Today comes a mash-up, a challenge, a frustration, and a call to arms. Join me, fellow #Citizens
The scandal at Clean Water Services in Hillsboro, Oregon, has not gone away. It only deepens as more questions arise, and the massive Sewer agency continues to hide behind its corporate walls. The Herald has called for the immediate resignation or firing of CEO Diane Taniguchi-Wallace . While she is being disciplined and CWS is required to handle an Audit of its financials (they select the Auditor) , this entire mess has become a horrible case of government gone wild.
The recent Work Sessions seem somewhat orchestrated and have come across as a disingenuous Kabuki Theatre. Commissioner Jason Snider called upon the CEO to release all Public Information Requests made to CWS and the agency’s responses to all. His request was to gather these requests that the Oregonian, the Hillsboro Herald, and others have made, and get them online with the responses to the requests to ensure “robust transparency” happens immediately. No longer did the words leave his mouth; Washington County Commission President Kathryn Hartington reigned it in. In her most forceful demeanor, Harrington quashed Snider’s request and diverted the discussion in a different direction . Why would Harrington do that?
Maybe it concerns the supposition/claims that she has travelled the world, enjoyed meals, lavish housing, and accommodations on the CWS account? On the ratepayers’ backs? We have records of her travelling to Denmark, Laos, and other exotic locations with the CWS staff, including the CEO. The Herald awaits the answers to the questions of who went where on whose nickel. …