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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By James Sinks / The Bulletin
July 10, 2002
SALEM - Gov. John Kitzhaber stayed mum for more than two weeks as the Legislature labored to cobble together a solution to a state budget shortfall that approached $900 million.
He broke that silence Tuesday in a blistering critique, calling the hodgepodge plan - which relies heavily on new debt....