Bulletin Daily Paper 10-16-15

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claims against Flaherty in

By Claire Withycombe

Commission was implicit

All three were leaders in the newly formed deputy

in Flaherty's termination of

district attorneys' union and

them without cause. The plaintiffs, Brentley Foster, Phil Duong and Jody Vaughan, agreed to a

claimed the former district attorney fired them largely for campaigning for his opponent. SeeFirings/A6

year after Patrick Flaherty

whether the County Commission should be held liable as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit initiated by

In oral arguments Thursday before a panel of three judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the fired

completed his only term as

three former deputy district

attorneys, represented by

district attorney of Deschutes County, it remains at issue

attorneys fired at the outset of Flaherty's tenure.

Portland attorney Andrew Altschul, argued the County

PORTLAND — Nearly a

Summitvs. Mountain View: Match comes down to the final minute.C1

Irm

• Hold Deschutes County liable, former deputy DAsargue before federal appealsjudges The Bulletin

Boys water polo-

ir i n s a n a $710,000 settlement in their

July 2013.

2016

Paragliding accidentManentangled in power lines near Tumalo.B1

American socialism? Liberals warm to it

Klamath water rightsRep.GregWalden is drafting a bill aimed at resolving issues for the Klamath Basin, including dam removal.B2

PCs aren't deadyetThat's themessageofanew $70 million adcampaign. And consumers may be listening. C6

By Max Ehrenfreund The Washington Post

One of the most

riveting moments of Tuesday night' s Democratic primary debate came when

Phlo —Bend-basedbikewheel manufacturer is expanding.C6

CNN's Anderson

Tomdoys —progress:

They' reeverywhere, yet seemingly havedisappeared.A3

By Tyler LeedssThe Bulletin

Cooper asked Sen.

The city of Bend has a quarter-billion dollars' worth of infrastructure projects in the works, an

And a Wed exclusive-

amount that reflects not only the city's population growth but also an earlier hesitancy to take on, and

Should thesmokingagebe 21? Some legislators say yes. bendbnuetin.cern/extras

pay for, what's needed, according to city staff. The projects differ in size

EDITOR'SCHOICE

The rights to

gene therapy —andason's life at stake By Andrew Pollack New York Times News Service

and scope, with two of the

largest on opposite ends of the city's water system. In the foothills of the Cascades, while out past city limits to

($73.95 million, January 2016)

who leads the city's engi-

said, he was fired from one

planning department. "As far as I am aware, we are lit-

~- New southeastsewerline

Stormwater Improvements

Kettering Cancer Center

play, about $154 million has

over the rarefied field of gene therapy. It is a fight,

($1362million,January2017)

already been spent, with just

blood disease called beta

thalassemia, or Cooley's anemia. The disease often

kills people by their late 20s — an age his son will reach in a few years. Ten years ago, when few companies were interested in gene therapy, Sloan Kettering licensed the rights to an experimental treatment to Errant Gene Therapeu-

tics, a tiny firm started by Girondi. But after being accused by the cancer center of

worth of sewer work intend-

ed to relieve heavily used pipes, help certain neighborhoods move off septic tanks and create capacity for growth. SeeProjects/A5

)

perhaps an indication that skepticism of or

S. Third Street road,water and stormwater improvements

Re

opposition to capitalism — long associ-

($1.53 million, July 2016) ~

Rd.

ated in the minds of U.S. voters with this

country's Communist

Reed Market improvements

archrival in the Sovi-

et Union — is again becoming viable on

($14.15 million, November 2015)

the political left.

Socialism, demo-

Installation of large sewer section liners citywide

Wood River Village sewer study

($5.74 million, January 2017)

Murphyand Parrell roumladout

($50,000, February 2016)

($2 million, July 2016)

cratic socialism and other alternatives to

South-side sewer study

the predominantly

($50,000, February 2016)

capitalist model in the United States

used to be an im-

Source: City of Bend

portant part of the American political

Pete Smith / The Bulletin

landscape. SeeSocialism/A4

Bad news for SocialSemri recipients: noCOLA

not fulfilling its obligations

By Lisa Rein

unwelcome news that also

the Social Security Adminis-

to move the therapy towatd the market, Errant Gene ceded its rights in 2011.

The Washington Post

will flatten benefit payments for retired federal workers

tration has not increased its

Now, because of technological progress, gene therapy is considered highly promising. A company

No one answered him directly. It was

($655,000, March 2017)

April 2016)

ColoradoAvenuelift station

Girondi accuses the cancer center of dawdling on developing a gene therapy that could potentially cure his son of an inherited

clear," Cooper asked. "Is there anybody else on the stage who is not a capitalist?"

S. Third Street pedestrian improvements

NewportAv+ e. ~-

,~ Rit. ($405,000,

in its history." Of the $250 million in

he said, to save his son.

"Just let me just be

($60 million, January 2018)

BEND

erally at historic levels. The

over $60 million going to sewer projects and another $60 million to water projects. The drinking water project is nearly complete, but the city still has $77 million

said, with force. "I

believe in a society where all people do well. Not just a handful of billionaires."

($6.55 million, November 2016)

job for "socking someone" on the trading floor. Now Girondi is in a fight of a different kind — against the august Memorial Sloan

city has never had this much investment going on at once

my? No, I don' t," he

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neering and infrastructure

Biden bid woul d focus on

wrecked this econo-

Northsidesewer improvements

"There's no question that

e What a

A4 little, by which Wall Street's greed and recklessness

($60 million, January 2018)

($1.86 million, October 2016)

and makethe city m ore accessible.

shirked a fight. Even on his way to making a fortune as a commodities trader, he

and so m any

Sewage treatment plant expansion

improvements

new sewer lines and roads

city," said Tom Hickmann,

few have so much

lift station

the two, a number of projects are underway to build

Patrick Girondi has never

"Do I consider myself part of the casino capitalist process, by which so

have so

South Awdrey Butte drainage study ($250,000, October 2016)

treatment plant. Between

bled teenager in Chicago,

not a capitalist.

Upcomingandongoing construction projects New water treatment plant andintake pipeline

the east, an expansion is in progress at Bend's sewer

"democratic socialist," to confirm he is

The city's infrastructure projects will affect roads, sewers, the drinking water system andaccessibility. The map below shows projects underway along with their estimated costs and completion dates.

a new plant is being built to clean water for drinking,

this is a high volume of capital improvements for the

From his days as a trou-

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who identifies as a

Tens of millions of seniors

will see no annual cost-of-living adjustment in their Social

and service members.

Security checks in 2016, the

years — all of them during the

government said Thursday,

Obama administration — that

It is only the third time in 40

payments. The raises are tied to the consumer price index, or CPI. About 65 million retired

and children collect Social Se- plemental Security Income, curity benefits every month, the disability program for the the equivalent of about 1 in poor. 4 households. Another 15 Dropping fuel prices are the million are disabled veterans,

federal retirees and their and disabled workers, spouses survivors, and those on Sup-

biggest reason retirees aren' t

getting a raise. SeeCOLA /A6

called Bluebird Bio has a

market valuation exceeding $3 billion, largely on the basis of a very similar gene therapy for beta thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. SeeTherapy/A5

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