Bird, a military veteran who has worked in the federal government and as a business consultant, says the public health measures by Gov. Jay Inslee to curb COVID-19 during the pandemic sent him into politics. He won a seat on the Richland School Board in 2021 and is now being recalled because of pandemic-related actions he took while on that board.
“When Jay Inslee shut down our state, our schools, our businesses, our places of worship, that was the trigger for me to run for school board,” said Bird, 62.
Voters in the Richland School District will get to weigh in on some of Bird’s pandemic actions in the recall,
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