Three men seek District 2 commission seat--Dan Cothren

Dan Cothren is running for re-election for the seat on the county board of commissioners he has held since 2001.

At a candidate forum last week, he said he is running again largely to finish major projects--working a bill through the state legislature that would expand the county's timber holding and ensure financial solvency in the future. He has been working with other counties, the state Department of Natural Resources and legislators to have the bill ready for the 2017 legislative session.

"We've got to have the exchange (bill) or the county doesn't survive," he said.

Cothren has also taken the lead role in dealing with the US Army Corps of Engineers to develop a beach nourishment program for eroding property on Cape Horn and Puget Island. He said he also wants to be on the board when it considers a revised Shoreline Master Program.

"For me to leave now, I don't feel these obligations could be passed on to someone else," he said.