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Cooley,onceour lawmaker, issentenced
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By Scott Hammers
Witness describe scenesof chaos in suburban mall.A2
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Parasites andzomdies — Need wesaymore? A3
Cooley, in 1998
Gay marriage —Thehigh court's primary decision is whether to go all the way, or do
on charges of m oney laundering. According to federal p rosecutors, Cooley and h i s business partners defrauded investors in three companies they controlled — a s e arch engine website, an auctions w ebsite and a v i t amin a n d mineral supplement distributor — to the tune of more than $10 million. In federal court documents,
A former congressman who once represented Central Oregon was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to a year in prison for filing a falsified tax return. Wester Shadric"Wes" Cooley, 80, entered a guilty plea to the tax evasion charges earlier this year in order to avoid trial
Cooley admitted to receiving a pproximately $ 5 00,000 i n unreported income in 2002, money that h e a cquired by transferring investor funds to his personal bank account. The d o cuments d e scribe how Cooley and his business partners recruited i n vestors t hrough t elemarketing c o l d calls. SeeCooley/A5
By Hillary Borrud The Bulletin
The Oregon Department of Transportation plans to unveil today a new proposal to ease traffic on the north end of Bend. The latest version of the plan substitutes an intersection north of Cooley Road where ODOT p r eviously p r oposed an interchange. Spokesman Peter Murphy said ODOT designed the intersection and other modifications in response to concerns from residents, businesses and others. "Essentially the change is we're not going through the Hunnell neighborhood, we're not doing an interchange with ramps
(north of Cooley Road)," Murphy said. "We're going to go with the intersection ... It's smaller, with less impact." Traffic at the intersection of U.S. Highway 97 and Cooley Road has impeded development at the 1,500-acre Juniper Ridge mixed-use project, which the city owns. For years, ODOT officials said the city must complete extensive roadwork to prepare the area for additional traffic that the development wasexpected togenerate. See Highway/A6
nothing. Also: For one 83-year-
old seeking spousal benefits, the outcome is personal.A4
And a Wed exclusiveA teenager from the Rust Belt struggles to escapepoverty. bendbugetin.com/extras
EDITOR'5CHOICE
Investors not
waiting for a fiscal deal By Michael A. Fletcher and Dina EIBoghdady The Washing ton Pos t
As lawmakers struggle to agree on a plan to avert the series of tax increases looming next year, many investors are taking preemptive action to get out of harm's way. Americans are moving to sell investment homes, offload stocks, expand charitable donations and establish tax-sheltering gifts before the end of the year. Financial advisers and accountants say people are trying to avoid the higher taxes that will take effect in 2013 if Washington does not avert the "fiscal cliff." For the most part, the people moving their assets are the wealthy, who have the most to lose even if a deal is struck. Ordinary Americans also are in line for higher income and payroll taxes and fewer deductions and tax credits if the nation goes over the fiscal cliff. But since most of their earnings come through wages, there is little they can do to minimize the impact. SeeInvest/A6
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By Ben Botkin
posal for the 2013-15 biennium looks like a big boost for school districts Central Oregon educators have struggling with increased costs to mixed sentiments about Gov. John fund the pension system. Kitzhaber Kitzhaber's budget proposal, which proposes spending $6.15 billion for seeks to generate more money K-12 schools in Oregon, of which for school districts by r eforming $253 million comes from savings the Public Employees Retirement in PERS. Those changes entail capSystem. ping PERS cost-of-living increases At first glance, the governor's pro- and cutting an out-of-state credit for The Bulletin
What schooldistricts spendonPERS
Rnn Wilkinson, Bend-LaPineSchoolssuperintendent: "It's good to see the governor
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actually step out and take a public stand that we do something about PERS. The two pieces that he addresses are probably two of the pieces that need to be addressed. We clearly believe
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there are other things that need to bedone that are the longer-term fixes.... The concern is
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The two pieces identified by the governor are necessary, Wilkinson said. But, he added, more long-term work is needed to keep PERS and school districts financially healthy. P ERS — a n d re f o r ming t h e system — is a c onflict impacting people beyond educators planning retirements. See PERS/A6
What people are saying
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pensioners. The proposed changes to PERS are a good start toward reform, but not enough to fix the problem altogether, school officials say. "It's good to see the governor actually step out and take a public stand that we do something about PERS," said Ron Wilkinson, superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools.
that it doesn't do enough. It's a good starting point."
Kathy Stienert, Redmond School District director of fiscal services: "The bottom line is that the governor's proposed funding really doesn't get us to beingable to restore all of the daysand all of the staff that we've had to cut.... We're more than delighted that he is supporting PERS reform; it's just not enough."
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Jim Golden,Sisters SchoolDistrict superintendent: "I believe all superintendents in our region are happythat the governor has taken the step to try and reform someaspects of PERS. Our hope is that this will pass muster with the Oregon Supreme Court, which we
believe will end uphearing achallenge to these changes. So, anysavings we receive is likely to be18 months to two years down the line." Rick Molitor, Jefferson County School District superintendent:"Anything will help. What's been SISTERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
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proposed really helps us maintain wherewe're currently at, but not necessarily reducing the obligation of the district."
Lonn Hukun,OregonSchool BoardsAssociation spokesman:Theorganization supports any effort to look at PERS to reduce the costs to school districts. But the legislative session — and the full discussion — has yet n to begin, he said. "It's just the beginning of the game. It's the first inning. We don't even have three outs yet.
In bin Ladenmovie, she's ahero. In real life, it's complicated. By Greg Miller The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — She was a real-life heroine of the CIA hunt for Osama bin Laden, a headstrong young operative whose work tracking the al-Qaida lead-
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over credit for the mission. After being given an award for her work, she sent an email to dozens of other recipients sayingthey didn'tdeserve to share her accolades, current and former officials said. SeeCIA/A5
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