Yeah, I thought the statement was a little sketchy too.

The $64,000 question is "Did he know about 'Susan'"?

My Portland political history is a little sparse, so I'm not sure how long he has been on the scene. But it seems that a lot of people knew about the girl, especially older white men.

Dunno. I believe he lives within a block or two of where the crimes took place (or were set up, at least).

And of course, the rumors were around for a fairly long time, but no one ever discussed them openly.

I'm certainly not a Goldschmidt defender, but this was before anything about the 14-year-old came out. Francesconi was defending Goldschmidt and SAIF (and I happen to be on SAIF's side of the dispute with Liberty Northwest) so I don't think it's fair to read too much into that quote.

Agreeing with Jack R.

Not to defending Neil, just saying: Hindsight's easy, and when it compresses, it predictably gets disordered.

Just something any accredited historian would tell you, but just thought it worth passing along.

I worked w/the legislature in the Goldschmidt years. Granted, Salem is Oregon's own "windy city" with all of the gossip but rumors were circulating even before he left office of our governor's scandalous indiscretions. Of course, the din of these rumors reached a fever pitch in the early '90s when Neil was effectively exited from Nike, apparently for his "unsavory" reputation.

Any one in politics from 1985 to 2000 had indirect or direct suspicion and/or knowledge of Goldschmidt's proclivities. I respect Ted K a lot but don't believe in his ignorance of the facts.

(Reminds me of another of Oregon's favorite sons: Mark O. Hatfield's secret life that so many knew of but refused to speak publicly about. We Oregonians do not like to air our dirty laundry.)