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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Saturday, March 19, 2016 .LW]KDEHUFRQ¿GHQW he will be exonerated Oregon’s top utility regulator withdraws for reappointment By JEFF MAPES Oregon Public Broadcasting Thirteen months after he resigned the Oregon gover- norship, John Kitzhaber is going public again. Kitzhaber said he will launch a Facebook page that he says will give him an opportunity to talk about public issues. ,Q KLV ¿UVW H[WHQVLYH interview after his resigna- tion, Kitzhaber told Oregon Public Broadcasting that he stayed quiet for more than a year while federal investiga- tors probed allegations that ¿DQFpH &\OYLD +D\HV XVHG KHU SRVLWLRQ DV ¿UVW ODG\ WR win consulting work. But he said he hasn’t been interviewed by federal agents and that it’s time to get on with his life. “It’s been a tough year, it’s been a painful year. I’ve obvi- ously struggled with a feeling that I let down people who elected me and certainly was not my intention,” Kitzhaber said in an interview Thursday afternoon in a downtown Port- land coffee shop. “But I think the biggest lesson for me over the last year is that I’m just not going to let adversity dampen my commitment to these ideas that have motivated me for so long.” Kitzhaber, who turned 69 this month, said he won’t UXQ IRU RI¿FH DJDLQ %XW the ex-governor said he is looking for work. “Obviously, you know, I am looking for a way to contribute,” he said. “I’m DOVR WU\LQJ WR ¿JXUH RXW what my career path from a ¿QDQFLDO VWDQGSRLQW LV JRLQJ to be. And as I said, I do think that will involve some consulting. And if you’re going to do some consulting, people need to know you’re alive and well.” Kitzhaber refused to comment on the allegations against Hayes and on whether he thought she would be exonerated. He noted that they each have separate defense attorneys. Kitzhaber also said he was not ready to talk about the VSHFL¿FV RI WKH LQYHVWLJDWLRQ against him, but he did repeat- edly say he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing. John Kitzhaber EO Media Group photo by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Sea Lions and harbor seals dive off the docks of the East End Mooring Basin after crews from the Port of Astoria inflated air dancers. ³, UHPDLQ FRQ¿GHQW WKDW when the truth is told and the investigation complete, I will be exonerated,” he said. “I DPYHU\FRQ¿GHQWRIWKDW´ In the months before his resignation, the Oregon Government Ethics Commis- sion had launched an investi- gation into the pair, as did the VWDWHDWWRUQH\JHQHUDO¶VRI¿FH But both probes have been on hold while the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice inves- tigate Kitzhaber and Hayes. Kitzhaber said he and Hayes are still engaged but haven’t set a date.”We’re obviously hoping to get past, obviously, the inves- tigation,” he said. The former governor said KH FRQWLQXHV WR KDYH ¿UP views about issues ranging from health care to tax policy. He said he was troubled by a proposed ballot measure that would raise Oregon corporate taxes by $2.6 billion a year. Kitzhaber said he agreed the state needed more revenue but said the union- backed initiative failed to reform what he regards as a broken system of paying for schools. And he also said it would cause a bitter rift between business and organized labor that would poison the state’s politics. Kitzhaber offered only brief commentary about his successor, former Secretary of State Kate Brown. Her comments about Kitzhaber’s state of mind in his last days RIRI¿FHZHUHZLGHO\VHHQDV contributing to pressure for him to resign. “I think she’s obviously had a steep learning curve,” he said, “and I’m certainly not going to comment on her job performance.” ,QÀDWDEOHVFDUHVIRUVHDOLRQV $6725,$ ² ,QÀDWDEOH DLU GDQFHUV staples of used car lots and mattress stores nationwide, were given new a purpose along the docks of the East End Mooring Basin. The Port of Astoria used a handful of the nylon, tube-shaped dancers to scare sea lions and harbor seals off the dock Thursday morning. It’s the latest effort by the agency to rid its docks of hundreds — sometimes thou- sands — of lounging, federally protected sea lions drawn into the Columbia River to IRUDJH¿VKUXQV7KHODUJHPDULQHPDPPDOV have attracted thousands of tourists, while is inhumane, and a plain violation of the court’s order,” said La Rond Baker, SEATTLE — Lawyers a staff attorney with the representing mentally American Civil Liberties ill defendants waiting Union, Washington. “It extended periods of time is an unsafe practice that for competency services are is further evidence of this asking a federal judge for a state’s continued disregard restraining order to stop the of its legal obligations.” U.S. District Judge state of Washington from sending these people to a Marsha Pechman issued renovated jail instead of a a permanent injunction in April that said the state was psychiatric hospital. When the state Depart- violating the constitutional ment of Social and Health rights of its most vulnerable Services failed to meet a citizens by forcing them judge’s deadline to provide to wait in jails for weeks competency services, it or months for competency proposed a plan to send the evaluations or for treatment defendants to the Yakima to have their competency Competency Restoration restored. Pechman gave the state Center. But lawyers for the GHIHQGDQWV ¿OHG D PRWLRQ XQWLO -DQ WR ¿[ WKH SURE- late Thursday saying the lems at state psychiatric center is inappropriate and hospitals and start providing services within seven days unsafe. “The use of jails to treat of a judge’s order. But the state agency people with mental illness By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHQRRQ7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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DSHS pursued this course of action even though its own expert found that jail-based resto- ration was not appropriate for Washington state.” The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Legal Advertising:$PDQGD-DFREV DMDFREV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Single copy price: 7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\6DWXUGD\ Forecast Partly sunny failed to meet the deadline and asked for more time. One solution they proposed was the Yakima center. But in a motion for a temporary restraining order ¿OHG ODWH 7KXUVGD\ WKH lawyers for the defendants said that center would cause irreparable harm. They said a court-ap- pointed monitor and others have expressed serious concerns about a jail-based restoration program, including that it’s staffed ZLWKFRUUHFWLRQVRI¿FHUVDQG KDV QRW EHHQ UHWUR¿WWHG WR address safety concerns. Now that the facility is operating, these concerns are critical, the lawyers ClassiÀed Advertising: FODVVL¿HGV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group SUNDAY causing substantial damage to the Port’s docks, losing the agency moorages and creating a palpable animosity with the ¿VKLQJFRPPXQLW\EHFDXVHRIWKHLUSUHGD- tion on endangered salmon runs. As the colorful cartoonish creatures ¿OOHGZLWKDLUVHDOLRQVDQGKDUERUVHDOVLQ the immediate vicinity quickly took to the water while other sea lions, just one dock over, stayed put. Nobody expects the air dancers to be a permanent solution, said Executive Director Jim Knight, but they will help the Port understand the sea lion’s behavior. Lawyers say renovated jail no place for mentally ill Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 TODAY PORTLAND — Oregon’s top utility regu- lator, Susan Ackerman, has withdrawn her application to Gov. Kate Brown for reappointment. 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