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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
=-~tier N ~
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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