"Harbor District officials need to shape up."
Dave Pine, President, SMC Board of Supervisors, July 10, 2014
"The Harbor District needs a sustainable financial plan, their audit reports are inadequate."
Don Horsley, SMC Board Supervisor, July 10, 2014
In 2012, the Harbor District began charging the highest fish buying fees in the state. The decision has been at the center of upheaval between the District and those in the commercial fishing industry.
Samantha Weigel, June 6, 2014
“There’s ongoing distrust and frankly, our commercial fishing association has not been happy with the way commissioners have been conducting District business,” Steve Fitz said. “We simply want to be considered because the decisions they make, impact our businesses directly. And we deserve to be at the table and we haven’t been.”
Samantha Weigel, May 29, 2014
"As one observer commented, the meeting could be summed up in one action, when Commissioner James Tucker asked a staff person, whose imminent maternity leave had just been approved, to waddle across a crowded room to fetch a glass of water."
Lee Engdahl, Aug. 12, 2013
Jim Tucker said, "I feel like a horse’s patootie."
Samantha Weigel, March 21, 2014