EPUD bond issue
Graphic by Max DeRungs
upheld
By RON HUNT
Of ttw Errwald
The public vs private power
struggle in rural Lane County is
dragging its way through the
courts
And Pacific Power & Light is
taking its time before its next
move after Lane County Circuit
Judge James Hargreaves deci
sion last Thursday in favor of fhe
Emerald People's Utility District
Hargreaves granted EPUD s
motion for summary judgement,
in effect, dismissing PP&L's suit
against the wording and intent
of an EPUD bond issue ap
proved by Lane County voters
last spring That bond issue al
lowed bond sales of up to $72
million to help EPUD purchase
control of the rural distribution
system
Oregon law permits public
utilities to take over Investor
owned hydro-electric projects
In three difterent suits. PP&L
has attempted to block EPUD s
bond issue
Will PP&L appeal Hargreaves
decision1? Only PP&L lawyers
know — and they're not telling
The attorneys probably will
announce their decison on
Friday but could delay for an
other month, says PP&L repre
sentative Leonard Bacon
We have some time to
decide adds Glenn Gillespie
another PP&L official
Oct 26 is PP&L's last day to
appeal, according to EPUD Ad
ministrative Director Emd
Smith, who. unlike PP&L of
ficials, does not hesitate to dis
cuss Hargreaves decision
I’m absolutely delighted with
his decision This is the third
time a judge has slammed the
door (on PP&L),'' says Smith
She adds that the decision
proves that PP&L does not have
a substantive case against
EPUD
But that doesn't keep her
trom worrying about the PP&L
lawsuits If any legal action is
pending against EPUD she
says EPUD is prevented from
gleaning income (besides the
financial load of attorneys fees)
from bond sales
"If they (PP&L officials) act
true to form they will probably
appeal Knowing PP&L, I would
assume they would have a
standing order with their legal
counsel to sue. sue sue. Smith
says
'They're grasping at straws
What they can't do at the ballot
box, they'll do other ways.''
Mayor Ivey to run against Rutherford
Lane County Commissoner
Harold Rutherford announced
Monday that he will seek re
election to his four-year posi
tion
Rutherford. 50. will be
opposed by Junction City Mayor
Chuck Ivey in the May primary
election
"I'm here to tell you that I'm
ready, willing and able to do the
job, Rutherford said in a news
conference
Rutherford has served as
board chairer since January He
represents western Lane Coun
ty and lives near Junction City
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David Lunney.
Producing Director
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