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"As noted in this week&amp;#39;s Boot former councilor and now state Sen. Chris Telfer (R) stuck around city hall just long enough to orchestrate the installation of her hand picked mayor, Kathie Eckman. After Eckman won on a &amp;quot;party line&amp;quot; vote over Mark Capell, Telfer packed her bags for Salem leaving the council to fill the two years remaining on her term.\n\nAnd if the mayoral contest was any kind of litmus test, expect a divided council to narrowly appoint another person with strong ties to, or at least support from, the Bend Good Ol&amp;#39; Boys Club (i.e. the builders, realtors and Chamber lobby). \nUpfront&amp;#39;s money is on Don Leonard, a former planning commissioner who ran unsuccessfully in November against Jim Clinton. Leonard subsequently filed for the position opened by the sudden death of councilor and former mayor Bill Friedman. The council ultimately filled that seat with Jodie Barram, another planning commission vet, who lost a close contest to Jeff Eager in November."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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