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| − | + | The background: Cylvia Hayes is the longtime 芒聙聹significant other芒聙聺 of John Kitzhaber. She芒聙聶s also the founder and CEO of a Bend consulting firm that specializes in sustainable development, renewable energy and that sort of thing.Last spring 3E was one of the bidders <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine Handbags Outlet</a> on a contract with the state Department of Energy for a project that was being funded with federal stimulus money. The contract ended up going to a Seattle firm, R.W. Beck. But,脗聽脗聽and other media, state officials then 芒聙聹encouraged芒聙聺 Beck to take on 3E as a subcontractor.芒聙聹At the time, some Energy Department staff members raised concerns about the way Hayes' company was promoted by the agency after losing the bid, and findings by state auditors triggered <a> criminal investigation <by>the state Department of Justice and US Attorney芒聙聶s Office], sources familiar with the investigation say,芒聙聺 The Oregonian wrote.Hayes released a脗聽today saying she hasn芒聙聶t been contacted by investigators and denying that she did anything wrong or that Kitzhaber had anything to do with her firm being picked as a subcontractor.芒聙聹It is 芒聙娄 clear from the timing and leaks by anonymous sources that some people are attempting to exploit for political purposes the fact that I am in a long-term personal relationship with John Kitzhaber,芒聙聺 the statement said.芒聙聹Please allow me to set the record straight: John Kitzhaber has no involvement whatsoever in my company. While John Kitzhaber has sat on the board of my non-profit sustainable development organization, he has at no time had any material involvement with my small business; not as a board member, nor as an investor. 脗聽He has also never played a role in my efforts to compete for contracts, either in the private sector or the public sector.芒聙聺What to make of all this? Well, it might be worth noting that the story脗聽脗聽by脗聽脗聽of Willamette <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com/celine-new-arrivals-35>Celine Bags New Arrivals</a> Week, a Portland alternative newspaper.Jaquiss, who was a Wall Street trader before he decided to go into journalism, is Willy Week芒聙聶s star muckraker, and he specializes in raking muck of a sexual nature involving Democratic politicians.脗聽脗聽for revealing former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt芒聙聶s sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, and he broke the story of Portland Mayor Sam Adams芒聙聶s relationship with a young man who may or may not have been underage when Adams first got involved with him.There芒聙聶s no evidence yet that Kitzhaber had anything to do with applying improper pressure to the Department of Energy to steer a contract to Hayes芒聙聶s company 芒聙聯 assuming any improper pressure was applied. It芒聙聶s even questionable how much weight he still swings with the department, having <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com/celine-trapeze-bags-36>Celine Trapeze Bags</a> been out of office for seven and a half years.But the media now have a reason to put the words 芒聙聹Kitzhaber芒聙聺 and 芒聙聹investigation芒聙聺 into the same headline, and a lot of voters will subscribe to the where-there芒聙聶s-smoke-there芒聙聶s-fire theory.Is it all a political hatchet job, as Hayes is claiming? To use the most shopworn of editorial writer芒聙聶s clich脙漏s, time will tell. But from where I sit right now it smells a little like it. | |
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@@@ The background: Cylvia Hayes is the longtime 芒聙聹significant other芒聙聺 of John Kitzhaber. She芒聙聶s also the founder and CEO of a Bend consulting firm that specializes in sustainable development, renewable energy and that sort of thing.Last spring 3E was one of the bidders <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine Handbags Outlet</a> on a contract with the state Department of Energy for a project that was being funded with federal stimulus money. The contract ended up going to a Seattle firm, R.W. Beck. But,脗聽脗聽and other media, state officials then 芒聙聹encouraged芒聙聺 Beck to take on 3E as a subcontractor.芒聙聹At the time, some Energy Department staff members raised concerns about the way Hayes' company was promoted by the agency after losing the bid, and findings by state auditors triggered <a> criminal investigation <by>the state Department of Justice and US Attorney芒聙聶s Office], sources familiar with the investigation say,芒聙聺 The Oregonian wrote.Hayes released a脗聽today saying she hasn芒聙聶t been contacted by investigators and denying that she did anything wrong or that Kitzhaber had anything to do with her firm being picked as a subcontractor.芒聙聹It is 芒聙娄 clear from the timing and leaks by anonymous sources that some people are attempting to exploit for political purposes the fact that I am in a long-term personal relationship with John Kitzhaber,芒聙聺 the statement said.芒聙聹Please allow me to set the record straight: John Kitzhaber has no involvement whatsoever in my company. While John Kitzhaber has sat on the board of my non-profit sustainable development organization, he has at no time had any material involvement with my small business; not as a board member, nor as an investor. 脗聽He has also never played a role in my efforts to compete for contracts, either in the private sector or the public sector.芒聙聺What to make of all this? Well, it might be worth noting that the story脗聽脗聽by脗聽脗聽of Willamette <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com/celine-new-arrivals-35>Celine Bags New Arrivals</a> Week, a Portland alternative newspaper.Jaquiss, who was a Wall Street trader before he decided to go into journalism, is Willy Week芒聙聶s star muckraker, and he specializes in raking muck of a sexual nature involving Democratic politicians.脗聽脗聽for revealing former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt芒聙聶s sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, and he broke the story of Portland Mayor Sam Adams芒聙聶s relationship with a young man who may or may not have been underage when Adams first got involved with him.There芒聙聶s no evidence yet that Kitzhaber had anything to do with applying improper pressure to the Department of Energy to steer a contract to Hayes芒聙聶s company 芒聙聯 assuming any improper pressure was applied. It芒聙聶s even questionable how much weight he still swings with the department, having <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com/celine-trapeze-bags-36>Celine Trapeze Bags</a> been out of office for seven and a half years.But the media now have a reason to put the words 芒聙聹Kitzhaber芒聙聺 and 芒聙聹investigation芒聙聺 into the same headline, and a lot of voters will subscribe to the where-there芒聙聶s-smoke-there芒聙聶s-fire theory.Is it all a political hatchet job, as Hayes is claiming? To use the most shopworn of editorial writer芒聙聶s clich脙漏s, time will tell. But from where I sit right now it smells a little like it.
