Collusion and misfeasance is the norm, and should be obvious to anyone attending Port of Peninsula commission meetings in Nahcotta or reading this newspaper.

Continued and deliberate disregard of the tax-paying public, the media and government officials by the port manager and two of the commissioners needs to come to conclusion. The meetings are conducted to just barely meet the Open Public Meetings Act requirements and to discourage and ignore verbal and written comments. Agendas typically are not available until just before the meetings and are rammed through under the so called “leadership” of the commission chair (who needs his hand held by the port manager) with little to no discussion. A clear undertaking to obfuscate. There is something afoul and it is purposely being hidden from scrutiny.

The remedy of this spectacle should start with the replacement of Commission Chair Martin who demonstrates his incompetence and his lack of respect to those attending. Even Commissioner Derion (who has demonstrated a lack of judgment) seems to be nothing more than a rubber stamp. I would encourage everyone to demand both commissioner Martin and Commissioner Derion to resign and save the trouble of recall.

ED VESSER

Ocean Park