DeLaura Who?

The other day I was talking to someone who has lived here in Astoria for 20 years, and she had no clue that DeLaura Beach in Warrenton is really a beach, as in ocean front property. She couldn't figure out what the fuss was about the Clatsop County Commissioners trying to sell it to the highest bidder instead of just keeping it as part of the county or selling it to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

No, I'm not making this up. I was astounded. I had to go to the computer, dredge up a map of the property and show her.

Then she was astounded.

Which made me wonder how many more people there are out there in Clatsop County who have no clue what a treasure this piece of land is, and how important it is that it remain as public land.

Just take a look:

DeLaura Beach

I can only hope that the recall of commissioner Richard Lee is successful, and it rattles three of the other commissioners enough to think twice about what they're doing.

They have a responsibility to pay attention to what their constituents want, although they appear to be willfully ignorant, and willfully intransigent. They need a wake-up call.

Selling one of Clatsop County's legacies to the highest bidder is totally unacceptable.