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Saturday, January 23, 2016
Governor outlines
Bundy balks at FBI talks without media role for Oregon’s
next education chief
HARNEY COUNTY STANDOFF: DAY 20
By KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press
By BETSY HAMMOND
The Oregonian
BURNS — The leader of
an armed group occupying
a national wildlife refuge in
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federal agent Friday, but left
because the agent wouldn’t
talk with him in front of the
media.
The
short
meeting
occurred as the standoff over
federal land use policies
stretches to the three-week
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are putting increased pres-
sure on federal authorities to
take action against Ammon
Bundy’s group.
Bundy arrived at the
airport in Burns late Friday
morning, where the FBI has
set up a staging area. On
Thursday, Bundy went to the
airport and spoke to an FBI
negotiator over the phone.
They agreed to speak again
Friday, but Bundy left shortly
after he arrived because the
FBI agent he spoke with said
federal authorities wanted
any conversation to be
private.
Bundy wants face-to-face
conversations in front of
reporters.
“I really don’t think,
at this point, even having
another phone conversation
here without him would
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before leaving.
He also questioned the
FBI’s authority.
“If you haven’t got sanc-
tion from the sheriff, there’s
no reason to be talking to
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A crowd of reporters
AP Photo/Keith Ridler
Ammon Bundy, right, shakes hand with a federal agent guarding the gate at the
Burns Municipal Airport in Oregon on Friday.
watched the brief exchange,
while state troopers and
armed federal agents looked
on.
Bundy’s group began
occupying the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge in
eastern Oregon on Jan. 2.
The FBI did not immedi-
ately comment on Friday’s
meeting with Bundy, but
said in a statement Thursday
their “response has been
deliberate and measured as
we seek a peaceful resolu-
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On Wednesday, Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown said she
was angry because federal
authorities have not taken
action against Bundy’s group,
which began occupying the
refuge Jan 2. The Democratic
governor said the occupation
has cost Oregon taxpayers
nearly half a million dollars.
Brown sent a letter
Thursday to U.S. Attorney
General Loretta Lynch and
FBI Director James Comey,
urging them “to end the
unlawful occupation of the
Malheur National Wildlife
Refuge as safely and as
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In a statement Oregon
Sen. Jeff Merkley said it was
“long past time for this illegal
occupation to end and for the
people of Harney County to
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the employee was exposed after
breathing equipment used at the nuclear
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SeaPort postpones air
service in Washington
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A
Portland-based airline has postponed
planned air service in Washington state.
hope authorities could peace-
fully resolve the situation
and hold Bundy’s group
accountable.
At community meetings,
some local residents have
asked Bundy and his group
to leave. However Bundy has
said he believes his group’s
work is appreciated by locals.
He said the armed men have
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doing maintenance on the
refuge because “it’s in a bad
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Bundy has also asked the
FBI to let two ranchers sent
to prison for arson go back
home.
Seaport Airlines, which also services
the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport,
said Thursday that it didn’t know
when it would resume service to Port
Angeles, Seattle and Moses Lake. The
airline blamed a pilot shortage that
began last year and has affected its
entire operation.
The Peninsula Daily News said that
regularly scheduled air service from
Port Angeles to Seattle-Tacoma Airport
was set to begin March 1.
In October, the airline announced it
would begin service between the cities
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service to Port Angeles in November
2014.
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TODAY
PORTLAND — Gov.
Kate Brown wants her
new “education innovation
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schools with the expertise,
support and drive they need
to raise the state’s woeful
high school graduation rate.
That person, who has
yet to be hired, will have
the backing of the governor
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won’t manage any staffers,
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a month-old request for the
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tion. Brown announced in
early December that she
planned to add the position
to her executive staff.
Just 72 percent of
students in Oregon’s class
of 2014 earned a diploma
in four years. That was
the fourth-worst rate in
the nation and represented
no improvement from the
previous year.
The state is scheduled
to announce the new rate,
for the class of 2015, on
Thursday.
Brown has acknowl-
edged the state’s goal of
getting 100 percent of
students to graduate from
high school or earn a GED
by 2025 is far out of reach
with less than 10 years to
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track record of success.
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communities to see what
strategies work and to use
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state policies and ways of
allocating money to raise
graduation rates, partic-
ularly among students of
color, who have the lowest
success rates and represent
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state’s population.
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