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October 5, 2016 The Skanner Page 3 News wake. Ater moving past Hai- ti, Matthew rolled across a corner of Cuba and then began pounding the southern Bahamas with winds of 120 mph (195 kph) and heavy rain on a course expected to take it near the capital city of Nassau. Forecasters said the “ cont’d from pg 1 in shelters and hospitals were overlowing. He called the hurricane the biggest humanitar- ian crisis in Haiti since the devastating earth- quake of 2010. Aid groups with rep- resentatives in the area said it was clear that many homes and crops were destroyed but that What we know is that many, many houses have been dam- aged. Some lost rootops and they’ll have to be replaced, while others were totally de- stroyed storm could hit Florida — or come dangerously close — late Thursday or early Friday and then scrape the East Coast up to the Carolinas over the weekend. Matthew could become the irst major hurricane to blow ashore in the U.S. since Wilma slashed across Florida in 2005. On Tuesday, Matthew swept across a remote area of Haiti with 145 mph (230 kph) winds, wrecking homes and swamping roads. But government lead- ers in the poorest coun- try in the Western Hemi- sphere said they weren’t close to fully gauging the efect in the lood-prone nation where less pow- erful storms have killed thousands. “What we know is that many, many houses have been damaged. Some lost rootops and they’ll have to be replaced, while others were totally de- stroyed,” Interior Min- ister Francois Anick Jo- seph said. Mourad Wahba, the U.N. secretary-general’s deputy special represen- tative for Haiti, said at least 10,000 people were Debate the extent was impossi- ble to gauge, especially in the Grand Anse area on the southern tip, which took a direct hit. “We have people in Grand Anse that we can- not reach,” Hervil Cheru- bin, country director for Heifer International, a nonproit that works with local farmers. While the capital, Port- au-Prince, was essential- ly back to normal, there was still widespread looding across southern Haiti. “There’s absolutely nothing we can do to protect ourselves here,” said motorcycle taxi driver Joseph Paul as he watched torrents of brown water wash over a road and deluge his low-lying neighborhood in Leogane. “This storm was too much for us, and we are at its mercy.” The U.S. government said it sent experts to Haiti to assess the dam- age and is providing $1.5 million in food and other disaster assistance. The hurricane also blew across the sparse- ly populated tip of Cuba overnight. PHOTO COURTESY OF MUSLIM EDUCATIONAL TRUST Hurricane Free Voter Registration Training The Muslim Educational Trust will host a free voter registration training from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 6) at 10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road in Tigard. Parents, community leaders, advocates and interested volunteers are invited to attend. MET”s activities are non- partisan and will not endorse candidates. The organization is partnering with APANO (the Asian Paciic American Network of Oregon) to ofer this workshop and training. CBA cont’d from pg 1 doesn’t include enough oversight to make sure the project actually creates good job opportunities for historically disadvantaged people. Michael Burch, a representative for the Paciic Northwest Region- “ nesses run by women, minorities and other disadvantaged groups don’t tell a complete story, Burch said. Data reporting also needs to relect whether contractors hire racial minorities or women into one-of jobs or apprenticeships that place them on a career track toward fami- ly-wage posi- tions. He’s concerned the city will adopt a “watered-down” varia- tion of the CBA that won’t include the level of oversight or close data tracking the CBA included. “It’s the formula that makes the CBA what it is,” Burch told The Skanner. “The formula’s what works and the city’s desperately doing ev- erything they can not to use the formula.” Two September hearings at City Hall focused on the Rocky Butte Data that lump together businesses run by women, minorities and other dis- advantaged groups don’t tell a complete story al Council of Carpenters, said the Kelley Butte and Interstate Renovation Projects had signato- ries including unions, as well as groups like Portland Youthbuild- ers and Oregon Tradeswomen – that required the Metropolitan Alliance for Workforce Equity to publish disaggregated data and to report regularly on how well con- tractors and the city were meet- ing hiring targets. Data that lump together busi- and Interstate projects: one on accepting the report and another on who would be signatories for similar projects in the future. A major sticking point in those hearings: whether groups like unions would be involved as sig- natories in Community Beneits Agreement projects. Burch said unions don’t neces- sarily need to be signatories on projects in the future, but groups invested in creating opportuni- ties for disadvantaged people need to have some oversight. “I think what we learned from the two days of council hearings is there is broad agreement on the goal, that is, expanding contract- ing opportunities for women and minorities and there is some disagreement about means,” Commissioner Nick Fish told The Skanner. “Whatever you call it, they’re all designed to get better outcomes.” Read the full story at TheSkanner.com cont’d from pg 1 the best way to empower someone is through economic security. Brown found herself temporarily without words to respond to Pierce’s claim. She told the audience that de- spite her middle-class upbringing, she was a survivor of domestic violence and she has been a professional making less money than her male colleagues. “This is not just about power. It is making sure that people are not dis- criminated against because of their gender, because of their race or be- cause of their sexual orientation,” Brown said. Stacey Kaka, the communications director for Pierce quit his campaign about two hours ater the controver- sial remarks, saying she was “greatly ofended” by what he said. Pierce later issued an apology to “Governor Brown and anyone else who may have taken my comments the wrong way.” In his statement he said any woman regardless of economic sta- tus can be a victim of domestic or sexu- al violence. On Monday, the political action com- mittee Oregon End Violence Against “ plaints. She said all neighborhoods, regardless of economic status, had inci- dents of these assaults. The remainder of the debate high- This is not just about power. It is making sure that people are not discriminated against be- cause of their gender, because of their race or because of their sexual orientation Women held a press conference to de- nounce Pierce’s statements. State Rep. Carla Piluso said the comment should disqualify Pierce from being Oregon’s governor. “A person who says a better education or a better job can cure these systemat- ic problems has no business leading our state,” Piluso said. “Oregon women deserve leaders who recognize the on- going domestic violence in our state.” Piluso spoke from her experience as Gresham’s police chief, where they would map out domestic violence com- lighted the diferences between the candidates. Brown is a staunch sup- porter of Measure 97, the corporate gross sales tax measure on the Novem- ber ballot. Pierce rejects the measure and favors streamlining government services in order to address the loom- ing $22 billion PERS liability. The candidates difered on reforms to the criminal justice system as well. Brown favors hiring diverse law en- forcement oicers, having diversity trainings and addressing dispropor- tionate impacts for people of color. Gov. Kate Brown debated Republican gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce at City Club Friday. Pierce’s remarks about domestic violence drew gasps, boos and resulted in the resignation of his spokesperson.