Public Works director explains tax money use

COLFAX — A letter to the editor in last week’s Gazette about spending a levy increase drew a response from Whitman County Public Works Director Mark Storey.

He talked to county commissioners about it at a workshop Monday.

“I have no problem taking criticisms for my decisions,” Storey said.

Letter writer D.W. McCall, of Farmington, questioned expenditures and a lack of gravel on gravel roads following the approval of a road levy increase in November 2019.

“Number one, nobody got raises, nobody got bonuses, the revenue can only go to roads,” Storey said.

The levy was raised and increased the rat...