Kelsie McDaniel
District Attorney, Union County -- Former MESC Director/Chair (2010-2014)
Union County District Attorney; issued the August 6, 2026 order on Valor's public-records fee petition. MESC filings list director and chair service during 2010-2014.
Last updated August 9, 2026. Public-corpus sources are linked below; internal research references are labeled without a public link.
Key facts
- Office
- District Attorney, Union County, Oregon source: reports/subjects/baum-family--BAUM_DYNASTY_COMPLETE.md (internal research reference)
- MESC service
- Director / Chair, Mt. Emily Safe Center -- 2010 through 2014 source: reports/subjects/baum-family--BAUM_DYNASTY_COMPLETE.md (internal research reference)
- Public-records ruling
- August 6, 2026 District Attorney order on two fee-waiver challenges source: primary: Union County DA fee-petition order reviewed 2026-08-09 (internal research reference)
Role narrative
Kelsie McDaniel is the elected District Attorney for Union County, Oregon. The Mt. Emily Safe Center 990 filings list her as a Director, later Chair, from 2010 through 2014. The same reviewed filing series lists Jill Boyd as Chair in 2014-2016, Jared Boyd as a Director in 2014, and Dennis Burke as Treasurer in the 2012-2025 records.
On August 6, 2026, McDaniel issued an order on Valor's July 31 public-records fee petition. She denied the challenge involving the April 22 request after finding that the Board had individually considered it, while agreeing that the County's categorical no-waiver sentence did not state the correct legal standard. She deferred the April 23 challenge because no final waiver decision had been made and the requester had not responded to proposed alternatives and narrowing options. The order did not decide exemptions, privilege, redactions, or substantive withholding.
Boards & affiliations
Mt. Emily Safe Center
Director, later Chair
2010-2014
source: reports/subjects/baum-family--BAUM_DYNASTY_COMPLETE.md (internal research reference)Related corpus files
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Internal subject dossier
MESC board-tenure research and historical background
reports/subjects/baum-family--BAUM_DYNASTY_COMPLETE.md (internal research reference)
Mt. Emily Safe Center summary
MESC in-care-of the DA's office; corporate profile
organizations/mount-emily-safe-center/SUMMARY.md
Ask the Union County corpus
The Union County research engine can answer specific questions about Kelsie McDaniel and the broader term-limits story. Answers cite indexed leads and expose linked verification sources where available.
- “What did the August 6, 2026 fee-petition order decide?”
- “Who was on the Mt. Emily Safe Center board 2010-2014?”
- “What did the order leave unresolved?”
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