No Pavement for Mead Road

DAYTON – County residents Julia and Skip Mead implored Columbia County Commissioners at last week’s public hearing to turn down an offer by Portland General Electric to pave a portion of Mead Road north of Dayton.

“We are passionate about our freedom and privacy,” Julia Mead told all three commissioners and the boardroom full of listeners last Wednesday. “We don’t have to let PGE impose their liberal ways on us... Please, please, please do not pave Mead Road!”

Commissioners Merle Jackson and Dwight Robanske were swayed by the Mead’s arguments; they both voted down the proposal for paving. Comm...