SPECIAL REPORT: Greg Smith recently released a new statement justifying his actions in seeking a major pay raise for his work at the Columbia Development Authority. He stayed silent, though, on claiming hours worked for the small agency while in Salem working as a legislator.
A Republican leader from Baker City is calling on Greg Smith to resign from the Legislature over controversies involving his conduct. Smith, a Republican from Heppner, won election to a new term in November.
A federal review triggered by an investigation by the Malheur Enterprise concluded that funding should be stopped for an agency run by Greg Smith, its executive director and a leading Republican legislator in Oregon. The Port of Morrow has made no public comment on the action.
The public agency in charge of transforming a former military base into an industrial complex operates wiithout a legally-required approved budget, auditors have found. The Columbia Development Authority in Boardman is managed by Greg Smith – a Republican legislator who sits on the Legislature's budget committee.
The federal government is reviewing whether the Port of Morrow and the Columbia Development Authority have appropriately used federal money in the past three years. Port officials and Greg Smith, who runs the development authority, aren't answering questions.
Greg Smith, a Republican state legislator, saw his paycheck cut for his full-time job at a Boardman public agency. Now, officials are trying to figure out who he actually works for in the latest controversy over his work.
AROUND OREGON: A public board Friday ordered that pay raises for Greg Smith and his staff at the Columbia Development Authority be revoked. The move may cost Smith more than $30,000 in pay to return. The action followed an investigation by the Malheur Enterprise.
SPECIAL REPORT: The Columbia Development Authority, tasked with helping turn a former Army base in eastern Oregon into industrial land, was struggling with its finances earlier this year. That didn't stop Greg Smith, executive director and a state legislator, from seeking to double his salary and then getting a 55% increase.