Gov. Brown abruptly fires most members of Environmental Quality Commission [View all]

SALEM – In a highly unusual move, Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday fired three of the five members of the Environmental Quality Commission, the governor-appointed board that oversees the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

Brown ousted commissioners Colleen Johnson, Morgan Rider and Melinda Eden.

The move came without warning via a phone call at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to Johnson.

Johnson was nominated for a second four-year term by Brown and re-confirmed by the Senate just three and half months ago. Rider had another 15 months left in her term; Eden had three months remaining in her term.

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