FACT 1: A judge this morning granted a preliminary injunction stopping UC Berkeley's plans to build a training center next to Memorial Stadium, handing at least a temporary victory to a group of environmentalists who have been camping for weeks in old oak trees that would have to be cut down for the development.
In the four-page ruling, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller said the plaintiffs -- the city of Berkeley, Panoramic Hill Association and California Oak Foundation -- made a sufficient case that the project violates the Alquist-Priolo Act, a state law prohibiting new buildings on earthquake faults.
The injunction means that UC cannot begin work on the project until after the trial, if at all. The trial likely would begin in early summer.
The delay pushes back the construction schedule at least a year, due to conflicts with the football schedule, costing UC $8 million to $10 million due to rising construction costs.
FACT 2: Jim Bartko was hired by the Cal Athletic Department to raise money for the training center and the retrofit of Memorial Stadium.
FACT 3: What big donor would want to donated money to the Cal Athletic Department now with all those left wing kooks in Berkeley willing to use the courts to delay the project indefinitely? Not a healthy climate for raising funds.Jim Bartk's job of raising money will now be much harder.
FACT 4: Jim Bartko when he was working for the Oregon Athletic Department was the main contact between Oregon's main big donor Phil Knight and the Oregon Athletic Department. He had and has an excellent relationship with Phil Knight and was liked by large and small donors. He is ready to be an Athletic Director and he knows Oregon
Fact 5: Oregon will not be able to build a new basketball arena without Phil Knight's help which he would not give as long as Bill Moos was AD. That's the reason for the almost two million dollar buy out of the Moos contract by other donors.
FACT 6: It's been 64 days and Oregon has not been able to find a new Athletic Director that can be announced to the public.
THEREFORE: University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer should get on an airplane for the San Francisco Bay Area and offer Jim Bartko the job of Oregon Athletic Director and not take "NO" for an answerer! Time to come home!
