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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, November 12, 2015 Oregon AG says investigators targeted Black Lives Matter PORTLAND (AP) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum says one of her investigators has been put on paid leave after she learned he had searched for social media hashtags XVHGE\WKH%ODFN/LYHV0DWWHUPRYH- ment as part of a threat-assessment SURJUDP Rosenblum said Tuesday she was ³VKRFNHG DQG DSSDOOHG´ ZKHQ VKH learned of the allegations, The Orego- nianUHSRUWV+HUFRPPHQWVLQFOXGLQJ the promise of an independent inves- tigation, came after a letter from the Urban League of Portland accused the Department of Justice of digital surveillance of people involved in the UDFLDOMXVWLFHPRYHPHQW The Urban League’s director, 1NHQJH +DUPRQ -RKQVRQ DFFXVHG the department of targeting those who XVHG WKH SKUDVH ³%ODFN /LYHV 0DWWHU´ RQ VRFLDO PHGLD 6KH ZURWH WKDW WKH surveillance snared her husband Erious Johnson — the director of the depart- PHQW¶V FLYLO ULJKWV GLYLVLRQ 7KH OHWWHU ZDV VLJQHG E\ 2UHJRQ ODERU RI¿FLDOV and civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of 2UHJRQ “We are concerned that such unwarranted investigations are racially motivated, and create a chilling effect on social justice advocates, political activists and others who wish to engage in discourse about the issues of our WLPH´+DUPRQ-RKQVRQZURWH ,QDQLQWHUYLHZZLWKThe Oregonian, 5RVHQEOXP FRQ¿UPHG WKDW DQ LQYHV- tigator in the department’s criminal justice division used an online search WRROWRORRNXSVRFLDOPHGLDKDVKWDJV LQFOXGLQJ WKH RQH XVHG E\ WKH %ODFN Lives Matter movement, as part of BRIEFLY Two ex-counseling Stomach illness center workers sue spreading in U. of Oregon Klamath County Rising rent pushing out artists that made Portland cool to urban cores, they’re competing for a limited QXPEHU RI UHQWDOV +RXVLQJ construction is still lagging behind pre-recession levels, GDWDVKRZ ,QFRPHV DOVR KDYH UHPDLQHG ÀDW VR SHRSOH DW the bottom income rungs ² WKH ZRUNLQJ SRRU WKH disabled and the under- employed, such as artists and freelancers — are hit KDUGHVW ,Q %URRNO\Q 1HZ <RUN huge demand for housing and the arrival of wealthier AP Photo/Don Ryan residents have forced out Steven and Nola Olsen pose in front of their young people, including apartment building with their children, Aubrielle, left, the artists and hipsters who 1, and Marcus, 3, in Portland. revitalized the neighborhood YDOXHV +H QRZ ZRUNV IXOO 8QOLNH SUHYLRXV JHQHU- LQUHFHQWGHFDGHV Portland’s vacancy rate time doing medical billing ations, today’s college DQG KLV ZLIH ZRUNV SDUW graduates under 40 — the — about 3 percent — is one time at Goodwill, but a nation’s largest demographic RIWKHORZHVWLQWKHFRXQWU\ recent $200 rent increase is — are moving in droves 7KHKRWPDUNHWKDVOHGVRPH IRUFLQJ WKHP WR PRYH EDFN WR QHLJKERUKRRGV LQ 6DQ rents to double or triple, even WR0LVVRXUL )UDQFLVFR 6HDWWOH RU 1HZ in areas once considered less ³, GRQ¶W UHDOO\ ZDQW WR <RUN 3RUWODQG HFRQRPLVW desirable, said Justin Buri of Portland-based Community OLYH LQ 0LVVRXUL EXW , DOVR -RH&RUWULJKWVDLG ZDQW WR EH DEOH WR HDW´ KH Companies are also $OOLDQFHRI7HQDQWV Entire apartment VDLG increasingly setting up in or ([SHUWV VD\ WKHUH¶V D near city centers, offering FRPSOH[HV DUH FOHDUHG RXW QDWLRQDO³VKRUWDJHRIFLWLHV´ well-paid jobs to those grad- the evictions followed by new owners renovating and DVSHRSOHVHHNRXWKLSXUEDQ XDWHV&RUWULJKWVDLG OLIHVW\OHV As more people move LQFUHDVLQJUHQWV By GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press PORTLAND — Port- land has been a magnet for young, creative adults for RYHU D GHFDGH EHFNRQLQJ GURYHV ZLWK LWV TXLUNLQHVV liberal appeal and quality of OLIH%XWWKHFLW\¶VSRSXODULW\ has had another effect: 7KRVH ZKR KHOSHG PDNH LW cool can’t afford to live here DQ\PRUH (YLFWLRQV DQG VN\URFN- eting rents are putting apart- ments out of reach for many, HVSHFLDOO\ WKRVH ZRUNLQJ part-time, low-wage or DUWLVWLFMREV,W¶VHYHQKDUGHU WRDIIRUGDKRXVH 6RPH 3RUWODQGHUV DUH QRZ ORRNLQJ IRU EHWWHU SD\LQJ ZRUN 6RPH DUH JLYLQJXSDQGOHDYLQJ ³,W XVHG WR EH \RX FRXOG live in Portland on a part- time job, pay your rent, pay your bills and be pretty FRPIRUWDEOH´ VDLG 6WHYHQ Olsen, 31, who moved to Portland from Missouri QHDUO\DGHFDGHDJR Olsen had hoped to raise his two children in Portland because of its progressive Corrections The East OregonianZRUNVKDUGWREHDFFXUDWHDQGVLQFHUHO\UHJUHWVDQ\HUURUV,I\RXQRWLFHDPLVWDNHLQWKHSD- SHUSOHDVHFDOO Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. 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MEDFORD (AP) — An Oregon inmate has pleaded guilty to his role in a VH[IRUFRQWUDEDQGVFKHPH LQ-DFNVRQ&RXQW\MDLO The Mail Tribune reports that 27-year-old William Tye 0LGGOHNDXIIZDVVHQWHQFHG 0RQGD\WR¿YHPRQWKVLQ prison, which will overlap with his current 15-month VHQWHQFHIRUÀHHLQJWKH VFHQHRIDFDUDFFLGHQW 0LGGOHNDXIISOHDGHG guilty to obtaining and possessing a cellphone, which is not allowed inside the MDLO&KDUJHVRISURPRWLQJ prostitution and possessing WREDFFRZHUHGLVPLVVHG -DFNVRQ&RXQW\'LVWULFW $WWRUQH\¶V2I¿FHVD\V 0LGGOHNDXIIZDVSURVHFXWHG because he acted as a middleman by setting up WKHVH[IRUFRQWUDEDQG H[FKDQJHV A manager for the food VHUYLFHFRQWUDFWRU$UDPDUN Buddy Gene Arnett, pleaded guilty on Friday to providing FRQWUDEDQGDQGKDYLQJVH[ ZLWKPDOHLQPDWHV He was sentenced to three years of supervised SUREDWLRQ NEWS To submit news tips and press releases:FDOO ID[HPDLOQHZV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Legal Advertising:$PDQGD-DFREV DMDFREV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Copyright © 2015, EO Media Group Inmate, contractor sentenced in sex- for-contraband ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson MSHUNLQVRQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP ClassiÀed Advertising: FODVVL¿HGV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Single copy price: 7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\6DWXUGD\ ./$0$7+)$//6 $3²+HDOWKRI¿FLDOVVD\ a stomach illness spreading through Klamath County schools has now affected more than 100 students and VWDIIPHPEHUV The county Health Department says children in public and private schools KDYHEHHQVLFNHQHGDQG those infected have spread the illness outside schools by DWWHQGLQJSXEOLFHYHQWV The agency believes norovirus is the illness; it’s the most common gastrointestinal infection GXULQJZLQWHUPRQWKV Those infected get a sudden onset of symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps, and are JHQHUDOO\VLFNIRUDIHZGD\V The department urges WKRVHZKRDUHVLFNWRVWD\ home, and for everyone to IUHTXHQWO\ZDVKWKHLUKDQGV EUGENE (AP) — Two former University of Oregon counseling center employees say they were shunned, criticized and threatened with dismissal at the UO after they blew the whistle on superiors who had seized a student’s therapy records, a civil ODZVXLW¿OHGWKLVZHHNLQ86 'LVWULFW&RXUWDOOHJHV -HQQLIHU0RUORNWKHQD senior therapist, and Karen 6WRNHVWKHQDQH[HFXWLYH assistant, said in recent interviews that they decided to sue out of frustration after new UO President Michael 6FKLOOVDLGSXEOLFO\WKDWQR UO employee did anything wrong with regard to the VWXGHQW The 18-year-old student, NQRZQSXEOLFO\RQO\DV-DQH Doe, sought counseling in DIWHUDVH[XDOHQFRXQWHU ZLWKWKUHH82EDVNHWEDOO SOD\HUV7KHVWXGHQWVDLG VKHZDVUDSHGE\WKHPHQ The players said it was FRQVHQVXDO The lawsuit by 0RUORNDQG6WRNHVVHHNV compensation for lost income, ORVWEHQH¿WVORVWVHQLRULW\DQG HPRWLRQDOGLVWUHVV,WGRHVQ¶W VSHFLI\DVXP The pair hired Portland attorney Beth Creighton, who specializes in employment and civil rights matters, to UHSUHVHQWWKHP Creighton has represented FOLHQWVLQKLJKSUR¿OHFDVHV such as that of Hong Kong spiritual leader Kwai Fun Wong, who was detained and repeatedly strip searched in Multnomah County jails; of Oregon Liquor Control Commission warehouse ZRUNHU*HQH6XPPHU¿HOG ZKRDOOHJHGZRUNSODFH discrimination; and of a trial assistant who sued the Deschutes County District $WWRUQH\¶V2I¿FH The university is doing its EHVW82VSRNHVPDQ7RELQ Klinger said in a prepared VWDWHPHQW7XHVGD\ “We believe the university KDVZRUNHGGLOLJHQWO\DQG in good faith to balance the FRPSOH[GHPDQGVRIVWXGHQW privacy, employee rights DQGIRVWHULQJDZRUNSODFH that values trust and ethical FRQGXFW´ WKUHDWDVVHVVPHQWZRUN 6KHGHFOLQHGWRLGHQWLI\WKHLQYHVWL- JDWRUDQGVDLG³WKHUHPD\EHRWKHUV´ 6KH VDLG VKH KDV KLUHG D VSHFLDO LQYHVWLJDWRU WR H[DPLQH WKH GDWD collection by the Justice Department’s &ULPLQDO-XVWLFH'LYLVLRQ ³,QHHGWRJHWWRWKHERWWRPRIWKLV´ 5RVHQEOXPVDLG Rosenberg told the paper she learned DERXWWKHDOOHJDWLRQVWZRZHHNVDJR Rosenblum said the criminal justice WHDP¶V RYHUDOO ZRUN RQ WKUHDW DVVHVV- PHQWZDVD³OHJLWLPDWHDUHD´ ³7KH\ ZHUH ORRNLQJ IRU DQWLSROLFH sentiments — potential threats to SROLFH´VKHVDLG 0DWGRV6DQWRVOHJDOGLUHFWRUIRUWKH ACLU in Oregon, urged Rosenblum WRUHYHDOWKH³IXOOH[WHQWRIWKHVWDWH¶V involvement in this illegal and racially EDVHGVXUYHLOODQFH´ Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Strong winds with locally damaging gusts will usher much cooler air over the Midwest today. 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