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Furor over fluoridation flourishes/continued
A boisterous meeting Feb. 2 spawned four ethics complaints against council members. The complaint against Downie was withdrawn three days after the city stopped fluoridation. All others except a complaint against Deputy Mayor Kidd, who had abruptly adjourned the Feb. 2 meeting, were dropped or withdrawn. An ethics board recommended city council discipline against Kidd. The council decided against the suggested verbal admonition and instead read a statement at the
Oct. 4 meeting. “This council will respect the public and follow Open Public Meetings Act protocol for adjourning meetings, and we will do our best to be tolerant, patient and respectful of all,” the statement said.
N-word at him while punching him in the face at about 2 a.m. July 17 as he walked alone in a residential neighborhood at South Cedar and Ninth streets. His attacker was accompanied by several other young people who did not interfere with the beating, he said. RACIAL ATTACK: Smith did not resist as Investigation was continuing in late Novem- the man punched him ber into an alleged racial three or four times in the attack on a Peninsula Col- face while the rest of the lege student. group watched on. He has Quinn Smith, 22, said said he was afraid for his he was assaulted by a life. young white man who When Smith pulled out his cellphone to call police, repeatedly yelled the
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the group fled, he said. As they drove away, Smith took a photo of one of the license plates. That helped investigators identify a suspected assailant and the person who drove the suspected attacker away within a week of the assault. Smith was transported by ambulance to Olympic Medical Center, where he was treated for a facial abrasion and a black eye. Police, who have since been joined by the FBI, had not by the end of November closed the investigation.
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Angeles area — elected Randy Johnson to represent them on the Clallam County Board of Commissioners. Johnson, who filed with no party preference, won 56.4 percent of the vote to Democrat Ron Richards’ 43.6 percent. ELECTION It was the first year RESULTS: Clallam that voting for a county County voters turned commissioner position was out for the Nov. 8 election limited to the district. Prior in numbers greater than the state turnout, with 80.5 to approval by voters of a percent of registered voters change in the Clallam County Charter, voting was casting ballots. only districtwide in the priThe state turnout was mary but was countywide 78.8 percent. in the general election. The voters in District 2 — which covers the Port Please turn to next page
Authorities do not have enough information to make a charging recommendation to the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, officials said then.