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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
Kitzhaber: ‘I will continue to pursue our shared goals ... in another venue’
alize that we have come to
a place in the history of this
third term in 2010, and was
great state of ours where a per-
elected again Nov. 4, but by
son can be charged, tried, con-
just under half the votes cast
victed and sentenced by the
in a six-way race.
media with no due process and
In 1998, Kitzhaber won his
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second term by the largest mar-
the allegations involved.
gin in 48 years. But in 2010, he
“But even more troubling
won a third term by the small-
— and on a very personal level
est margin since 1956.
as someone who has given 35
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have been willing to simply
After a tumultuous week, accept this judgment at its face
gon’s public stage longer.
As secretary of state, Brown Kitzhaber announced his res- value.
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years of Kitzhaber’s term.
If Brown ran and won in or legislative leaders who had Hayes’ efforts to use her posi-
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2018 to seek a single term of tion.
behalf of her private consult-
His statement in part:
her own.
ing business, there has been a
“I must also say that it is steady stream of news disclo-
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vacancy for governor was in deeply troubling to me to re- sures.
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1956, when Paul Patterson
died of a heart attack. Elmo
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president who was then next in
line of succession, took over.
But Smith — father of future
U.S. Rep. Denny Smith — lost
to Democrat Robert Holmes
for the two years remaining in
the term. Holmes, in turn, lost
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deter Kitzhaber’s re-election
Nov. 4, although he won
with just under half the votes
cast among six candidates.
But his once-commanding
lead over Republican Dennis
Richardson, a conservative
state representative from
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sharply.
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changed with a Jan. 27 sto-
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Bureau about $118,000 that
Hayes received for consult-
ing work that she would not
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tions then reported that Hayes
apparently did not report that
income on tax returns that had
been released to them.
Kitzhaber then declared at
a Jan. 30 news conference that
Hayes would no longer have a
policy or political role in his
administration. But his ap-
pearance and responses raised
more questions.
Blast at allies
As for Kitzhaber’s criticism
of political allies, his words
appeared aimed at Senate Pres-
ident Peter Courtney of Salem
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of Portland, both Democrats
who called publicly for his res-
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urged him privately a couple of
days earlier to do so.
Kitzhaber’s jostling with
Republican legislative major-
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as governor earned him the
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202 vetoes.
He was much more suc-
cessful at the start of his third
term in 2011, when he ob-
tained approval of sweeping
education and health-care
overhauls from an evenly split
House and a narrowly divided
Senate.
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cratic majorities while gover-
nor, he won their approval of a
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business taxes and raised oth-
ers — and pared public pen-
sion cost-of-living increases,
yet raised school and human
services spending.
However, even though
Kitzhaber was credited with
saving the deal when it ap-
peared it might fail, it also
soured legislators on the gov-
ernor — and the 2014 election
did not replenish his political
capital with them or the public.
He also said in his state-
ment last week:
“It is not in my nature to
walk away from a job I have
undertaken — it is to stand
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that reason I apologize to all
those people who gave of
their faith, time, energy and
resources to elect me to a
fourth term last year and who
have supported me over the
past three decades. I promise
you that I will continue to
pursue our shared goals and
our common cause in another
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Auction: Student-created art brought in more than $2,000 at the auction
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Developer and commercial
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bought the signs for $500 each. In
total, student-created art brought
in more than $2,000 at the auction.
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has kept its assets at more than $1
million for the past year. Each year,
it uses its assets, gathered through
the auction, to give out thousands
in scholarships to departing Knap-
pa seniors and thousands more to
minigrant funding projects in the
district requested by faculty.
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said Windsor about deciding how
much to donate. “We want to be
self-perpetuating and for the foun-
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Last May, the foundation
awarded about $30,000 in schol-
arships. It also donated $30,000
to help purchase new mathematics
curriculum. Windsor said it was
more of a one-off purchase based
on something the district felt it
needed direly.
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than $40,000 in minigrants, which
has helped buy a woodworking
lathe, yearbook equipment, pho-
tography class cameras, art class
textbooks, graphing calculators,
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third- and sixth-graders, fisheries
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
class rain gear, science class hot
plates and journalism class sup- Auctioneer Max Stewart gives a thumbs-up from behind a giant salmon sign during the Knappa Schools Foundation’s auction at Knappa High
School Saturday. The sign was one of two hand-painted by Knappa High School students.
plies.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Jordan Walter shows off a quilt up for auction.
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City Council President Sue Lorain will
serve the remainder of the mayor’s term
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within the next two weeks.
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he said, to go after more signatures be-
fore the deadline if some of the submit-
ted signatures are not qualified. He be-
lieves that should not be an issue.
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He said the collection of signatures
went well and they gathered “more than
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said. “We would have liked to get anoth-
er hundred or so, but I think if it goes to
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Even once the signatures are verified,
his work is not done, he said.
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added.
If Widdop does not resign, an election
must be held within 35 days of the expi-
ration of the resignation period.
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election, which is estimated at about
$6,000 to $8,000 and not previously in-
cluded in the city’s budget, Sweet said.
Already the city has spent time and mon-
ey to handle the situation, he added.
In the event Widdop is voted out of
office, City Council President Sue Lo-
rain will serve the remainder of Wid-
dop’s term — about two years — and the
council will appoint someone to fill her
vacated seat.
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will be successful and that it would be
in the city’s best interest for Widdop to
resign to avoid the city spending money
on an election.
Widdop said Monday she has made
her decision about resigning or submit-
ting a statement and that she would not
comment until she is officially notified
that the signatures are verified.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Amanda Nichols, center, shows off a small rifle up for auction.
Brown: Shipley worked
with two previous governors
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longoski — but left at the
end of the 2011 session,
Shipley has served a couple of Kitzhaber’s first during the
stints for Brown in two of her third term.
previous positions. He was
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chief of staff when Brown ORW PRUH FKDOOHQJLQJ´ .X-
was the Senate Democratic longoski said.
leader about a decade ago,
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and chief of staff for sever- assistant — the title was
al months after Brown was changed in the late 1980s
re-elected secretary of state — the chief of staff over-
in 2012.
sees the governor’s staff
He also has worked for and carries out what the
two previous governors. chief executive wants done.
After he left Brown the
Shipley has had a long
first time, he rose to be- acquaintance with Salem.
come a deputy chief of staff While still a student at Wil-
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overseeing energy and cli- 1990s, Shipley worked for
mate change policies and then Reps. Judy Uherbelau
state spending of federal of Ashland and Kitty Piercy
stimulus funds.
of Eugene.
He also was legislative
He earned his bach-
director for Kitzhaber — a elor’s degree in politics
job he also had under Ku- and environmental science
from Willamette in 1996.
He earned his law degree
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ty, and could have gone to
a top law firm. But he re-
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a legislative assistant for a
state senator.
“I made a conscious
decision to get back into
public service in that build-
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in a Willamette University
article in 2009.
He also worked for Sen-
ate President Peter Court-
ney, D-Salem.
In 2011 and 2012, after
his stint with Kitzhaber
and before he worked with
Brown during her tenure
as secretary of state, Ship-
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tal Partners, an investment
firm in Portland.