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

To The Eagle:

A few of Howard Brawn's national management suggestions might be difficult to achieve. However, his comments “Rocks thrown at wrong target” (The Eagle 9/29/11) were on target and deserve some suggestions to address a solution.

The apparent misappropriation and or non-accountability of over “100K” in Emergency Medical Service and Fire Department funds are still not accounted for, and the existence of “four undeclared checking/saving accounts under the town’s tax ID number” in the names of and managed by the district court judge and prosecuting attorney are serious targets of concern.

In letters to the Wahkiakum County Commissioners, 10/5/11, 12-pages and 11/8/11, 5-pages, I justified why the district court judge and the prosecuting attorney should be suspended from their duties and without pay or reduced pay. I list a few of my recommendations: 1) obtain court case evaluations of Mr. Bigelow and the deputy prosecuting attorney, Mr. Wetle, performances; ask who does the work; 2) obtain performance letters from legal officials and lawyers outside the county who have worked in a courts held by the district court judge and prosecuting attorney (this will be difficult) and; 3) determine the extent of conflicts of interest between the district court judge and the prosecuting attorney; I can and will.

In summary, who manages and evaluates the prosecuting attorney and district court judge? While they are the legal voice of the county, there is no control/evaluation on their actions, legal or illegal. If any individual in private business or in government was asked to provide financial information, and account for missing funds and they avoided the issue and delayed, what should be done?

We know the targets, and they should be suspended at least!

Dennis T. Gordon

Puget Island