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Auditors find Greg Smith-run agency operates without approved budget, violating law
The Columbia Development Authority in Boardman operates without a legally-required approved budget, auditors have found. It's managed by Greg Smith – a Republican legislator who sits on the Legislature's budget committee.
Public official loses pay increase, faces salary repayment as board probes conduct
AROUND OREGON: A public board Friday ordered that pay raises for Greg Smith and his staff at the Columbia Development Authority be revoked. The move may cost Smith more than $30,000 in pay to return. The action followed an investigation by the Malheur Enterprise.
Public official exaggerates his duty to engineer major pay raise from struggling public agency
SPECIAL REPORT: The Columbia Development Authority, tasked with helping turn a former Army base in eastern Oregon into industrial land, was struggling with its finances earlier this year. That didn't stop Greg Smith, executive director and a state legislator, from seeking to double his salary and then getting a 55% increase.