Gentle: Infrastructure critically underfunded

Q&A with county commission chair

NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County commission chair John Gentle was recently elected to his second term as county commissioner from District 1, which is in the south county. Gentle, like all elected county officials, is a Republican. The county commission rotates its leadership annually and Gentle became chair this year, taking over from Robert Rosencrantz, with Brian Smiley the vice-chair.