As Legislature Shuts Down, Speaker Kotek Highlights CRC Funding

Rep. Tina Kotek
By NIGEL JAQUISS

The Legislature coasted to a close today, after months of futile shadow-boxing over whether to add to early session cuts to the Public Employee Retirement System and to partially offset such cuts with a tax increase.

That ultimately did not happen, to Gov. John Kitzhaber's dismay.

The governor made his displeasure clear in a statement following the announcement of sine die, the Latin term for adjournment that lawmakers cherish.

Here's Kitzhaber's take:

Tina Kotek
killed the project
 

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