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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=danielbacher@fishsniffer.com
href="mailto:danielbacher@fishsniffer.com">Dan Bacher</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:27 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Judge Rules Against TriMet in Free Speech Case over Klamath
Dams Ad </DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111
size=4><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><B>Judge Rules
Against TriMet in Free Speech Case over Klamath Dams Ad�</B></SPAN></FONT>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111 size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><B></B></SPAN></FONT><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Judge
Henry C. Breithaupt ruled Monday that Trimet Bus Company's refusal of a
�political� advertisement urging PacifiCorp ratepayers to support Klamath River
dam removal was unconstitutional, on both state and federal grounds. This is a
big victory for both free speech and river restoration. I greatly commend the
Karuk Tribe, Friends of the River and the ACLU for standing up for free speech
in a time of increasing restrictions on freedom of expression by the federal,
state and local governments and in this case, a public bus
company!</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">David
Fidanque, Executive Director of the ACLU of Oregon, said, "No public transit
system should be able to put itself above the state or federal constitution.� I
wholeheartedly agree!</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR><IMG
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href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/06/03/trimet_rejected_ad.jpg"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10px">original image ( 2400x1029)</SPAN></FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Contacts:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">David
Fidanque, Executive Director, ACLU of Oregon, (541) 954-7731</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">S. Craig
Tucker, Klamath Campaign Coordinator, Karuk Tribe of
California</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">(530)
627-3446 Ext. 3027 (office) or (916) 207-8294 (cell)</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Kelly
Catlett, Hydropower Reform Policy Advocate, Friends of the
River</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">(916)
442-3155 Ext. 223</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Judge
Rules Against TriMet in Free Speech Case</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">JUNE 3,
2008 � Judge Henry C. Breithaupt ruled Monday that TriMet�s refusal of a
�political� advertisement was unconstitutional, on both state and federal
grounds. The ACLU of Oregon�s victory on behalf on the Karuk Tribe of California
and the Friends of the River Foundation makes clear that TriMet cannot violate
free speech protections as it picks and chooses what ads to accept or
deny.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Judge
Breithaupt ruled that TriMet does not have to make its buses available for
advertisements, but that if it does �it places itself in the same position as a
government � (and) may not � violate the Oregon Constitution.� TriMet�s decision
to deny an ad, the judge ruled, may not be based on the content of that
ad.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�This is
an important victory for free speech in Oregon,� said David Fidanque, Executive
Director of the ACLU of Oregon. �No public transit system should be able to put
itself above the state or federal constitution.�</SPAN></FONT><FONT
class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111>The Karuk Tribe and Friends of the River had sought to place an ad
on TriMet buses regarding the damage done to salmon runs by
electricity-generating dams, owned by Portland-based Pacific Power, on the
Klamath River. The ad depicts three salmon facing a wall of electrical sockets,
along with the caption, �Salmon shouldn�t run up your electric bill. They should
run up the Klamath River.� The ad then directs the public to a website �
</FONT><A href="http://www.salmonforsavings.com/"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Verdana><FONT class=Apple-style-span
color=#17345c>http://www.salmonforsavings.com</FONT></FONT></A><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal"> � for more information. (A copy of the ad is
attached.)</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">TriMet�s
Advertising Standards Committee rejected the proposed ad on the grounds that it
did not constitute an �advertisement� and that the public transit agency did not
want its buses or property �to become a public forum for the dissemination,
debate, and/or discussion of public issues.� The ACLU appealed the committee�s
decision to TriMet�s general manager, who in a letter dated Jan. 18, 2008,
upheld the rejection.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">The ACLU
argued that both rejections represent an unlawful restriction on speech in
violation of Article 1, section 8, of the Oregon Constitution and the First
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The judge agreed with the ACLU on both
counts. TriMet may appeal the decision to the Oregon Court of
Appeals.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">The Karuk
Tribe and Friends of the River seek to restore healthy salmon populations to the
Klamath River. Their objective is the removal of PacifiCorp�s lower four Klamath
River dams, allowing salmon to access more than 300 miles of their historic
habitat.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">The Karuk
Tribe and Friends of the River cite economic studies by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission and the California Energy Commission that show removing
the dams and purchasing renewable replacement energy would save Pacific Power
ratepayers about $100 million.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span
face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�We are
pleased that the judge upheld the rights of Pacific Power�s customers to hear
that dam removal can save them a significant amount of money,� said Kelly
Catlett, Hydropower Reform Policy Advocate for Friends of the
River.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana"><FONT
class=Apple-style-span color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana
color=#111111><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Thomas M.
Christ of Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP is the ACLU�s cooperating attorney on this
case.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#111111><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">�</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><BR></SPAN>
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