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"A Killing That Won't Go Away" Jim Hill - Former Oregon Senator
| "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." -Benjamin Franklin |
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| During the time Phil Stanford wrote a column for The Oregonian, he devoted 84 columns to Michael Francke's murder and mentioned it in 17 others (one-ninth of his total of 898 columns over seven years), a staggering total of some 69,000 words--or, as Nick Budnick from the Willamette Week put it- enough to fill a book. The following are links to pages I created, composed of the text of some of those columns: 6/21/89-Who is this man, and why was he there? A week after Michael Francke was murdered, investigators released the description of a man seen running from the scene. It was a sketchy description at best--dark pants and a light-colored jacket that came to below his waist 8/16/89-Adding a few more pieces to the puzzle Back in the summer of 1986, the Salem chapter of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, which represents most of the state's correctional officers, had a little problem. Several prison guards had already been indicted, and union officials wanted to know just how extensive the damage was. 10/9/89-My, how things come around Dear Vic," begins the letter, which was among the documents released Friday by the state police— "Dear Vic." Not just anybody could talk to the former governor that way, but former state Sen. L.B. Day sure could. 10/11/89-For now, let's call it Franckegate Everything has to have a name, so let's call it Franckegate. Of course it's corny, but see if you can come up with something that says it better. 11/17/89-Come to think of it, where is Frohnmayer? Earth to Stanford: Ione E. Curtis, North: You made a lot of Gov. Goldschmidt's "b.s. and garbage" remarks about the current corrections flap. And considering everything that has come out since then about the mess down there, I guess he was wrong. But tell me, where is Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer in all this? Where was the attorney general during the last so-called investigation? And, more to the point, where in the world is he now? Wake up, Phil. Comment: Thanks, I needed that. |
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