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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Tuesday, March 24, 2015 School leaders say $600M funding hike isn’t enough 7KRXJK+D\HVLVJRQHDFLGL¿FDWLRQSURMHFWOLYHVRQ Corrosive ocean water prevent oysters, clams from developing shells “Our main interest is having the federal government priori- WL]HLWVLQYHVWPHQWRILWVVFLHQWL¿F expertise and research and moni- toring efforts on the West Coast, where scientists tell us ocean DFLGL¿FDWLRQ LV KLWWLQJ HDUOLHVW and hardest,” said Goldfarb, who also worked for Kitzhaber. ³:H ZLOO GH¿QLWHO\ HQG XS having someone come out from the White House Council on En- vironmental Quality,” Goldfarb VDLG DGGLQJ WKDW VWDWH RI¿FLDOV could also travel to Washington, D.C., for the meeting if it’s neces- sary to accommodate administra- tors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- EO Media Group photo West Coast governors are working to arrange a meeting with ministration. senior officials in the White House and federal agencies to In February 2013, Hayes push for more spending on research into ocean acidification, signed a contract to work on an initiative championed by former first lady Cylvia Hayes. 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LQÀXHQFHSHGGOLQJ+D\HVVLJQHG ability to the problem. private contracts worth more Goldfarb said research has The true extent of her work for than $220,000 to work on policy VKRZQ RFHDQ DFLGL¿FDWLRQ KDV D 5HVRXUFH 0HGLD LV XQFOHDU EH- issues on which she advised the greater impact on the West Coast cause Hayes said the contract ac- governor. Under one contract, than other parts of the nation, and tually continued through Dec. 31, Hayes was hired to raise aware- for that reason the federal govern- 2013. However, Hayes would not QHVVRIRFHDQDFLGL¿FDWLRQ ment should direct a greater share VD\ ZKHWKHU WKH ¿UP LQFUHDVHG Although Hayes’ dual role of its research funding to Oregon, her compensation for the extend- raises ethics and legal questions, California and Washington. The ed period of work. 7KLVVWRU\¿UVWDSSHDUHG Goldfarb said the effects of ocean three states and British Columbia LQWKH2UHJRQ&DSLWDO,QVLGHU DFLGL¿FDWLRQDUHWUXO\DSUREOHP have also signed an agreement to IRU WKH VKHOO¿VK LQGXVWU\ 6FLHQ- coordinate their own spending on QHZVOHWWHU7RVXEVFULEHJRWR RUHJRQFDSLWDOLQVLGHUFRP tists at Oregon State University research into the problem. By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — Cylvia Hayes is QRORQJHU¿UVWODG\EXWPDQ\RI the policies she pushed remain intact as top state priorities, in- FOXGLQJZRUNRQRFHDQDFLGL¿FD- tion. West Coast governors are working to arrange a meeting ZLWKVHQLRURI¿FLDOVLQWKH:KLWH House and federal agencies to push for more spending on re- search into the problem, which KDV KLW WKH UHJLRQ¶V VKHOO¿VK LQ- dustry. The world’s oceans ab- sorb an increasing amount of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, and that corrosive water can prevent oyster and clam larvae from developing shells. Congress and President Barack Obama have recently increased spending on research into the issue, and Oregon and West Coast states want a larger piece of it. The high-level meeting on RFHDQDFLGL¿FDWLRQUHVHDUFKZDV supposed to occur this spring, but might not happen until later this year. Gabriela Goldfarb, natural resources policy adviser to Gov. Kate Brown, said she was con- ¿GHQWWKHPHHWLQJZLOOVWLOOWDNH place despite the departure of Hayes, who made ocean health By PETER WONG Capital Bureau SALEM — The political tug-of-war over the state school fund is about to intensify. Legislative leaders want to put up $7.235 ELOOLRQ ² WKH ¿JXUH LQFOXGHG LQ D -DQ framework proposed by the Legislature’s chief budget writers — for votes of the House and Senate within the next month. Coupled with $134 million more in property taxes projected by the Legislature’s tax experts, and other factors, leaders say Oregon’s 197 VFKRROGLVWULFWVZLOOVHHDVLJQL¿FDQWLQFUHDVH from 2013-14. That message came from House Speak- HU 7LQD .RWHN '3RUWODQG DQG 5HS 3HWHU Buckley, D-Ashland, House co-chairman of the Legislature’s joint budget committee. 7KHSURSRVHG¿JXUHLVPRUHWKDQWKH billion included in the budget that then-Gov. -RKQ.LW]KDEHUVXEPLWWHGWRODZPDNHUVEDFN RQ'HF/DZPDNHUVUDLVHGWKDW¿JXUHE\ scaling back the $800 million Kitzhaber pro- posed on targeted education priorities, as well as reducing other proposed state spending. They even reduced the amount Kitzhaber budgeted to continue current tax credits by about $65 million, leaving just $14 million for the revenue committees to use in deciding extensions of tax breaks that otherwise will expire at the end of this year. But the upbeat assessment by legislative leaders is at odds with the views of school ad- ministrators and teachers, a parade of whom WHVWL¿HG WR D EXGJHW VXEFRPPLWWHH WKDW WKH ELOOLRQ¿JXUHZLOOWULJJHUFXWVLQVWDII and school days. They want $7.5 billion at a minimum, and some are advocating $7.85 billion, although few of them have proposed VSHFL¿FV DERXW KRZ ODZPDNHUV FRXOG UHDFK that amount without further cuts in human services and public safety programs. Usually lawmakers have waited until the May economic and revenue forecast before WKH\ PDNH ¿QDO GHFLVLRQV DERXW WKH EXGJHW EHIRUHWKHVWDUWRIWKHQHZF\FOH-XO\%H- cause the most recent forecast projects that Oregon will have to return $350 million in a “kicker” to taxpayers next year — in the form of a credit against their taxes — lawmakers say they are hard-pressed to promise more to schools right now. If the May 14 forecast does not project a “kicker,” Buckley says lawmak- ers may be able to add to the $7.235 billion in a supplemental end-of-session bill. BRIEFLY 6HQDWHWRYRWHRQWD[ EUHDNIRU,QWHUQHW FRPSDQLHV bills for telecommunications companies. The decision threatened the growth of data centers, primarily in central and eastern Oregon. SALEM (AP) — The Oregon Senate is nearing a ¿QDOYRWHRQDELOOJLYLQJWD[ breaks to Internet providers and companies that own data centers. The bill’s sponsor, Democratic Sen. Mark Hass of Beaverton, says the Senate will vote Tuesday on the measure, sending it to Gov. Kate Brown. Hass says the Legislature will follow up later with a new bill WR¿[SURYLVLRQVWKDWGLVSOHDVHG Google. The company says it won’t bring Google Fiber high-speed Internet to Portland without the changes. The bill is a response to an Oregon Supreme Court decision last year that led to substantial increases in the property tax 7HHQDJHUVHQWHQFHG WR\HDUVIRUUDSH EUGENE (AP) — A teenag- er who raped a woman during a supervised group outing to a Uni- versity of Oregon football game was sentenced Monday to more than 14 years in prison. -DLPH7LQRFRDQGRWK- er young offenders went on the ¿HOGWULSWR$XW]HQ6WDGLXPODVW September with the Washington &RXQW\ -XYHQLOH 'HSDUWPHQW Authorities say he slipped away from the group and attacked the woman. Tinoco, who was tried as an adult, grinned Monday as his 39-year-old victim described how she was repeatedly punched in the face while being raped near the stadium. /DQH &RXQW\ -XGJH 'HEUD Vogt asked Tinoco why he was smiling as the victim — whose face required reconstructive sur- gery — recounted the attack. “I don’t know,” Tinoco said. “I don’t either,” Vogt said. The judge said it was concern- ing that Tinoco apparently gets SOHDVXUHIURPLQÀLFWLQJSDLQ6KH called the teen a dangerous man. ,GHQWLW\UHOHDVHGRI PDQNLOOHGLQ0RXQW +RRGH[SORVLRQ 3257/$1'$3²7KH state Medical Examiner’s 2I¿FHKDVUXOHGWKDWWKHPDQ killed last week in an explosion along a busy highway leading to Mount Hood east of Portland committed suicide. The Mount Hood National Forest, where the blast occurred, said Monday that the Medical ([DPLQHU¶V2I¿FHLGHQWL¿HG WKHPDQDV\HDUROG-HIIUH\ 5RJHU:LOOLDPVRI3RUWODQG7KH cause of death was injuries from the blast. Investigators have said the explosion left a crater 11 feet wide alongside U.S. Highway 26 and was believed to have been produced by chemicals available on the Internet to make exploding targets. National Forest spokeswoman Laura Pramuk says among the items found ZHUHIUDJPHQWVRID¿UHDUP Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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