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By Scott Hammers

Councilors Doug Knight,

The Bulletin

Casey Roats and Victor

The Bend City Council voted

Wednesday to place a gas tax on the March 2016 ballot, and

will leave it to a yet-to-be-ap› pointed committee to deter›

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mine the specifics. The council split 4-3, with

Chudowsky voted no. The council has in recent weeks been discussing a gas tax as an option to address an estimated $80 million in deferred street maintenance, a

figure that is expected to grow

Mayor Jim Clinton, and coun› cilors Sally Russell, Nathan

if roads are allowed to deterio› rate further.

Boddie and Barb Campbell voting to put the proposal be›

Prior to Wednesday, discus› sions had included the possi›

fore voters.

bility of a flat fee attached to

Judge orders Hayesto give up emais

Bend residents’ utility bills and

tax on the ballot before assem›

other alternative ways of gen› erating revenue, and the option improved sidewalks and bike

bling its advisory committee. According to City Manager Eric King, the council would have until December to meet the deadline for putting the

routes.

measure on the March ballot.

Wednesday night, coun› cilors spent almost no time discussing the merits of a gas tax or the case for a broader

Also on a split vote, the council opted to create the opponents of the vote to put the

By Steven Dubois

transportation fix, and instead

tax beforevoters described as

The Associated Press

spent roughly an hour debat› ing the decision to vote to put a

unnecessary.

PORTLAND The fiancee of former Gov. John Kitzhaber must re› lease her emails for

of a transportation package that would include funds for

13-member committee, a move

See Tax /A5

GOP debate —Oonald Trump is a wild card.A4

court review amid allegations she used their relationship to

FatherhOOd —Starting early may be badfor your health. As

land contractsforher green-energy consult› ing business, a judge ordered Wednesday. The ruling from Marion County Judge Tracy Prall comes after The Oregonian newspaper filed a public-records re› quest seeking more

And a Webexclusive

"No Irish NeedApply": A historian had people convinced that such discrimination was a myth until a14-year-old-girl decided to investigate. beedbulletie.cern/extras

than 100,000 of Cyl›

via Hayes’ emails.

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Hayes’ attorney, Whitney Boise, could

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not immediately be

U.S. Forest Servicesays budget up in smoke

reached for comment.

The case began after state Attorney General Ellen Rosen›

Andy Tullts/The Bulletin

A multicar accident on U.S. Highway 97 between Redmond and Bend temporarily closes the highway Tuesday afternoon.

By Ted Shoracke The Bulletin

Highway crashes E

McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON

Law›

makers are seeking budget solutions amid a superheat› ed political climate as the

wildland fires now raging across California, Wash› ington and other Western

states burn through federal dollars as well as forests. A new report warns

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has long been considered perilous for its intersections and lack of

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median barriers. But major safety upgrades to the highway between the two cities will likely not be seen until after 2019, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.

history, the agency is spending more than half its

A recent study by ODOT outlined safety improve› ments that will require sig›

nificant state funding. Adding concrete barriers and six locations for J-turns

will consume two-thirds of

a configuration requiring a two-step process to turn onto the opposing side of the highway is expected to cost $9 million. Other

the agency’s budget within

smaller-scale improvements

adecade.

include enhancing visibility for drivers passing through

budget on fire-related ac›

tivities. Unless something changes, the new 16-page report predicts, firefighting

"We havebeen pointing out this challenge for the past few years, but we have

not been able to address it through our current budget process," Forest Service

Chief Tom Tidwell said.

intersections.

Joel McCarroll, ODOT’s traffic manager for the re› gion, said some of the more minor suggested improve›

See Forest /A4

ments from the study may be accomplished with extra

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money from the region’s budgeted expenses. Most of the major safety precautions, however, will

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have to be funded by the statewide transportation

improvement program be› cause of the high costs, he said.

lanes. A 6-year-old girl was critically injured in the crash and taken by air am›

On Tuesday morning, a 78-year-old Michigan man tried to cross the highway south of the Redmond Air›

bulance to St. Charles Bend.

port. The man tried to turn

between the two cities in

Business C5-6 Health D1-6 Calendar B2 Horoscope D5 Classified E1-6 Local/State B1-6 Comics E3-4 Obituaries B5 Crosswords E4 Sports C1-4 Dear Abby D5 TV/Movies D5 The Bulletin

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Highway 97 shown between Bend and Redmond.

Crash type • Head-on or angled • Rear-end • Animal • Other

north from a private drive› December. A final report way on the southbound side, with recommendations for according to the Deschutes safety improvements was County Sheriff’s Office. released in June. He collided head-on with Although crashes occur

Hayes sued to overturn the de›

mand, saying she shouldn’t have to

comply because she was not part of a state

agency and because doing so might vio› late her right against self-incrimination. See Emails /A5

Halting recoveryin Ferguson By Monica Davey The New Yorh Times

FERGUSON, Mo. Brianna West stepped before the

judge as her daughter Morgan, 3, fidgeted

a Redmond man headed

there less often than some

southbound, the sheriff’s office said. There were no life-threatening injuries re› portedfrom thecrash. Another head-on crash

other highway sections in

beside her. West

Central Oregon, the 9-mile

had waited weeks to get this case behind

occurred’Ittesday afternoon

Crash data from 2014 are not yet available.

near SW Quarry Avenue south of Redmond. Oregon

section studied by ODOT had 108 reported crashes

her, facing citations

between 2009 and 2013. About 42 percent of the

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crashes during that period ple were injured in the crash occurred on roads affected when a Redmond woman by snow, ice or slick from State Police said eight peo›

traveling southbound

rain.

crossed into the northbound

See Crashes /A4 al~ crash

that included failure to comply with a police officer. She worried about steep fines, even jail time, on charges she felt were baseless. But the hearing brought relief. A newly appointed judge, Donald Mc›

What are the factors in crashes enU.S.Highway 97?

Cullin, who like West

Based on asafety study that analyzed the 108 crashes reported on U.S. Highway 97between Redmond and Bend for 2009-13, 40 percent of accidents occurred during December, January andFebruary. The crashes were split evenly betweendaylight and non-daylight hours. CRASHES BY YEAR CRASHES BYCONDITION CRASHES BYCAUSE 3~ crashes----- 16 CreSheS I crashes-› Rear-end

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is African-American, 10 hours performing community service. "He was trying to help me," West said, clearly surprised.

Fatal ~ crash

It was a starkly

Run-off road

Accounts for 67 Sldesweep, meeting percent of all Animal fatal and severe injurycrashes . Sidesweep, overtaking

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ODOT and a traffic engi› neering firm began analyz› ing the section of highway

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A highway safety study found that there were 108 crashes reported from 2009 through 2013 along the 9-mile stretch of

u.s.

the funding problem will worsen. Whether Congress rallies is another matter. For the first time in the Forest Service’s 110-year

counts that discuss

public business.

The stretch of U.S. Highway 97 where two crashes occurred Tuesday

By Michael Doyle

blum ordered Hayes to disclose emails from personal ac›

Turning movement Includes Overturned two fatal Head-on crashes Pedestrian 0 5 10 15 20 25

different scene from what Ferguson res› idents faced in this

Fatai eras

municipal court a year ago before the city was tom by unrest after a white

police officer’s fatal shooting of a black, unarmed teenager named Michael Pete Smith I The Bulletin

Brown.

See Ferguson /A5


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