Writer wins write-in bid for Cathlamet mayor
One of the fun little stories of last week’s election was the landslide victory of a write-in candidate for mayor of the picturesque little lower Columbia River town of Cathlamet in Wahkiakum County. The story gets even better: the mayor-elect, George Wehrfritz, is a newcomer. From Hong Kong. He only moved to town in March, after taking an early retirement from Newsweek. He was bureau chief in Beijing, Tokyo and Hong Kong during his career. He and his wife, Diana…