Leaving choice open: Port dads can now pick up paycheck

In a unanimous vote last Thursday, Sept. 2, Port of Whitman County commissioners voted to allow themselves to opt to take $200 monthly compensation.

Commissioners Dan Boone of Colton, John Love of Garfield and Don Cox of Colfax passed a resolution that allows each commissioner to make an individual decision on whether to collect the pay.

State law allows commissioners of port districts to take the compensation once the agency’s yearly operating revenue tops $1 million.

That happened at the port last year, the first time the port topped seven figures of operating revenue since its inception in...