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Lawsuit vs. DMV stirs additional friction Fighting the much-protested development isn’t worth what it may cost, a few neighbors say By Nick Grube The Bulletin
A recent lawsuit filed by the RiverRim Community Association to stop the DMV from moving into the Brookswood Meadow Plaza in southwest Bend has a few residents in that neighborhood upset. They say the association board entered into the lawsuit without gaining prior approval from its members — something they say is required under association rules — and they’re now worried that the ensuing legal battle could cost homeowners tens of thousands of dollars in membership dues. “You can tell they’re going to fight this to the death, and they’re going to take our homeowners association dues with them,” RiverRim resident Terri McClain said. The lawsuit alleges the state, and in particular, the Department of Administrative Services, didn’t follow protocol when choosing a new location for the DMV. Among other things, the lawsuit, which was filed in Deschutes County Circuit Court on Oct. 25, claims the DAS should have consulted with the local community when picking a DMV site. It also claims the DAS should have notified local officials, business associations and homeowners associations before entering into a lease. McClain doesn’t agree with the lawsuit, and said that before it was filed there needed to be a vote among the RiverRim Community Association membership, something which she says is outlined in the covenants, codes and restrictions. A section of the RiverRim CC&Rs states that for the association to enter litigation, 75 percent of the membership would have to approve. See DMV / A7
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David Black, 26, takes a last look back at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution on Friday in Madras. When he was 20, Black was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in a death stemming from illegal street racing.
He maintains his sentence was unfair, and he still loves cars, but he’s sworn off illegal street racing By Lauren Dake The Bulletin
MADRAS — Outside the prison’s gates, David Black’s friends waited for him. Two of them had been in the car with Black on that summer night, seven years ago, when two teenage girls died. Inside, many of the inmates know Black. They know the 26-year-old’s story and where he was headed. He was free. He was going home. “Later, Black,” one said. “Don’t come back,” another said. His three friends sat outside Deer
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Ridge Correctional Institution, in a parked 2001 Acura Integra Type-R, a limited-production car. Black was impressed. He hugged his friends. He couldn’t believe this day had come. There would be no more head counts. No more isolation cell. It wasn’t sinking in yet. The young men hit the straight stretch of highway south of Madras, and their talk turned to their passion: cars. When Black was 20 years old, he was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, along with other charges, for the death of 15-year-old Stephanie Beeksma. See Black / A6
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James Vrem, 29, hugs Black. Three friends came to pick him up in a 2001 Acura Integra Type-R. “That’s fierce,” Black said.
Financial crisis spices up a staid museum By Nathaniel Popper Los Angeles Times
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In 1860, Mathew Brady was one of the world’s best-known photographers. His book, “The Gallery of Illustrious Americans,” published 10 years earlier, had made him famous. Those who had sat in his studio and faced the large box on the wooden tripod included Daniel Webster, Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Clay. So when Republican operatives wanted the perfect picture of presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, they took him to Brady’s studio on Broadway in Mathew New York City. Brady looked Brady at the tall, gangly man with the rugged, clean-shaven face. He pulled up his shirt collar so his neck wouldn’t look so long. He brushed down his hair and placed his hand on a book. Later, as Brady developed the photo, he retouched it so Lincoln’s facial lines wouldn’t be so harsh. See Brady / A7
NEW YORK — The little museum did not know what it was in for when it decided to tackle the financial crisis. It began in a neglected corner of the institution’s marbled grand hallway. Once home to the historic Bank of New York, the space was converted to hold exhibitions about Alexander
Hamilton, futures trading and the history of the Dow Jones industrial average. After Wall Street was shaken to within an inch of its life in 2008, the curators of the Museum of American Finance decided to add a section explaining what happened. The modest display featured panels depicting the greed and blunders leading up to the
government’s $700 billion bailout. That was in March 2009, just after the government took a controlling stake in Citigroup. But the controversies kept coming — General Motors and Chrysler went bankrupt, the leaders of the Galleon Group hedge fund were arrested, Greece almost went broke — and so more panels were added. See Museum / A6