes governing public officials and recall procedures.
Rita Hall, identified as the Pacific County Republican Party secretary, continued reading the resolution, which details investigators' descriptions in the arrest report (alleged vehicle damage, witnesses' observations and references to field sobriety indicators) and cites RCW provisions about the conduct of municipal officers and grounds for removal or recall.
Why it matters: the request is a public call for a locally elected official to resign and cites criminal-allegation details from an arrest report. The board received the resolution during the public-comment period but did not act on it during the meeting.
What was said: Jan Davis opened the presentation by saying, "on behalf of the party, we are asking Lisa Olson to resign as county commissioner no later than 02/17/25 for the reasons identified here in" and then read the resolution's findings and legal citations. Rita Hall continued the reading and stated the resolution would be distributed to the board and local media and that further actions such as recall petitions or formal complaints could follow if there is no resignation.
The board did not debate or vote on the resolution; no county official provided a response on the public record during the meeting. Other public commenters later addressed unrelated agenda subjects.
Ending: The resolution was read into the public record during public comment. The board acknowledged the comment period and proceeded to its scheduled executive session; no formal board action was taken on the resolution at the Feb. 11 meeting.
