Incmbent port commissioner draws election challenger
Candidates vying for a seat on the Port of Astoria Commission this May agree on at least one thing so far: Something needs to be done about the East Mooring Basin.
These days, its docks see more foot traffic from sea lions than from fishermen. Last year, the port removed a deteriorating causeway that had partially collapsed in 2021.
But Tom Brownson, a former Astoria city councilor who announced his candidacy for the port’s Position 1 seat this week, told KMUN he suspects he differs in just about every other way from his opponent, incumbent Jim Campbell.
Campbell, who has a background in marine construction and aviation, has served multiple terms on the Port Commission, from 1965 to 1977 and from 2013 through the present.
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