State Rep. Paul Evans earlier this year wrote a blistering letter to the Salem YMCA.

The Monmouth Democrat accused unnamed board members of “inappropriate profiteering.” He said the nonprofit was controlled by “Salem elites.”

And he demanded the nonprofit act on allegations that a board member had been subjected to racist remarks.

Evans chronicled what he described as his “outrage” at the treatment of Soraida Cross, a Keizer city councilor who was in line this year to become the president of the Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties.

He said he would no longer support the nonprofit – and would discourage others.

But Evans didn’t disclose to YMCA officials that he’d had a recent romantic relationship with Cross.

He confirmed the relationship in an interview and acknowledged that Cro

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