Denny Miles Jul. 2014 interview on Atiyeh

Title

Denny Miles Jul. 2014 interview on Atiyeh

Description

An interview of Denny Miles regarding Oregon's Governor Victor Atiyeh, recorded on July 31, 2014. Miles was Atiyeh's Press Secretary during most of his governorship. The interviewer, James Moore, was as professor of political science at Pacific University and was Atiyeh's biographer. This is one of several recorded interviews between Moore and Miles.

The interview includes discussion of: logistics and strategies of political campaigns, focusing on Atiyeh's 1978 and 1982 gubernatorial campaigns; the challenges of managing a campaign with a candidate who dislikes debates; Atiyeh's ability to connect with voters personally; his preference for hands-off campaign management; the impact of the 1982 Recession; Atiyeh's legislative experience, his fiscal conservatism, and his approach to budgeting and policy-making; the reform of Oregon's Unitary Tax; the SAIF raid incident; Atiyeh's strategic use of vetoes; Atiyeh's challenges in balancing budgets during the Recession; Atiyeh's frustration with the legislature's ideological shifts; the Rajneesh movement's impact on state governance; Atiyeh's health concerns; speculation about potential poisoning of Atiyeh during the Rajneesh crisis.

This recording is accompanied by a transcript.

Identifier

PUA_MS161_047

Date Created

Jul 31, 2014

Creator

Miles, Denny

Subject

Atiyeh, Victor

Oregon--Politics and government

Economic policy--Oregon

Taxation--Oregon

Rajneeshees

Extent

1 audio file (2 hr., 3 min.)

Date

2014

Contributor

Moore, James

Format

MP3

Spatial Coverage

Oregon

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Other Media

PUA_MS161_047.mp3