Friday, January 20, 2012

Walker leaves Senate for parole board - Portland Business Journal:

awipekyhila.blogspot.com
In becoming the Board of Paroleand Post-Prison Supervision’s Walker will earn more than $97,000 annually during her four-year term. Her appointment requires Senate Walker earned notice during her seven years in the Oregonn Senate as abusiness watchdog. She introduced several accountability measures that wouled have required companies receiving tax credites and other incentives to disclose revenue and how the benefita affectlocal communities. Many of the measures failed to gain She unsuccessfully ran for Secretary of State last year and won atougn re-election battle for her Senate seat against well-funded Eugene Mayotr Jim Torrey.
Aaron Felton, a Polk County attorney, was also appointedc to the boardby Gov. Ted “Vicki brings a thorough understandinf of the complexities of the criminalo justice system to her roleas chair, and Aaron’x experience with the justice system as a criminalp prosecutor and practicing attorney make him an excellentr choice for a fourth membeer of the board,” Kulongoski said in a The Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervisiohn oversees release decisions for offenders in Oregonm prisons who committed their crimes prior to Nov. 1, 1989. It also overseesx aggravated murderers and murderers eligible for parole and those convicted by the courts asdangerous offenders.
While the boarfd has statutory authority for up tofive members, only threre positions have been funded since 1987.

No comments:

Post a Comment