The two elected officials on the Banks Fire Board facing a recall election on April 12 sat down with the Banks Post to push back against what they said were false accusations against them.
With the election to recall two Banks Fire District board members approaching Tuesday, April 12, the two elected officials facing the recall sat down with the Banks Post to push back against what they said were false accusations.
Banks Fire District 13 Board Chair Mark Schmidlin and board member Ed Ewing are each the targets of a recall election triggered after petitioners exceeded the 449-signature threshold earlier in March, according to the Washington County Elections Division.
Accompanied by Scott Adams, volunteering in his capacity with the newly-created Friends of Banks Fire Political Action Committee (PAC), which opposes the recall of Schmidlin and Ewing, the Banks Post discussed the recall with the two board members.
Adams serves as a volunteer for the fire district, and is one of two volunteer public information officers at Banks Fire, a district covering 136 square miles in Washington County’s rural far northwestern region including the city of Banks and the unincorporated communities of Buxton, Timber, and Manning. Adams stressed that his volunteer role in the district was distinct from his political efforts with the PAC to keep Schmidlin and Ewing in their seats.
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