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November 2, 2016
Corrections Facility Complaint
A complaint letter was sent
to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
Tuesday calling for an external
Department of Justice investiga-
tion into the practices at a local
corrections facility.
Former employees of color at
the Larch Department of Cor-
rections in Yacolt claim they
were discriminated and retaliated
against after speaking up about
inappropriate contact between
female employees and inmates,
discriminatory hiring practices
and nepotism.
Earl Ford, the executive direc-
tor of the USDA Coalition of Mi-
nority Employees, sent the letter
to the governor following a Leg-
islative Listening Session.
Ford is also asking for the re-
moval or transfer of current Larch
Department of Corrections Su-
perintendent Lisa Oliver-Estes.
He provided names of people he
feels are suitable replacements,
but wants a nationwide search
for her replacement to occur.
Ford also insists on meeting
with Inslee and other key Clark
County legislators, demanding
a list of available dates as soon
as possible.
The
Week in Review
PSU Footballer Arrested
A Portland State University foot-
ball player faces charges in con-
nection with the robberies of three
convenience stores, the Duniway
Market in southwest Portland
and two east side Plaid Pantries.
Jonathan David Boland, 19, was
arrested last week. Investigators
are also looking for two other
suspects, Saadiq T. Calhoun and
Emma M. Ogden, both 19.
Malheur Protestors Win
Ammon Bundy and six other de-
fendants in the armed occupation
of the Malheur National Wildlife
Refuge last January were found
not guilty Thursday of all counts,
including conspiracy, theft and
possession of firearms on federal
property. Eleven co-defendants
had previously pled guilty and the
trial for seven other co-defendants
will take place early next year.
rested Monday and charged with
criminal mischief for dumping a
truckload of manure outside the
Democratic headquarters in Leba-
non, Ohio. This is the second time
this has happened at the same po-
litical office, the first took place in
2012.
Rock Sioux Kindred Protest
Hundreds of Portlanders gathered
near Lloyd Center Monday to rally
in solidarity with the protestors at
Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
The demonstrations are fighting
against the North Dakota Access
Pipeline, where sacred land and
access to water for tribes would be
destroyed.
Polls Flex as Election Nears
Just days before the Tuesday,
Nov. 8 general election, the highly
debated presidential race is see-
ing some movement in polling.
One national poll out Tuesday
St. Johns Bike Fatality
showed Democrat Hillary Clinton
Investigators have arrested a now trailing Republican Donald
driver for criminally negligent Trump, 46 percent to 45 percent.
homicide in the death of an avid
bicyclist on the St. Johns Bridge. Mystery Virus Strikes
Mitchell Todd York, 55, was Doctors in Washington are puz-
killed Saturday when he was hit zled as a ninth child was taken
by a vehicle driven by Joel Aar- to a Snohomish County hospital
on Schrantz, 42. Police said he with symptoms of acute flaccid
was driving on bald tires which myelitis, a rare virus that is said
caused him to lose control and to have already killed a 6-year-
old Bellingham, Wash. boy over
fishtail into York.
the weekend. Doctors are not sure
Party Offices Vandalized
where the virus started and how
A 47-year-old Ohio man was ar- it’s spreading.
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