The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

To The Eagle:

Where is the public safety war with the mayor going?

The only certain outcome of the mayor's attempted power grab is a drastic weakening of the Cathlamet fire and ambulance service. For no real reason other than a power grab by the mayor putting public safety at risk.

So far it has benefited Fire District 4, which has received many new applications from volunteers, which is good for the areas served by District 4, but bad for residents of Cathlamet who are served by the Cathlamet volunteer fire department. This raises the question, why would you ever start such a beef with a volunteer fire department?

This has depleted the ambulance volunteers which has the potential to put at risk the entire county for emergency ambulance service. For example, on October 7 there was a call for a second ambulance on Elochoman Valley Road; however there were not enough people to man the second ambulance.

In my opinion, there are only two options:

1. The mayor backs off.

2. Recall the mayor.

Michael C. Mouliot

Cathlamet