Hood River Mayor Paul Blackburn announced at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting that he will be resigning soon because he and his family will move out of state.  Blackburn says the move will occur in September, and he will resign as at that time.  Blackburn’s wife, Kristen Dillon, is the Director of Medicaid for the Columbia Gorge region and has been offered a chance to work on health policy at the national level.  Blackburn could not elaborate on that new position, saying her new employer will issue a press release in June with additional details.  In a statement, Blackburn said he had profoundly mixed emotions, saying he was honored to serve as Hood River’s mayor of the last five years and leaving will be hard, but his wife’s new job is a “real opportunity for her to work to improve our health care system on a much larger stage.”  When Blackburn steps down later this summer, the City Council will decide on a replacement.