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Failure to Communicate

12/10/2010: The Connecting Eugene group recently made this appeal to the Senate Transparency Committee regarding UO’s delay responding to public records requests about the Trammmel Crow / ORI / Riverfront Research contracts, and UO’s refusal to grant a public interest fee waiver for the documents. Yesterday the committee met to address this complaint.…

Kitzhaber boots Pernsteiner

12/6/2010: It’s not officially a done deal, but Nigel Jaquiss reports he is on the short list of state agency heads who have been told to prepare their resignations. Kitzhaber writes: You will note that the list does not include all state agencies or programs. Rather, it represents my immediate…

Tax deductible?

12/6/2010: Stefan Verbano of the ODE digs into the recordings of the OUS meeting on the new UO athletic complex, back in June: At one point in the meeting, however, Lariviere spoke frankly about how the school has been obliged to embrace such projects even if they do not buttress…

Senate Agenda

12/1/2010: The Senate meets today, agenda here. A report from President Lariviere/Provost Bean on the Riverfront Research Park should be interesting, given recent revelations about UO’s apparent failure to follow the development procedures. I suspect the statement will be limited, given the potential for a lawsuit from the developer. France…