Lundsten leaves county planning commission

Statement of resignation read March 9, 2021

I am resigning from the Planning Commission, effective immediately.

I choose not to serve with a group that inappropriately and actively has sought to repress free ex- pression of ideas, by me, other Commissioners, and the public.

As you know, the Planning Commission censured me for disagreeing with them in public, outside of deliberations. I am not asking the Planning Commission or the Board to remove the censure. I have protested and done my best, and I failed to convince the Commission to change its decision.

I am asking that the Board direct the...