With a lack of an affirmative vote, the Hood River County Commission denied Apollo Land Holdings’ application to construct a hotel on the former Dee Mill site as part of the DeeTour project after a hearing of a state Land Use Board of Appeals remand of the application’s initial approval.  The vote was two-to-two, with Commissioners Les Perkins and Karen Joplin voting to approve the application with changes in findings, and Chair Ron Rivers and Rich McBride voting no.  The fifth commissioner, Bob Benton, had declared a conflict of interest during the original Commission hearings on the subject last year.  The County Commission had approved the application a year ago after the County Planning Commission denied it, but the Hood River Valley Residents Committee appealed to LUBA, which sent it back to the County after ruling there were three assignments of error in the final decision.  Apollo can now appeal to LUBA.