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TV Producer Guilty in
Letterman Extortion
A television
p ro d u c e r
pleadedguilty
T u esd ay to
try in g
to
shake dow n
D a v i d
Letterman in
an extortion
attempt. Rob­
ert “Joe" Halderman, 52, was ac­
cused of demanding $2 million to
keep quiet about the late-night
comic's workplace love life.
Cop Slows Runaway Prius
A California Highway Patrol officer
helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius
from 94 miles per hour to a safe stop
on Monday after the car's accelera­
tor became stuck on a San Diego
County freeway, a highway patrol
spokesperson said.
Week m
The Review
Wheeler Fills Post
State Treasurer Dies
O regon S tate T re a su re r Ben
Weslund died Sunday after a long
battle with Can- BPg»
cer. Weslund, 60,
was sworn into
statewide office
a little more than
a year ago after
serving 12 years
in the L egisla­
ture from Bend, first as a Republi­
can, then an independent and fi­
nally as a Dem ocrat.
March IO, 2010
County Commissioner Jeff Cogen
School Board Votes for High
School Redesign
By a 5-2 vote, the Portland
School b o ard voted
Monday on a resolution
paving the way for a plan
that would redesign the
district’s high schools
w ith n e ig h b o rh o o d -
based community high
schools and district wide
focus schools.
west, seismological measurements
indicate. The fifth most powerful
quake ever measured shifted other
parts of South America as well.
Palin Crossed
Border for
Canada’s
Healthcare
Multnomah County
C h airm an
Ted
Wheeler accepted an
F o rm er A laska
offer to fill the state
Gov.
Sarah Palin--
T reasu rer position
who has gone to
left vacant by the late
great lengths to
Ben Weslund, Gov.
hype the supposed
Ted K u lo n g o sk i’s
dangers o f a big
o ffice an n o u n ced
Quake Moves
government take­
Tuesday. Among those lining up to Chile City 10 Feet
run for W heeler’s county chair post The massive 8.8 magnitude earth­ over of American health care - ad­
are former State Sen. Margaret quake that struck Chile more than a mitted over the weekend that she
Carter, former U.S. Senate candi­ w eek ago m oved the city o f used to get her treatment by cross­
date Steve Novick and Multnomah Concepción at least 10 feet to the ing the border into Canada's single­
payer system.
ÜHtMiR
Water
Shut Offs
Targeted
2010
special edition
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The Portland Water Bureau
announced Monday that it will
begin authorizing water shut­
offs on delinquent multi-family
account owners.
For many years, the bureau
maintained a policy that ex­
empted multi-family accounts
from shut-off due to the im­
pact on unknowing tenants.
Unfortunately, a number of
landlords have capitalized on
this policy by charging their
tenants for water and keeping
the proceeds for themselves
rather than paying their water
bills, officials said. As a result,
the Water Bureau will be tak­
ing action to make certain this
trend does not continue.
The bureau will institute a
notification system to ensure
that tenants and landlords are
made aware of any pending
shut off, giving both parties a
chance to take action.
"E veryone
who
uses
Portland's water infrastructure
is responsible to pay their fair
share, and this initiative will
help ensure that multi-family
landlords are no exception," said
Water Bureau Administrator
David Shaff.
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