Drew Farmer City Councilor for Coos Bay Discussing the Flag Policy & Explaining His Comments 4:08PM Monday July 18, 2022 on KWRO

During the Coos Bay City Council Meeting on June 21, 2022, City Councilor Drew Farmer, who supports the Flag Policy, made an insulting comment at the end of the public comment, which many in the audience thought he had directed that comment at them. 

Here is the audio of that comment:

Here is the link to the entire meeting on June 21, 2022: https://youtu.be/xLhuDpkNW1w

At the Coos Bay City Council regular city council meeting on July 05, 2022, the councilors unanimously voted to put a 90-day moratorium on their Flag Policy, so they could review the legality of the law.

Here is a link to the video: https://youtu.be/BiGwTtgPjSI

BIO:

Drew Farmer was elected to the City Council in 2016. He has lived in Coos Bay off and on since his birth.

After he graduated from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy as a Personnel Specialist. Following an honorable discharge at the expiration of his contract, he returned home for a year to attend SWOCC before moving on to Portland State University where he obtained a Bachelor’s of Science in Sociology with a minor in Psychology.  Returning home once again, he has been employed previously as an Executive Assistant at Chuck Bracelin Transportation,  as an Employment Specialist with the Working Wonders non-profit, and is currently the director of Bay Area Enterprises. 

 His previous board experience includes sitting on the board for the Shama House non-profit, as the treasurer of the city’s Library Board, and on the Urban Renewal Advisory Committee.

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