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.
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Smith loses big pay increase, faces salary repayment in controversy over his conduct
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.
Greg Smith exaggerates his duty to engineer major pay raise from struggling public agency
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.