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PENDLETON
Three Oregon lawmakers avoid
ethics complaint over wolf bill
PORTLAND (AP) —
Three Oregon lawmakers
have avoided a possible state
investigation into whether
they knowingly misled their
colleagues earlier this year
in Salem about the intent
of House Bill 4040, the
controversial so-called wolf
delisting bill.
The discord stems from
the Oregon Fish and Wildlife
Commission’s November
delisting of the gray wolf as
endangered and the Legisla-
ture’s subsequent creation of
HB 4040 to block wildlife
advocates’ lawsuit against
the state. The lawsuit, which
asks for a judicial review of
the delisting decision, was
reinstated this week after
being dismissed in April on
grounds of mootness by HB
4040.
State Reps. Sal Esquivel,
Greg Barreto and Brad Witt
initially told their House
colleagues in February that
the bill — which upholds the
delisting decision into state
law — would not, nor was it
intended to, impact any liti-
gation or request for review.
The discussion changed
when the bill advanced
to the Senate, where
lawmakers openly debated
their potential meddling in
legal matters.
The case was dismissed
on grounds of mootness by
HB 4040 in April — but was
reinstated on Tuesday —
and Eugene-based plaintiff
Cascadia Wildlands iled
complaints the next month
with the Oregon Govern-
ment Ethics Commission
against the three lawmakers
for their statements. The
group says they broke a state
ethics law banning lobbyists
and public oficials from
knowingly making false or
misleading statements to
other public oficials.
The law falls under
the ethics commission’s
jurisdiction, except when it
comes to lawmakers, who
can only be held account-
able by other lawmakers,
according
to
records
obtained by The Associated
Press. This special exclusion
for state legislators is found
in the Oregon Constitution,
which says felonies, treason
and breaches of peace are
the only exceptions.
On July 1 the complaints
were dismissed without
review of the allegations’
merits, Ron Bersin, the
commission’s
executive
director, told AP.
“Apparently the Oregon
Committee looks
at putting housing
study into action
Constitution permits legis-
lators to lie with impunity
to their colleagues and the
public in order to pass legis-
lation,” Nick Cady, attorney
for Cascadia Wildlands, told
AP. “Hopefully, Oregon will
take action to correct this
state of dysfunction in our
Legislature.”
Witt, a Democrat, did
not respond for comment,
although he’s previously
denied any wrongdoing.
Republicans
Esquivel
and Barreto issued a joint
statement to AP, calling
the complaints an “atten-
tion-seeking stunt, and one
that has no place in our
political process. We are
pleased that these frivolous
complaints
have
been
promptly dismissed and that
this matter has been put to
rest.”
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
With the meat of a Pend-
leton housing study already
completed, the committee
tasked with putting it
together wrapped up its
duties by reviewing how the
city would take action on the
study’s recommendations.
“It shows a need for
housing at both the entry
level, the mid level and the
higher income level,” said
John Turner, mayor-elect
and the chairman of the
committee. “It shows a
need for sale units as well
as rental units. The task for
us over the next few years
is how we’re going to make
that happen.”
To build this kind of
housing, the study made a
number of recommenda-
tions, including:
• Starting discussions
with large employers about
providing inancial assis-
tance to their employees
• Providing inancial
assistance or tax abatement
to developers to help cover
infrastructure costs, similar
to the deal between the city
and the Pendleton Heights
subdivision
• Formalize an anti-blight
campaign
• Attract builders of entry
level housing
• Partner with the
Round-Up City Devel-
opment Corp. to start a
revolving loan fund for
builders and contractors to
help construct or renovate
housing
• Inill existing lots
• Establish periodic home
shows for irst time buyers
• Create or recruit a
nonproit housing asso-
ciation that would build
homes or renovate existing
structures.
Several
committee
At iling deadline, status of initiative petitions undecided
88,114 in a previous submis-
sion. The Secretary of State’s
Ofice still has to verify those
signatures. The ofice has
until Aug. 7 to verify signa-
tures for all of the proposed
measures.
Initiative Petition 65,
Oregonians for High School
Success Initiative would
require the Legislature to
dedicate a certain percentage
of new state revenue to
dropout prevention, career
and
college
readiness
programs through grants to
Oregon high schools.
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The fates of
several initiative petitions
were still undetermined
Friday — the deadline for
petitioners to gather signa-
tures and submit potential
measures for November’s
ballot.
The campaign for a
measure to dedicate funding
for high school dropout
prevention programs turned
in additional signatures after
falling short of the required
speciic voter information
without voters’ express
consent.
The campaign for IP 67
turned in 135,538 signatures,
but those also were yet to be
veriied. IP 67 allows Oregon
Lottery funds to be used to
pay for outdoor education
programs.
Whether the campaign for
IP 68 — which prohibits the
sale of products made from
12 endangered species — had
collected enough signatures
also remained unknown late
Friday.
Petitioners also planned to
submit additional signatures
by the end of Friday for
initiative petitions 49 and 50,
said Molly Woon, a spokes-
woman for the Secretary of
State’s Ofice.
IP 49 requires a two-thirds
majority vote for the Legisla-
ture to declare an emergency.
Lawmakers have increas-
ingly used an emergency
clause in bills, which removes
voters’ constitutional right to
contest the legislation at the
ballot.
IP 50 prohibits release of
Malheur wildlife refuge occupier Blaine Cooper pleads guilty
PORTLAND (AP) — An
Arizona man pleaded guilty
to conspiracy for his role
in the armed occupation of
a national wildlife refuge
in Oregon and was nearing
a resolution to charges he
faces from a 2014 standoff
with federal agents at Cliven
Bundy’s Nevada ranch.
Blaine Cooper, 37, of
Humboldt, Arizona, admitted
to a federal judge in Portland
on Thursday that he appeared
in a video with occupation
leader Ammon
Bundy,
urging patriots to show up
at the refuge with irearms,
The Oregonian/OregonLive
reported.
Federal prosecutors had no
evidence that Cooper carried
a gun at the Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge, but Assistant
U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel
said the man was part of the
irst convoy of people to
arrive there on Jan. 2, starting
an occupation that lasted
nearly six weeks.
The group had been in
Burns, Oregon, protesting the
reached a tentative deal in the
Nevada case, likely pleading
guilty to two charges.
Krista Shipsey, Cooper’s
defense
lawyer,
asked
Cooper’s co-defendants and
others to respect his choice.
“It’s incredibly hard for
him to be here today,” Shipsey
said. “He felt he needed to
take care of this, but I hope
they respect this is what’s best
for him.”
Cooper had wanted to
resolve the cases for a long
time, she said.
return to federal prison of two
ranchers convicted of setting
ires.
Court
records
show
Cooper will be sentenced Nov.
18. He’s expected to receive
six months in prison, with
credit for time served, and six
months in a either a halfway
house or home detention.
He’s the seventh defendant
to plead guilty in the case.
Another 19, including Ammon
Bundy, are awaiting trial.
Meanwhile, it was revealed
in court that Cooper has
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TODAY
MONDAY
Times of clouds
and sun
Breezy with clouds
and sun
74° 55°
72° 54°
TUESDAY
Partly sunny and
delightful
WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny and
nice
Sunshine and
pleasant
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
78° 53°
82° 54°
83° 57°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
80° 60°
77° 57°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
71°
87°
106° (1968)
58°
57°
41° (1911)
PRECIPITATION
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
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0.20"
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5.00"
7.69"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
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Records
HIGH
LOW
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87°
104° (2012)
61°
57°
40° (1981)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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Year to date
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5.79"
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Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
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July 11
July 19
5:15 a.m.
8:45 p.m.
11:03 a.m.
11:46 p.m.
Last
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July 26
86° 56°
88° 56°
Seattle
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76/57
Tacoma
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67/53
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 79/54
68/47
62/52
66/51
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Longview
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76/56 Lewiston
80/59
Astoria
75/56
65/55
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
71/57
Pendleton 65/46
The Dalles 80/60
74/55
76/56
La Grande
Salem
70/51
70/55
Albany
Corvallis 69/54
70/53
John Day
74/49
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
82/59
72/53
66/43
Caldwell
Burns
83/57
72/44
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Baker City
Bend
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Burns
Enterprise
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Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
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La Grande
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WINDS
Medford
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Klamath Falls
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Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain and a
thunderstorm today; however, a shower in
spots in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: A couple of
showers and a thunderstorm today, except
dry across the north.
Western Washington: Rather cloudy today
with some rain and a thunderstorm.
Eastern Washington: Times of clouds and
sun today; a shower or thunderstorm in
spots in the north.
Cascades: Mostly cloudy today with a
couple of showers; cool. Brief showers
tonight.
Northern California: Clouds and sun today.
Partly cloudy tonight.
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members suggested drafting
a declaration of cooperation
between the city and other
community organizations to
help achieve these goals.
City Manager Robb
Corbett proposed utilizing
the Restore Pendleton
Committee.
“They’ve really struggled
with accomplishing much
beyond the community
clean-up and also grant appli-
cations for the community
development block grant,”
he said. “Those are really
the two mainstay efforts of
that group, but taking on
these goals would allow
stakeholders to participate. It
wouldn’t be the creation of a
new committee and it would
give them focus.”
Turner will present a
revised draft of the housing
study to the Pendleton
City Council at its July 19
meeting for inal approval.
“We are never going to
solve the Pendleton housing
issue, but we can manage it,”
he said. “It’s sort of like the
Israeli-Arab peace process.
You’re never going to solve
that either, but you can work
at it.”
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“It shows a need for
housing at both the
entry level, the mid
level and the higher
income level. The
task for us over the
next few years is
how we’re going to
make that happen.”
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National Summary: Showers and locally heavy storms will impact the Northeast and from
Kansas to Tennessee today. Unusually cool and wet weather with high country snow will
affect the Northwest. Most other areas will be dry.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 111° in Needles, Calif.
Low 32° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
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Omaha
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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