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son has known that he was
leaders across the state against the expansion, relying in part on information the university says is false.
going to the White House to cook. He «na just didn't know the
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THE JIINIPER RIDGEGIIESTIDN:
tive choice in locating its
new campus within a busy section of town. Truth In Site insists a better location
As economy rises, so
do dream homes
would be on the fringes of the city, where any impact on existing neighborhoods would be minimized and the college could spur new development. The group's efforts have
Erickson was one of International Association
WAS LANDOFFERED FOR A CAMPUS OR NOT? Truth In Site, which is attempting to block the development ofan OSU campus onBend'swestside, has told local leaders that OSU-Cascadeswasoffered 200 acres of free land at Juniper Ridge. Theuniversity denies an offer waseverextended, which is backed up by The Bulletin's research. Where did this information come from?
of Culinary Professionals to go to 1600 Pennsylvania
Juniper Ridge t,500acres ofcily-ownedproperty north of Bend,pictured from the sttyin 2009. Cunently hometo BEND Les Schwah headquarleis, Pacific Power and Suterra.
of free land while costs for
By Paul Sullivan
the small west-side location have tripled — claims the
New York Times News Service
university says are untrue.
Scott Seltzer's beach
if not for the screening
The legal challenge is ongoingbuthas so far been unsuccessful in every way except delaying OSU-Cascades. Both the Bend City
house in Sagaponack, New York, would have been finished in half the time,
THE CLAIM
"Did you know ... that OSU-Cascades turned down an offer for 200 free acres in Juniper Ridge?"
room. Thatone room took
Counciland Ken Helm, an
two years, but Seltzer, who works in finance, has no regrets. "I lived in small apartments my whole life," said Seltzer, 52, who grew up in Queens and now lives
independenthearings officer who is now a state representative from Washington
County, ruled the campus plan met all requirements.
Avenue on Friday and report to the kitchen.
"I got to D.C. on Tuesday to spend a couple days with my sister, Kaari, who lives
here. She got the brunt of my pacing the floor and being nervous, and she reassured me, 'Thor, just do what you do. You always adjust to what is,' she said, and she was right, I did," Erickson said.
See Culinary/A5
Billionaire benefactors
— Sent by Truth In Site to local and state lawmakers
included claims that the
school was offered and rejected an expansive swath
"m Truth iositaaourcaathaclaimto a 2014 email from MarkCapell at the time aBendcity councilor to a Truth In Site supporter. Capell wrote:
'. ateh+ '. a:: e. st j + " ' .u',rr '+rttra; ..:. The Bulletin file photo
make mark By Alison Vekshin
"In fact, we offered 200 acres at Juniper Ridge at no charge toOSU."
Bloomberg News
SAN FRANCISCO
— The hoodie-wearing
OSU-CASCADESAND THE CITY COUNCIL
OSU-Cascades says there was no actual offer of free land, and that the cost to develop the property at Juniper Ridge is prohibitive. Public records and interviews with sitting councilors confirm that claim. Capell, too, confirms no offer was madebut insists the council talked about it. Mayor Jim Clinton andCouncilor Victor Chudowsky have norecollections of such aconversation.
billionaires who connected the world through Internet
likes and vacation photos are getting the same rewards as the oil and steel moguls of yore: large buildings with their names on them.
Witness the newly re-
After those two decisions,
Truth In Site appealedto the
f ir s t family? It was
eight chefs chosen by the
arguing the university has made a costly and disrup-
EDITOR'5CHOICE
Wouldhe
cook for the
all very mysterious, and nerve-wracking.
Truth In Site formed in early 2014 to block the
Bend, Corvallis and Salem,
chef instructor Thor Erick-
West-side location for 4-yeercampus
As opponents of the proposed OSU-Cascades campus
university from building a campus on Bend's west side. The organization, which says it has around 800 members, hired a lawyer to argue the campus is illegal under the city's development code. Running parallel to its land use challenge, the group is lobbying leaders in
For the past few weeks, Cascade Culinary Institute
christened Priscilla and
TRUTH INSITE'S RESPONSE
Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
in Manhattan. "When we
state Land Use Board of Ap-
were building this house, I said I'd like a screening room.Icouldw atch mov-
peals. A ruling is expected bythe end of April, but the
ies or the news. Then I
Oregon Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court. The land use challenge has pushedthe campus'targeted openingback from 2015
one prong of which is an email campaign targetingthe Bend City Council, state leg-
millions of our taxpayer dol-
to 2016, while additional
islators, OSU administrators
them to send a message to the
appeals could slide the date back even further.
and local media members.
targeted decision-makers and to share is false, a claim journalists."Please check out backed up by public records,
the wife of Gordon Moore, the semiconductor industry
the new information posted
interviews with elected offi-
on our website. You will be
cials and an examination of public meeting minutes. See Campus/A6
pioneer who predicted the ever-increasing computer
thought, let's make this special." It was that word "spe-
cial" that doubled the
project's time for one room in his 8,000-square-foot
home, taking more time to finish than the spa with the Turkish marble floors or
the wine cellar. "What most people call screening rooms are glorified dens, with a big tele-
"Mark Capell just doesn't want to get involved at this point, so is taking the wimpyway out," Scott Morgan, a Truth In Site spokesman,says. "Written proof is written proof."
case could be taken to the
As the Land Use Board
of Appeals considers the case, Truth In Site has continued its lobbying efforts,
Graphics hy Tyler Leeds and David Wray/The Bulletin
and Trauma Center, or the
Benioff Children's Hospital at the University of California at San Francisco, which
"It is critical and time is of theessence ifw e are to
succeed in stoppingthis potential 'Cover Central Oregon' debacle beforeithappens and
lars are wasted," Truth In Site
wrote to supporters, urging
shocked with the facts that we have uncovered that OSU-C
doesn't want you to know."
The university says much of the information Truth In Site encouraged its members
opened last month. That's in the same building as the Betty Irene Moore Wom-
en's Hospital, named for
speeds that fostered the
riseoftech-eratitans. See Benefactors/A5
vision and leather chairs,
maybe some stadium seating," he said. "I wanted mine to have a vision. I feel
it's one of the most impressive screening rooms in the
Republicans have little to fear from a divisive primary
country."
The screening room, which is oval, has a hand-painted ceiling that mixes silver and gold leaf with Swarovski crystals. He declined to say how
much the entire project cost, but said he spent $350,000 on the screening room alone. The house was valued for tax purposes at $3 million last year, though the actual value is certainly higher when the renovations and land are
factored in. See Homes /A5
ANALYSIS
By Brendan Nyhan
sive primary fights damage
New York Times News Service
presidential nominees in
Will the fight for the GOP presidential nomination be Hillary Clinton's secret weap-
the general election. People close to Clinton endorsed this theory in a Politico article
each other." In their view, Clinton benefits from the Re-
on in the 2016 election? Not
Tuesday, which reported that "a core element of Clinton's
publicans' "wild and messy primary contest," which will
the prospects of the leading Democratic presidential
which some thought hindered their efforts to defeat President Barack Obama's bid for
plan was to get out of the way
result in "a bloodied GOP
contender. Republicans also
re-election.
and let the dueling wings of
nominee."
compressedtheirprimary
according to the best political science research. It's often thought that divi-
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For their part, conservatives praised Sen. Elizabeth
the Republican Party savage
Warren of Massachusetts this year, hoping she would run against Clinton and harm
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