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Term limits would remove 25 legislators from office
East Oregonian
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By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Voter approval of a proposal
to enact term limits for state
lawmakers would instantly
wipe out nearly one-third
of the Oregon Legislature
membership, according to
analysis by a lawyer for SEIU
Oregon State Council.
Harry B. Wilson, SEIU’s
counsel,
submitted
the
analysis on behalf of Matt
Swanson, SEIU state council
executive director, Monday
to weigh on Initiative Petition
19 for the “Maintain a Citizen
Legislature Act.”
The act, proposed by former
GOP gubernatorial nominee
Bud Pierce, would prohibit
state legislators from serving
for more than eight years in
a 12-year period. If approved
for the ballot and passed by
voters in 2018, the act would
take effect immediately and
apply retroactively. That
means incumbents with more
than eight years in office who
were reelected in 2018 would
instantly lose their positions.
“Immediately prohibiting
25 members of the Oregon
Legislature from serving
out their terms could have
profound
consequences,”
Wilson wrote.
The 20-member legislative
Emergency Board, which
allocates funds to agencies in
between legislative sessions,
Pamplin Media Group
Initiative Petition 19, a term limit measure backed by for-
mer GOP gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce, would cost
25 sitting legislators their seats, according to analysis by a
lawyer for SEIU Oregon State Council.
would lose eight members.
House
Speaker
Tina
Kotek, D-Portland, and Peter
Courtney, D-Salem, the longest
serving Senate president in
the state’s history, would be
among the 25 lawmakers who
would have to leave office
under the initiative, as would
Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner.
The Speaker and Senate
President are the last two offi-
cials from the gubernatorial
line of succession.
“It would interrupt the
operation of the state boards
and commissions, much of
which are led in party by
representatives and senators,”
Wilson wrote.
Swanson said the initiative
is poorly written and would
leave a potentially disruptive
power vacuum.
Pierce, a Salem oncologist
who has hinted at future polit-
ical aspirations, acknowledged
that the immediate effective
date of the initiative could
create short-term inconve-
niences at the Legislature. He
said he chose to propose the
measure as a statutory change,
rather than a constitutional
amendment, so that lawmakers
could fix any flaws in the
proposal after voter approval.
Term limits have worked
well for state-level officials
and in other states such as
Thursday, July 13, 2017
BRIEFLY
University of Oregon reduces
size of tuition increase
California, Pierce said.
“It’s not a panacea, but I
think it is an important step,”
Pierce said. “There is just too
much power in the incum-
bency.”
That power hold keeps the
state from solving some of its
biggest problems, he said.
He will need at 88,184
signatures to win a place on
the 2018 ballot.
In all, 16 Democrats and
nine Republicans would
be required to leave office
under the proposal: Senate
President Courtney, Speaker
Kotek, Rep. Sal Esquivel,
R-Medford; Rep. Paul Holvey,
D-Springfield; Rep. Phil Barn-
hart, D-Eugene; Rep. Nancy
Nathanson, D-Eugene; Rep.
Andy Olson, R-Albany; Rep.
Sherrie Sprenger, R-Scio; Rep.
Brian Clem, D-Salem; Rep.
Jeff Barker, D-Aloha; Rep.
Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie; Rep.
Deborah Boone, D-Cannon
Beach; Rep. Mitch Greenlick,
D-Portland; Rep. Margaret
Doherty, D-Tigard; Rep.
Bill Kennemer, R-Oregon
City; Rep. Gene Whisnant,
R-Sunriver; Rep. Huffman,
R-The Dalles; Rep. Cliff
Bentz, R-Ontario; Sen. Floyd
Prozanski, D-Eugene; Sen.
Jackie Winters, R-Salem; Sen.
Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose;
Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Port-
land; Sen. Richard Devlin,
D-Tualatin; and Sen. Rod
Monroe, D-Portland.
EUGENE (AP) — Students will pay more to
attend the University of Oregon next fall, but not
as much as feared.
The university’s Board of Trustees voted to
increase in-state tuition by 6.6 percent instead of
the 10.6 percent announced earlier this year.
State legislators last week provided $70
million more than expected to higher education.
They offered the money if public universities
planning large tuition increases agreed to make
the hikes less steep.
The Register-Guard reports the board voted by
phone Tuesday. It was 11-0, with three members
absent.
Man admits he shot wrong
person, imprisoned 10 years
MEDFORD (AP) — An Oregon man has
been ordered to spend more than a decade in
prison after admitting he shot the wrong man in a
dispute over money and then tried to break out of
the Jackson County Jail.
The Mail Tribune reports 32-year-old John
Robert Hermann was sentenced on Tuesday.
He pleaded guilty to the March shooting, which
injured Matthew Stephen Atkinson. Hermann
also pleaded guilty to charges that he devised
a scheme to escape from the jail’s top floor by
climbing down a rope made of bed sheets coerced
from other inmates.
Deputy District Attorney Virginia Greer
said Hermann and his girlfriend, Stephanie
VanCleave, had forced Atkinson outside his home
using a baseball bat. Atkinson was then shot in
the groin area and survived.
Portland State University will
use balloons to track eclipse
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland State
University in Oregon will launch four high-
altitude balloons equipped with GPS tracking
systems and 360-degree video cameras during the
upcoming solar eclipse.
The university said Wednesday that the
balloons will allow anyone to watch a live stream
online as the moon’s shadow darkens a large
swath of Oregon on Aug. 21.
One balloon will be a part of a larger live
streaming project funded by NASA that involves
55 college and school teams throughout the U.S.
Three others are part of a PSU project.
The first balloon will reach 70,000 feet in the
air, the second will reach 100,000 feet and the
third will go to 130,000 feet.
For comparison, the school says a typical
airliner reaches a cruising altitude of 39,000 feet.
Paris-train hero Alek Skarlatos to star as himself in movie
ROSEBURG (AP) — Alek
Skarlatos will portray himself
in a film about his heroic tackle
of a heavily armed gunman on a
Paris-bound train.
The
Oregon
National
Guardsman from Roseburg and
two friends — Anthony Sadler
and Spencer Stone — were
traveling in August 2015 when
they wrestled the would-be
terrorist to the ground and
disarmed him.
Skarlatos, from Roseburg,
was honored for his courage on
both sides of the Atlantic, and
his sudden fame earned him a
spot on TV’s “Dancing With
the Stars.” He finished third.
Now Clint Eastwood is
making a movie about the
event, and the real-life heroes
will star as themselves on the
big screen.
Variety magazine broke
the casting news Tuesday, and
AP Photo/Carl Costas, File
In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, Oregon National Guards-
man Alek Skarlatos, left, U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, cen-
ter, and Anthony Sadler attend a parade held to honor the
three Americans who stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound
passenger train, in Sacramento, Calif.
reported that the film will be
called “The 15:17 to Paris.” It
takes its name from the book
“The 15:17 to Paris: The True
Story of a Terrorist, a Train,
and Three American Heroes,”
written by the three friend along
with author Jeffrey E. Stern.
Skarlatos’ mother, Karen
Skarlatos, said she had been
sworn to secrecy about her
son’s turn on the big screen
until after the magazine article
was published.
“We’re very proud,” she told
the Roseburg News-Review on
Wednesday. “We’re excited
for Alek, and our happiness
is for him. We’re just thrilled
that he’s had these wonderful
things come his way, because
things could have turned out so
differently.”
Skarlatos said her son has
never acted, not even in a
school play.
“As I understand it was a
last-minute thought that these
boys would play themselves,”
she said. “I guess no one can
be more authentic at being you
than you.”
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
FRIDAY
Plenty of sunshine
Sunshine and hot
92° 58°
96° 65°
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Mostly sunny
Beautiful with
plenty of sun
MONDAY
Pleasant with
plenty of sunshine
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
94° 60°
87° 54°
87° 57°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
95° 61°
99° 67°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
90°
88°
109° (2002)
53°
58°
42° (1911)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.12"
11.30"
7.27"
7.69"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
92°
88°
109° (2002)
62°
58°
44° (1950)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.09"
6.59"
4.93"
5.79"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
July 16
July 23
5:19 a.m.
8:43 p.m.
11:19 p.m.
9:55 a.m.
First
Full
July 30
90° 57°
91° 59°
Seattle
74/54
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
98° 62°
Aug 7
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
89/60
89/60
Tacoma
Moses
75/47
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 93/55
87/54
66/49
75/46
93/57
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
73/50
95/65 Lewiston
97/59
Astoria
95/63
65/50
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
79/55
Pendleton 90/52
The Dalles 95/61
92/58
88/60
La Grande
Salem
92/56
80/54
Albany
Corvallis 81/51
80/51
John Day
95/58
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
101/66
81/49
90/52
Caldwell
Burns
101/63
94/50
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
65
91
90
63
94
90
81
90
95
95
90
92
89
95
61
63
101
96
92
79
92
80
89
89
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Lo
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52
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Fri.
Hi
67
93
93
62
96
93
86
93
99
98
92
95
93
98
61
63
103
98
96
85
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92
91
83
98
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Lo
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52
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68
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66
54
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70
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
99
91
90
73
74
71
76
90
88
64
88
Lo
79
83
68
57
55
60
56
71
75
49
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Fri.
Hi
92
90
91
72
75
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76
87
88
70
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Lo
75
81
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WINDS
Medford
95/60
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
90/49
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
and hot today; however, some clouds in the
south. Mainly clear tonight.
Western Washington: Low clouds followed
by sunshine today.
Eastern Washington: Sunny today. Clear
to partly cloudy tonight. Plenty of sun
tomorrow.
Cascades: Plenty of sunshine today; pleas-
ant across the north. Mainly clear tonight.
Northern California: Low clouds followed
by sunshine at the coast today; plenty of
sunshine elsewhere.
Friday
WSW 4-8
NW 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Low clouds followed by
sunshine today. Partly cloudy tonight.
Today
WSW 7-14
W 6-12
2
5
7
7
5
2
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
-10s
-0s
showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Gusty thunderstorms and heavy rainfall will extend from the central
Rockies to New England today. Hot and humid air will remain farther south as cool air holds
farther north. Much of the West will be dry.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 117° in Bullhead City, Ariz.
Low 32° in Climax, Colo.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
88
91
90
99
96
90
100
77
92
90
85
86
96
82
86
96
79
71
88
92
86
90
89
107
92
84
Lo
68
74
76
74
68
74
68
61
75
72
64
71
78
57
67
73
57
53
74
75
70
75
67
86
74
65
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Fri.
Hi
91
92
83
90
95
92
102
66
93
84
77
81
97
86
80
91
83
87
87
92
79
92
80
110
89
86
Lo
68
75
73
71
65
75
71
61
76
68
61
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78
60
61
73
59
66
75
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73
67
Today
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Hi
Louisville
94
Memphis
92
Miami
89
Milwaukee
81
Minneapolis
73
Nashville
92
New Orleans
88
New York City
93
Oklahoma City
96
Omaha
82
Philadelphia
97
Phoenix
106
Portland, ME
65
Providence
86
Raleigh
96
Rapid City
91
Reno
98
Sacramento
92
St. Louis
95
Salt Lake City
100
San Diego
78
San Francisco
70
Seattle
74
Tucson
98
Washington, DC 99
Wichita
101
Lo
75
76
81
62
58
75
76
72
73
63
76
87
55
62
75
62
64
59
74
74
69
55
54
79
78
73
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Fri.
Hi
86
91
91
74
81
90
89
76
96
87
85
108
67
70
96
97
97
92
87
99
78
69
79
99
91
88
Lo
70
74
81
63
65
73
77
69
73
67
72
89
57
63
75
67
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59
69
73
69
55
55
79
76
70
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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