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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2016
Former Ducks football Foes, fans of corporate
tax measure raise millions
coach bumped as top
public pension recipient
Associated Press
Neurosurgeon
now tops list
Associated Press
EUGENE — A former
neurosurgeon has replaced
former University of Oregon
football coach Mike Bellotti
as the state’s top public pen-
sion recipient.
Dr. Johnny Delashaw
receives an annual bene-
fi t of $663,354 a year —
$55,279.53 a month — from
the Oregon Public Employee
Retirement System, the agen-
cy’s latest data show. That’s 24
percent higher than Bellotti’s
annual benefi t of $536,995,
The Register-Guard reported.
Delashaw was a neuro-
surgeon at Portland’s Oregon
Health and Science Univer-
sity for 20 years. Known for
expertise in skull base, pitu-
itary and cerebrovascular sur-
gery, he began to claim his
PERS pension last September.
He now works for the Swed-
ish Neuroscience Institute,
part of Seattle’s largest hospi-
tal chain, the Swedish Medi-
cal Center.
Bellotti had been Oregon’s
top PERS benefi ciary since
the retirement
agency started
releasing data
in late 2011,
following a
lawsuit
by
two Oregon
newspapers Dr. Johnny
to make the Delashaw
information
public.
Delashaw’s Oregon pen-
sion is calculated primarily on
his fi nal salary, $1.8 million,
and years of service to the state.
His annual pension is equal to
37 percent of his fi nal annual
salary, well below the PERS
average of roughly 75 percent.
The pension is funded by
the public agencies — schools,
local governments or state
agencies — for whom the
recipient worked. Oregon’s
schools and state and local gov-
ernments are bracing for large
hikes in their mandatory con-
tributions to the PERS system
after anemic investment returns
and the Oregon Supreme Court
tossing out some cost-curbing
changes last year.
Last week, the PERS actu-
ary released calculations that
show Oregon public agencies
will have to take on an extra
$885 million in pension costs
SALEM — Millions of
dollars have been raised by
the two groups campaigning
on opposite sides of a Novem-
ber ballot measure that would
increase corporate taxes.
Measure 97 would cre-
ate a 2.5 percent tax on sales
exceeding $25 million for
some corporations. Last week
Gov. Kate Brown endorsed
the measure, which would be
the largest tax hike on corpo-
rations in Oregon history.
The Statesman Journal
reported that Our Oregon, the
group supporting the tax, has
raised $1.5 million so far. The
money is from just two dona-
tions of $750,000 each by
the Oregon Education Asso-
ciation and SEIU Local 503,
the state’s largest public sec-
tor unions.
The
business-backed
Defeat the Tax on Oregon
Sales is campaigning against
Measure 97, and has raised
Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
Former Oregon football
coach and current ESPN
commentator Mike Bellot-
ti took part in his seventh
‘Ducks at the Beach’ tour-
nament this summer.
in the 2017-19 biennium, a 44
percent increase.
The top PERS benefi cia-
ries are outliers, although the
number of retirees collect-
ing six-fi gure annual pensions
has risen to 1,586 people,
almost double the 837 pen-
sions above that threshold in
late 2011. The average annual
system-wide annual benefi t is
$29,721 a year; the median is
$23,500 annually.
WEDNESDAY
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Associated Press
SATURDAY
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56
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nue Offi ce found the measure
would raise $3 billion a year,
but act as a regressive tax by
increasing prices. The higher
prices amount to an aver-
age per capita tax increase of
$600 a year, mostly affecting
low- and middle-income Ore-
gonians, the report showed.
The report also found that
Measure 97 would slow pri-
vate sector job growth while
boosting public hiring.
The extra funds that would
be generated by the measure
are broadly earmarked for
education, health care and
senior services, although it
doesn’t say how the money
should be spent in those
areas. However the Legis-
lature could spend the new
funds anyway it pleased.
Brown, a Democrat who’s
running to keep her guber-
natorial seat in Novem-
ber, addressed this issue in
her endorsement, saying she
“will make sure” the funds
are spent as voters expect.
Elections director resigned
amid workplace investigation
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
more than $5 million from
nearly 800 donations. Most
contributions are from corpo-
rations or their executives.
The campaigns are likely
to spend heavily on tele-
vision, radio and digital
advertising.
Supporters of the measure
say it would reignite invest-
ment in public schools, health
care and senior services, all
while allowing the state to
tackle its other fi nancial prob-
lems. Opponents say it would
hurt businesses and curb pri-
vate sector growth.
Other offi cials have said
Measure 97 could help avert
a looming $1.4 billion budget
defi cit. The potential defi cit
is being driven by the cost of
implementing the Affordable
Care Act — also known as
Obamacare — public pension
costs and a higher demand for
state services, among other
reasons, offi cials said.
A report from the non-
partisan Legislative Reve-
Mostly cloudy
PORTLAND — Records
show that Oregon’s top elec-
tions offi cer was facing two
investigations into inappropri-
ate comments about female
employees before his abrupt
July resignation.
Documents obtained by
The Oregonian through a pub-
lic records request show that
the latest investigation was
completed just a week before
the Secretary of State’s Offi ce
announced the resignation of
Elections Division Director Jim
Williams on July 20.
The documents say a tempo-
rary employee complained that
she was fi red earlier because she
declined Williams’ invitation to
go out for drinks. The employee
also described Williams mak-
ing inappropriate remarks about
other female workers.
Williams could not be
reached for comment Monday.
He denied the allegations to
staff at the Secretary of State’s
Offi ce, but texted the deputy
secretary on July 18 saying he
was ready to resign.
Property tax appeal board seeks volunteers
The Daily Astorian
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Tillamook
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Salem
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Newport
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Sunset tonight ........................... 8:34 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 6:09 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 1:09 p.m.
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Menacing
• At 3:09 p.m. Sunday, Astoria Police
arrested Joseph C. McCoy, 31, of Astoria, for
menacing after he reportedly swung at some-
one’s car with a golf club.
DUII arrest
• At 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Astoria Police
arrested Casey J. Tresler, 23, of Astoria, for
driving under the infl uence of intoxicants
after she crashed into a ditch on Williamsport
Road.
• At 11:57 p.m. Sunday, Clatsop County
Sheriff’s Offi ce arrested Michael J. Durban,
25, of Astoria, for DUII on West Marine Drive.
DEATH
LOTTERIES
Aug. 5, 2016
MERRELL, Pixie, 59, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary & Crematory in Astoria is in charge of the arrange-
ments. Visit www.hughes-ransom.com to share memories and
sign the guest book.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Cannon Beach City Council,
5:30 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Warrenton City Commission, 6
p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
Warrenton-Hammond School
Board, 7 p.m., Warrenton High
School library, 1700 S.E. Main
Ave.
Lewis & Clark Fire Depart-
ment Board, 7 p.m., main fi re
station, 34571 Highway 101
Business.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Astoria School Board, 6:15
p.m., work session, 7:30 p.m.,
regular meeting, Capt. Robert
Gray School third-fl oor board-
room, 785 Alameda Ave.
Wickiup Water District Board,
6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar-
ket Road, Svensen.
OREGON
Monday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 6-4-4-8
4 p.m.: 7-1-7-2
7 p.m.: 8-3-4-8
10 p.m.: 8-4-5-9
Monday’s Megabucks: 14-20-
21-25-29-48
Estimated jackpot: $8.5 million
WASHINGTON
Monday’s Daily Game: 0-7-9
Monday’s Hit 5: 02-07-09-
33-39
Estimated jackpot: $220,000
Monday’s Keno: 03-04-06-13-
20-23-26-32-43-51-54-57-58-
59-60-63-65-66-73-76
Monday’s Lotto: 04-14-15-
22-28-47
Estimated jackpot: $3.9 million
Monday’s Match 4: 05-12-
15-24
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First
The Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners is seeking
applicants interested in serv-
ing on the c ounty Board of
Property Tax Appeals for the
2016-17 term.
The board hears petitions
from taxpayers seeking to
decrease their real market or
assessed property values, and
considers requests to excuse
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Astoria through Monday.
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Normal high/low ........................... 69°/54°
Record high ............................ 92° in 1939
Record low ............................. 45° in 1988
penalties or late fi lings of real
or personal property returns,
according to the county.
Applicants must be Clat-
sop County residents, but
cannot be employees of the
county or of any county tax
district.
The board holds several
daytime meetings beginning
the fi rst Monday in February
to hear petitions. The board
adjourns no later than April
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