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.
An ethics investigation established that state Rep. Greg Smith failed to disclose a key source of income for his private consulting company. Smith will get a formal letter of education over the ethics violation after a vote Friday by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
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.
Newly-released public records show that the Small Business Development Center operated out of Eastern Oregon University was producing few of the new jobs expected. The university was ordered by a district attorney to release documents related to a center managed by Greg Smith, a state legislator.
Eastern Oregon University first terminated Greg Smith's contract to run its regional business training center. Now, it has entirely closed the center, sending some work to a similar center at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario.
For 16 years, Greg Smith's company held a contract to counsel business owners in northeast Oregon, sponsored by Eastern Oregon University. The university terminated the contract recently but officials won't explain their actions. Smith is a Republican state representative from Heppner.