Gov. Jay Inslee today announced he is bringing in an outsider and an Oregon official as Washington’s next transportation secretary.
Gov. Jay Inslee today announced he is bringing in an outsider and an Oregon official as Washington’s next transportation secretary.
Lynn Peterson is a highway engineer and former chairwoman of the Clackamas Board of County Commissioners in suburban Portland who now serves as Gov. John Kitzhaber‘s adviser on sustainable communities and transportation policy.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2013/02/19/paula-hammond-out-lynn-peterson-in-as-transportation-secretary/
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