Archie L Thomas & Merry Schrumpf, Corvallis
Have you ever priced out the cost of a door? Think about that a minute. Probably not, but as a taxpayer you have paid $139,000 for new office doors and remodel for Ryan Zinke’s Washington office as Secretary of the Department of Interior.
Have you ever considered a need for your own flag? Probably not, but you might want to ask your boss for one and further ask that somebody hike it up a pole every time you get to work in the morning. Ryan Zinke did just that on the days he was present at the Interior Department office building in DC.
Have you ever had to deal with someone that spoke with real conviction but later discovered the conviction was mostly committed to the abuse of their authority? In the executive summary of the Inspector General’s report on Ryan Zinke’s handling of Department of Interior’s affairs is this quote:
“We found that both Secretary Zinke and the COS (chief of staff) made statements that presented an inaccurate version of the circumstances in which the DOI (Department of Interior) made key decisions.”
The Washington Post is quoted, “Zinke was told he had until the end of the year to leave or be fired.” Why did Zinke resign?
In summary all these are questions of character. The Republican party has lost its way and Zinke is its embodiment. Ryan Zinke lacks character. Monica Tranel has character and our vote. We hope she has your vote too.