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The Mayor and the entire Salem City Council is being investigated by the Ethics Commission over possibly unethical communications. Our jaws stayed in place.

Something felt off to us about this situation from the jump and thanks to the complaints of more than one community member, the Ethics Commission has decided to run a full investigation.

Our mayor has a troubling track record. Three ethics issues in as many years and spending nearly $300,000 to call yourself a volunteer is wild work. If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck...it's probably a politician.

And if you need something to noodle on....why is Councilor Vanessa Nordyke suddenly refusing to be a part of any budget votes? We think Ward 7 deserves to have a voice in budget conversations and decisions.

Sources:

Ethics Issue 1: https://www.salemreporter.com/2024/04/11/julie-hoys-efforts-to-promote-tire-business-prompted-city-ethics-warning/

Ethics Issue 2: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/18/salem-city-council-censures-two-members-including-mayor-elect-julie-hoy/

Ethics Issue 3: https://www.salemreporter.com/2025/06/13/ethics-commission-votes-to-investigate-salem-mayor-councilors-over-possibly-unethical-communications/

Julie Hoy's Secretary of State Page: https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cneSearch.do?cneSearchButtonName=search&cneSearchFilerCommitteeRsn=60338&cneSearchFilerCommitteeTxt=&cneSearchFilerCommitteeTxtSearchType=C&cneSearchTranStartDate=&cneSearchTranEndDate=&cneSearchTranType=&cneSearchTranAmountFrom=&cneSearchTranAmountTo=&cneSearchContributorTxt=&cneSearchContributorTxtSearchType=C&cneSearchContributorType=&search=Search&OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=AOGP-Z238-KUFV-MWS1-UZ8T-H8FR-EVVP-90A1

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