In March, during the union certification drive, I made a public records request for documents showing what law firms and consultants were advising Berdahl. I got these heavily redacted contracts and invoices. (Maybe a bit too heavily redacted, Randy?) No charge, though it did take a petition to Lane County…
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by passing the buck to an “Administrative Advisory Group”, though I suppose it’s possible he’s looking for cover to do the right thing. Last I heard Dave was still claiming that the $200 fee waiver policy he and Berdahl rescinded in May had really only been implemented by Lariviere on…
Fourth and Fifth updates, 10/7/2012 and 10/8/2012: From: David Hubin Subject: FW: [UO Matters] New comment on (Update) Oregon Hall air quality letter. Date: October 7, 2012 5:42:32 PM PDT [UO Matters], Perhaps you are already aware of this, but your representation in UO Matters of the note I sent…
9/30/2012. It’s a twisted story. The DOJ hired an expert who says Harrang Long et al. padded their bill with top-heavy lawyers: If Bill Gary gets his way with the court, his 32 page counter-plea will yield a rather remarkable $27,000 per page (double-spaced). Paid for by the 53% of us who…
Updates: As of 10PM today we had 30,200 unique visits for September, thanks mostly to the Geller, Holmes, Bean, and OH stories. This is about what the Daily Emerald advertising rate card has been reporting for their monthly visits when school is in session. Enterprising reporters interested in wide exposure for…
9/25/2012: Sorry, long post. The gist? If you want action at UO go to Pete DeFazio and your union – the latter is DeFazio’s advice. While Oregon’s public records law website says: Government transparency is vital to a healthy democracy. Public scrutiny helps ensure that government spends tax dollars wisely…
From the Dayton Daily News. They don’t say how much they had to pay to get the records from the university and foundation. Last year UO would have released similar data free, but since this spring’s Hubin/Berdahl public records crackdown it would probably cost a curious reporter hundreds or thousands…
9/19/2012 update: DeFazio gets results. I wonder if this means the UO Public Records Office is still going to refuse to give a public-interest fee waiver on the public records? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Oregon Hall NewsSent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:11 PMTo: ‘[email protected]‘Cc: George Hecht; Donald Elting;…
9/10/2012: That’s the decision by Dave Hubin, who’s running the search for a replacement for Randy Gelller’s hire, Liz Denecke. But you are allowed to read their resumes on Gottfredson’s website, here.9/13/2012 Update: I went to the interview for the first candidate, Lisa Thornton. She has been the Interim PR Officer since October.…
8/31/2012. KATU News requested the documents in May, Dan Tilkin and John Tierney have the story. Jake Zivin of KEZI also gives a peek. It’s another of UO General Counsel Randy Geller’s hack jobs, not much meat: The full dump is here. I’d be very surprised if all Randy’s redactions are legal under…
from UO’s public records system. Emphasis in the original: Dear Bill, President Gottfredson received your inquiry, included below, and has asked me to respond on his behalf. As a result of further discussion, we will be modifying our fee practices so that simple, straightforward requests that take less than one…
8/7/2012: That’s the latest rumor from Dave Hubin. Apparently the proposal comes from Bob Berdahl, with support from unnamed other Johnson Hall dwellers. My guess is this is a reaction to my posting of the letters describing Interim Provost Jim Bean’s Berdahlesque sabbatical online last December, during the fight over…
from the Center for Public Integrity. We have OK laws, but fail on implementation. The work of Berdahl and Geller has not gone unnoticed. 7/27/2012.
UO’s Bob Berdahl, from UO Matters 5/22/2012: Last September, after a long series of meetings and after input from the faculty, students, and the press, President Lariviere instituted a simple $200 fee waiver system for public records requests. It worked pretty well. Maybe too well. Yesterday, with no warning or…
Not sure why this took me so long to find. The San Francisco Chronicle, 2005: UC’S PAID LEAVES CALLED ‘BETRAYAL’ – REGENTS’ EDICT IGNORED – 3 top managers were given lucrative furloughs in violation of university policy: Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl received a 13 1/2-month leave at $315,600…