First it was the masked owl that is attacking passer bys……..the first victim was a surgeon that lost a cap and was mistaken for a wholly beast because of his hair……and then there was an escalation to include 3 other victims……as humorous as this all is….it is not what the best part is about……
Nope…it is the governor and his wife that is the big story……does not get any better than this situation………
First, Oregon’s first lady admitted to an “illegal” previous marriage, then to planning a marijuana grow operation and running a consulting business out of the governor’s mansion. Now, Gov. John Kitzhaber’s fiancee Cylvia Hayes faces claims that she was paid consulting fees to influence her future husband. The Oregonian finds two Kitzhaber associates, who later joined his administration, connected Hayes with jobs that landed her $143,000, including $118,000 from a clean-energy group from 2011 to 2012, while she served as an unpaid energy adviser to Kitzhaber. She allegedly failed to report the income on tax forms, nor did Kitzhaber account for the money on his ethics filings, the Los Angeles Times reports. While Kitzhaber has said Hayes “will have no policy role and no political role in the administration” for the rest of his term, “Kitzhaber is already enacting policies Hayes was paid to promote,” the Oregonian reports.
Dan Carol, the man who got Hayes the gig with group Clean Economy Development Center, was soon after hired by Kitzhaber. He now makes $165,720 a year, almost twice as much as Kitzhaber himself and significantly more than anyone else on his staff, the Willamette Week reports. “No one in the governor’s office or the governor ever asked me to do anything for Cylvia,” Carol says. “When it fits and the work makes sense, I connect good people, groups and projects together.” He adds he was hired because he had previously worked with Kitzhaber and “had the right skills and national connections.” The Oregon Government Ethics Commission will vote March 13 on whether to launch an investigation, but the Oregonian has already called on Kitzhaber to resign, noting his “credibility has evaporated.” Last week, Kitzhaber said he wouldn’t even consider resigning from his post. He added he had “no regrets” about his relationship with Hayes and “the marriage is still on.”
Has there been another state with as much drama as Oregon? Not even Virginia can top this ….
GOD I love this stuff!
Thoughts?
Hey! Any state that has a right to die law and is seriously considering a leisure pot use law has little to worry from me about ethics violations. Not that I condone them but they exist in every state. At least it’s good to live in one where “the people” seem to have greater value than special corporate interests. 😉
Yep….that was the point….this is in other states as well….only Oregon has seem to out do the rest of us…..LOL
There is more deal-making in the states with small populations. I won’t defend it, though.
Thanks for making the story more readable and concise. I looked at 1 or 2 other articles on this topic and it was muddled and difficult to quickly understand….
That is why I like Newser….they make stories short and sweet….glad you liked it…..chuq
Hahahaha! Yeah, Rachel Maddow mocked us *mercilessly* on her show a couple days ago, owl, corrupt governor and all. As an Oregonian, I would just like to note that this is a wonderful place to live. A little quirky? Sure. But still wonderful. I do wish the governor would resign at this point, however. (I did not vote for him in the election and was surprised that people did, since the scandals were piling up before election time already, and I would’ve really had to hold my nose. I voted for a third party progressive guy.)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 12:02:48 +0000 To: missvixiev@hotmail.com
My wife is from Oregon and it is a marvelous place….I just like to mock stupid politicians like those in Virginia…..
Hey, we’ve got plenty of stupid politicians here in Oregon too! There’s no deficit of them anywhere in the country, it seems like 😉
Is there a stupid test for politicians?
Good question. Between the two of us, we could probably write one…..
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How can we stand up and tell other countries how to be a Democracy? We don’t know. The Founding Fathers were much more ethical than America is today.
Again thanx so much…..chuq
“The Founding Fathers were much more ethical than America is today.”
I would like to believe this too IR but this is likely more a presumption than a fact. Let’s not forget that Ben Franklin was a womanizer and that the contingent from the South who helped write the U.S. Constitution supported slavery. And then there was that bad boy George Washington who maliciously cut down that cherry tree. Oh wait. Disregard that last. 😉
I must agree with Larry on this……I have studied American early republic history…..they were ethical in public but their lives tell a different story…..I am not convinced that they actually believed all the PR themselves…..it sounded good and after all they were trying to set up a country’s government…..their actions were noble but ethical I do not think so……