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By NATALIE JOHNSON
In the August 16 Mason
County primary election,
three men will compete to
be the top two candidates
for Port of Shelton commis-
sioner for district 2 and to
head to the November gen-
eral election.
Candidates will com-
pete for a four-year term,
rather than the former six
years. Mason County voters
passed an initiative lessen-
ing the terms for port com-
missioners
in 2010.
I n
cumbent
candi-
date Jack
Miles was
elected as
commis-
sioner six
years ago,
Miles in Novem-
ber 2005.
He said he is running for
reelection because of "un-
finished business.".
"It's not just the contro-
versial stuff," he said. ~I
just t~nk thatJs where I
need to be rigl~t now."
Before he was elected as
port commissioner, in 2003
Miles was appointed to the
Mason County Housing Au-
thority Board by the county
commission.
He is also the f~rmer
chair of the Mason County
Republican Central Com-
mittee.
Since Miles moved to Ma-
son County in 2002 he has
volunteered as a firefighter
and EMT for Mason County
and worked for KMAS as a
broadcaster.
Miles said that if reelect-
ed he wanted to make sure
that the port completed
projects that it started and
worked efficiently.
"If we have any projects,
get them completed, get
them finished so we can
move on to the next project
and focus on ways to bring
in new business productive-
ly," he said.
Miles said that if reelect-
ed he would resist the bio-
mass industry in Shelton.
"We can't just focus on
the biomass industry to bail
us out of some kind of eco-
nomic crisis," he said.
Miles said that in the
future he would encourage
the port to create citizen
advisory boards to recom-
mend business ventures to
the port.
Miles briefly addressed
recent controversy at the
port and disagreements be-
tween himself and the two
other commissioners.
"I think it's a generation-
al gap," he said.
Bick iTay|or said he de-
cided to drop his hat in the
ring to increase economic
development at the port.
~I think that the port is
the engine for economic
development - that's what
it's there for," he said. "We
need to get the po.rt back
in the business of working
towards economic develop-
ment, We don't seem to be
doing that now.~
Taylor spent 34 years in
the United States Navy,
rising to the rank of Com-
mander. He has a bach-
elor's degree from the
University of Washington
and a Masters of Business
Administration (MBA). He
served as the Shelton City
Commissioner of Finance
for six years and was the
executive director of the
Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce.
"My platform is let's
work together through the
Port of Shelton to build our
economy,"
Taylor
said. "To
do that,
there's
several
things we
need to
look at."
.Tay-
Taylor lor listed
concerns
about the
port's water rights on Johns
Prairie Road, as issues that
he would address if elected
commissioner.
Taylor also said tl~at he
wants to take advantage of
a partnership with the Port
OX~ Grays ~ar~:~or and mem-
bership in a free trade zone
to increase trade within the
county, and said he is eager
to resume work with the
Peninsula Region Trans-
portation Planning Organi-
zation.
Taylor has lived and
worked in Shelton since
1993 and works at Taylor
Insurance.
Brian Avery ran for port
commissioner once before
in 2001. This year he plans
to run again to try to in-
crease business at the port.
"I consider the port com-
mission to be one of the
most important jobs in Ma-
son County," Avery said. "It
is the economic future of
Mason County and Shelton.
I think it's been an under-
utilized resource."
Avery said that he has
worked as an activist in
the community his whole
life and has a degree in
political science from St.
Martin's University and
also has degrees in crimi-
nology and United States
history.
Avery said his first goal
is to bring living wage jobs
to the Port of Shelton.
"You talk to people, they
love living
here but
they work
someplace
else,"
he said.
"There is
a definite
lack of liv-
ing wage
Avery jobs."
Above
all, Avery
said tha~ he wants to court
"green" industries to the
port.
"There are a lot of green
industries out there that
are looking for homes," he
said. "I do not think we
have to sacrifice our way
of life for jobs. I don't think
it's a mutually exclusive
thing:"
Avery is a lifelong Shel-
ton resident and is married
with four children and two
grandchildren.
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Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Port of Shelton Commissioners Jay Hupp, left, and Tom Wallitner agreed Tuesday to work on a
resolution on commissioner use of .p.ort facilities after an incident with Commissioner Jack Miles
last Friday.
Port commission criticizes Miles again
By NATALIE JOHNSON was working on a computer in the corn- missioner unacceptable," he said. "It's
mission chambers, quite simple if you've got work to do
Two Port of Shelton commissioners "At 4:15, I came in ... and basically get here early.., get done and get your
agreed Tuesday to draft a resolution told him we were locking up at 4:30," ass out of here."
on commissior~er use of port facilities Frey said. Miles told the Journal that he has
after what they described as an "inci- Frey told Miles he needed to lock up worked late before, and there was no
dent" with Commissioner Jack Miles. the office, need for a port employee to lock the
Miles was absent from the meeting, "He looked at me and says 'I have door after him.
after calling in sick. to work, I'm not leaving,~ Frey said. "I was not aware anyone was there,"
The incident, port staff said, oc- "His eyes got kind of big and he got he said. There was no reason for AI
curred last Friday when port Execu- agitated." (Frey) to be there. The door locks it-
tire Director John Dobson was out of Frey said that because the staff self."
town and had left administrative as- didn't have the decision about locking Miles said that the controversy has
sistant Wendy Smith in charge, said the doors promptly at 4:30 in writing, to do with his upcoming reelection
Maintenance and Environmentalso he waited until 5:45 for Miles to fin- campaign.
Manager A1 Frey. ish and locked up after him. "This is just another attempt to
Frey said that in a previous staff Frey filed the incident report to sup- make me look bad," he said. "It's all
meeting, he and Dobson had discussed port a claim for overtime pay during petty and it's all nonsense."
making sure all of the port office build- the incident. Commissioners Wallitner and Jay
ing's doors were locked at closing time Commissioner Tom Wallitner corn- Hupp agreed to draft a resolution on
- 4:30 p.m. mented on the issue, commissioner use of port facilities to
Frey said that last Thursday, Miles "I find the deportment of the corn- avoid further confusion.
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