Remarks by Ben West
103 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
- Play at 1:37:17
“initiate negotiations engage the brc and it's also nice to know that the um that there's a second door for the poa with a contractual language so with all that uh chair i i one more one more go ahead go ahead one question i'll bring it up because i heard it um i think with any of these if you use the google machine you'll find out all kinds of things about all these providers especially large national um providers like aetna any of them. So some of the things like just Google them, just Google them, right? That they're, it's not, you know, kind of that alarmism and very anecdotal. And we have…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:40:00
“I appreciate that, and I think that's just an important message to get out, that you have worked with similar partners that are apples to apples and did that due diligence, like a reference background check, like when you're going to engage with somebody in this capacity or another entity. So I don't know if that's totally known, right? And it's hard to always get these messages out. And sometimes the negative spreads much faster than the positive or what work you've done. So I would just encourage that we need to have a very solid, good, robust communication with how we roll this out and how…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:49:09
“The Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District is highlighting this month that July's weed of the month is tansy ragwort. Go to the website. It's actually super informative. The pictures, it's not just a beautiful yellow daisy. It's actually not that beautiful, but it's not a yellow daisy. It's a noxious weed. And so there's great information there. So since that came up and we spent some time talking about that, like why you should actually care about this thing and why it's a problem and how quick it can spread and how we fight it effectively and how that kind of ebbs and flows…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 6, 2026