Klamath Irrigation District Recall

Put Klamath back in KID!

“There appears to be a substantial objective basis to believe that one or more violations of the executive session provisions of Oregon public meeting law may have occurred … when the board of directors of the Klamath Irrigation District discussed topics not authorized for executive session.” Oregon Government Ethics Commission, July 2016.

Article: Mallams Ignores Upper Basin Water Regulations

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Mallams flouts upper Basin water regs

In this September 10th, 2015 article in the Herald and News, reporter Lacey Jarrell reports on Klamath County Commissioner Tom Mallams’ violations of calls to end his pumping and the tactics he used to avoid receiving messages from the Oregon Water Resources Department.

This story shows the lengths Commissioner Mallams went through to avoid getting the letters served to him, and his willingness to violate OWRD’s call for water for senior water rights (such as the ones KID has), in which his junior water right required him to shutoff his well.

Commissioner Mallams is represented by Nathan Reitmann, who was also retained by the Klamath Irrigation District for legal counsel. Reitmann’s representation of Mallams for these violations puts him in a conflict of interest.