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Citing harassment, another Indianola

commissioner quitsBy Kitsap Sun staff

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

INDIANOLA Another Port of Indianola commissioner has resigned, leaving the

commission with just one member.

Commissioner Joan Wald resigned Wednesday, saying she cant handle what she

characterized as escalating harassment from people who support reopening the

Indianola Dock, a 900-foot-long wooden pier that was closed due to safety concerns in

late June.

I resigned because I felt intimidated, said Wald, who says she was tailed by an

unknown motorist and was the target of threatening social media messages. It s nuts. I

want out.

Wald has drawn passionate criticism over her stance that the pier should remain closed

until a series of structural assessments and repairs are completed. The pier,

considered an Indianola icon, has been regularly used for swimming, fishing and other

recreational activities.

Walds resignation comes three weeks after Judith Frank resigned over similarconcerns about harassment.

Frank said the piers barricade was torn off and dumped in her yard and her house was

struck by eggs.

The remaining commissioner is Jeff Henderson. He supports reopening the pier.

Walds term is set to expire Dec. 31. She was not planning to seek another term. The

commission will need to appoint a replacement for her and Frank.

Wald said an unknown bearded man in a black SUV followed her car closely for over a

mile Aug. 14. She made several turns to elude him.

I almost wrecked my car, she said.

Walds friends informed her that threatening messages were posted about her on

Facebook pages. Wald hasnt seen the messages herself, but said that they were

about how she should get a bodyguard and that she would need to watch out.

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