Doesn't add up
Here's one that sure doesn't look right. The Oregon Department of Justice is investigating a company controlled by John Kitzhaber's significant other, on which company's board Kitzhaber himself sat for many recent years -- but the state attorney general is out on the campaign trail stumping for Kitz? BlueOregon informed us on Thursday:
As Attorney General John Kroger told a group of volunteer canvassers Saturday before heading out to talk to voters about John’s stances on everything from economic recovery to education funding, "The other side isn’t going to have a grassroots effort because they don’t believe in grassroots support. They believe in raising a lot of money from huge corporations."Nope, doesn't look right at all.
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Comments (10)
An AG who's in the tank and campaigning for a subject close to an investigation. Smells like 5 day old fish...but I'm sure we'll get a well PR'd explanation. Yah...that's what we want for the next 8 years.
Posted by Jimmy R. | August 28, 2010 10:13 AM
Forget it Jack it's Chinatown.
Posted by tom | August 28, 2010 11:25 AM
Wonder what the RPCs say?
Posted by Mike H | August 28, 2010 11:44 AM
Before you pass judgment, is he talking Dudley or Kitzhaber:
"The other side isn’t going to have a grassroots effort because they don’t believe in grassroots support. They believe in raising a lot of money from huge corporations."
Posted by Steve | August 28, 2010 7:01 PM
is he talking Dudley or Kitzhaber
It's not what he's "talking," it's that he's campaigning for Kitzhaber. No matter what the particular topic.
Posted by Jack Bog | August 28, 2010 8:32 PM
Forget it Jack it's Chinatown.
You nailed it Tom.
Posted by David L. Wagner | August 28, 2010 9:58 PM
The problems posed by a significant other relationship seems often to pose a problem to the state. In Multnomah County, it was addressed in 2002, at least in the land use codes:
§ 37.0780 EX PARTE CONTACT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND BIAS.
The following rules shall govern any challenges to a decision maker's participation in a quasi-judicial or legislative action:
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(B) Conflict of interest. Whenever a decision maker, or any member of a decision maker's immediate family or household [emphasis mine], has a financial interest in the outcome of a particular quasi-judicial or legislative matter, that decision maker shall not participate in the deliberation or decision on that matter .
Posted by John Rettig | August 28, 2010 11:16 PM
Forget it Kroger, it's Stumptown. You'll never be next.
Posted by Mojo | August 29, 2010 12:11 PM
It's not what he's "talking,"
I was implying his description fits either candidate. Kitz gets a lot of financing from special interest groups also.
Posted by Steve | August 29, 2010 4:18 PM
Portland: Chicago with trees and hipsters.
Posted by Mister Tee | August 30, 2010 10:26 AM