OKANOGAN â Pointing to a woeful budget and racial discrimination, Okanogan County Prosecutor Arian Noma has filed his resignation.
In a news release Friday, Noma wrote âThe combination of an impossible institutional task and an utterly dehumanizing work context makes my tenure as your Prosecutor untenable.â
Noma was elected prosecutor in 2018 with nearly 60% of the vote after running on a campaign of reform. His resignation is effective Jan. 15.
The Okanogan County Commission did not respond to a request for comment Monday.
Noma explained the primary reason for announcing his resignation was to call attention to his undersized, overworked and underfunded staff. He said the prosecutorâs office is short-staffed by at least seven attorneys and three support staff.