Salem Mayor Julie Hoy lied to Council President Linda Nishioka by telling her a majority of the city council supported asking Salem’s former city manager to resign, a state ethics investigation shows.

Hoy’s conversation in early February led Nishioka to warn Stahley that most councilors wanted him gone, leading Stahley to resign abruptly.

But in interviews with an Oregon Government Ethics Commission investigator, seven city councilors at the time said they never told Hoy they wanted the city manager gone. That’s according to the investigator’s report, released last week, which will be considered by the commission on Oct. 10.

READ IT: Investigator’s report on Hoy

The investigator concluded that Hoy and five Salem city councilors “deliberately coordinated and orchestrated” an illega

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