Poor Jon Camp. First he feels out of the loop. Now he finds out he's going to get the boot from the Public Building Commission.
His case for remaining on the PBC isn't very compelling, essentially boiling down to "I'm already there" and "I don't want to leave". The case against him is a little stronger. He will lose a tenant as a result of a reorganization that he would oversee as a member of the Commission. Then again the reorganization is a done deal, so any conflict of interest has all but passed. As for the case for Gene Carroll, Mr. Camp's replacement? Carroll has planning experience and he doesn't currently have enough high-profile committee assignments.
All in all, it feels like somebody just doesn't want Camp on the PBC any more. Camp agrees, stating "Quite frankly, I think this is a politically motivated move". Considering that Camp has been a bit of an irritant lately, that's not surprising. It's also consistent with Mayor Beutler's recent push to exert more power.
In the end I'm just glad that the mini-saga around Camp's conflict / non-conflict of interest surrounding having the City as one of his tenants is nearing an end. Maybe.
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