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Clark County Commissioners just announced that former Oregon legislator Sharon Wylie has been selected to replace Democrat Jim Jacks as 49th Legislative District Representative.
Jacks, who abruptly quit constituents March 25 remains mum on why he quit.
Sharon Wylie, 61, a former two-term member of the Oregon House of Representatives, where she represented a suburban district east of Portland in the mid-1990s. Until three years ago, Wylie worked in Olympia as a lobbyist representing government clients, including Clark, Kitsap and Jefferson counties and C-Tran. Married to Vancouver City Attorney Ted Gathe, she currently volunteers her time to agencies that provide housing for the homeless and serves as a consultant on consumer protection issues. Regarding the state budget crisis, Wylie said, “What everyone is grappling with now is that the choices the state has are all ugly. People don’t realize how deep the cuts will be. I would spend a lot of time looking, with the community, for ways to mitigate that.”
Wylie earlier described herself as “an environmentalist and a HUGE fan of Light Rail.”
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