Portland prepares for Bush, Kerry visits Friday
Police and protesters both plan to
step up their presence for the events
AVIVA L. BRANDT
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PORTLAND — The presidential campaign is
a marathon for candidates, who crisscross the
country for months, trolling for votes.
And providing security when Democrat John
Kerry and President Bush both come to town on
Friday isn't much different than handling the Port
land Marathon, Portland Police Bureau
spokesman Officer Greg Pashley said.
"We will be handling this like any big event in
town where there will be crowds," Pashley said.
Pashley said the Police Bureau wasn't worried
about being stretched too thin with both candi
dates in town on the same day. He expected all
of the city's nearly 1,000 police officers to be
available for duty.
"We just have to plan for all kinds of
contingencies," Pashley said. "It depends what
they do all day. If they're at private functions, it's
different concerns than if it's public rallies. It just
depends on their itinerary."
Kerry's campaign announced Monday he
would attend a morning rally at Portland's Wa
terfront Park. A Bush spokeswoman said Mon
day that Bush's itinerary would not be available
until closer to Friday.
When Bush and Kerry were both in Daven
port, Iowa, last week, robbers struck at three
banks, apparently expecting police to be too
short-handed to follow up. Police had two sus
pects in custody Monday.
Pashley said a similar crime spree could hap
pen in Portland on Friday, but police would be
ready for whatever happened.
"Anything's possible. They're blaming the
bank robberies on the fact that the candidates
were in town. I don't know if there's any corre
lation," he said.
As a swing state, Oregon has seen quite a bit of
the candidates, and handling their visits is
becoming old hat for Portland police, Pashley said.
"These guys come to town often enough,
we're getting used to it," he said. "This is a city
that has a lot of major functions anyway. We just
have to dig in our heels."
Pashley said he could not estimate how much
it would cost the city to provide security for the
two candidates.
When Bush visited Portland last August, the
city spent $116,575 in police overtime costs,
said Scott Farris, spokesman for Mayor Vera
Katz. The preliminary estimate on Kerry's fund
raising visit in May was $60,000, he said.
The city has a policy of billing campaigns for
fund-raising visits. The Bush/Cheney campaign
"politely declined" to pay the bill after August 2003
visit and the city can't legally pursue it Farris said.
"Some people thought we were flaky when
we started this in 2002, but it's becoming a na
tional concern," Farris said. "Lincoln, Nebras
ka, sent bill to the Republican National Com
mittee for a visit from Cheney. This is an issue
that's getting a lot more attention from cities
that are strapped for cash."
Meanwhile, activists are starting to make
plans for protests against both Bush and Kerry.
The alternative media Web site www.port
land.indymedia.org, a clearinghouse for such in
formation, said plans were still coming together.
The Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, which
often organizes protests and rallies, also was still in
the planning stages, said volunteer Will Seaman.
The group plans a rally, "but not a protest," at
the Kerry event to emphasize its message on the
peace movement, Seaman said.
A protest is in the works for the Bush event,
but until the Bush campaign releases its itiner
ary, nothing is definite, he said.
Bush's last visit to Portland in August 2003 drew
3,500 mostly peaceful protesters. But a visit a year
earlier resulted in police using tear gas and non
lethal bullets to disperse demonstrators.
Relatively few protesters turned out for Kerry's
last visit to Portland in May.
Aviva L. Brandt is a writer
for the Associated Press.
NEWS BRIEF
Man faces charges in
hit-and-run incident
Twenty-one-year-old Jermaine Nel
son was arrested Sunday and charged
with three counts of first-degree at
tempted assault, DUII and felony hit
and-runafter an early morning inci
dent at Club Tsunami.
According to a Eugene Police De
partment press release, at 2:04 a.m.,
Eugene police officers responded to re
ports of a dispute at the club, located at
2222 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..
According to witnesses, a fight
broke out on the club's dance floor
and several people were injured.
Bouncers escorted the involved par
ties outside the club, where the fight
broke out again.
Nelson and several others alleged
ly jumped into a gray 1993 Buick
four-door vehicle and attempted to
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feet; the existing complex will see some
18,000 square feet of renovations.
Zavala said allotting money for
capital repairs construction is very
important.
"The budget will maintain and im
prove existing facilities in great need
of repair," she said. "If we don't ad
dress these needs, some buildings
may not be useable in the future."
Zavala said that although the Uni
versity isn't facing particularly grave
construction concerns, Oregon State
University does have buildings in dire
need of repair.
Acting OUS chancellor George
Pemsteiner said in a press release Ore
gon university campuses need $40
million a year in capital repair funds
just to stay even. Without this money,
the deferred maintenance will contin
ue to back up and buildings will
become run down.
Ramey said Frohnmayer made the
decision on construction needs, priori
tizing projects by which have the great
est need and are most beneficial to stu
dents, also taking into account private
fund raising. All five projects were par
tially funded by gifts or grants.
Zavala said the board used specific
criteria when deciding which proj
ects to include in the capital con
struction budget. The board looked
at whether the project were ad
dressed in the University Master
Plan, demonstrate need, support the
board's priorities, provide cost sav
ings and are University priorities.
Ramey said the Board will submit its
request for funding to Gov. Ted Kulon
goski. Kulongoski and his staff will re
view and possibly revise the budget and
present the budget to the legislature.
Ramey said the earliest that con
struction would start is summer 2006.
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East 15th Avenue in response to the
Living Learning Center, the Universi
ty is continuing with the expansion.
"We decided even if it's not re
quired we are increasing parking any
way," Tepfer said. "We've been look
ing at 15th Street for the Living
Learning Center for a while."
While parking is being redesigned
with the center in mind, Tepfer said
no new parking lots were being built
to accommodate it.
"We don't provide parking on a
building-by-building basis," Tepfer
said. "We do it by demand."
Eyster said when the center is com
plete, it will allow the University to de
crease density in other residence halls
by renting more rooms as singles. Also,
the University will not use the center to
drive enrollment, Eyster said.
"There will be more students living
on campus, not coming to campus,"
Eyster said. "Three-hundred and
eighty-five more students living on
campus translates to fewer cars."
The University issues between 6,500
and 7,000 parking permits a year for
its 3,300 spaces. Stamm said the dis
crepancy between permits and spaces
"rrhere will be more
students living on
campus, not coming to
campus... Three-hundred
and eighty-five more
students living on campus
translates to fewer cars. "
— Mike Eyster
University Housing Director
is because of variations in student
schedules. Some only come to campus
during half of the week, others only in
the mornings, for example.
Eyster said DPS plans to limit the
number of overnight permits issued
to restrict the number of cars resi
dence hall student bring to campus.
Stamm said the Living Learning
Center will not substantively add to
the University's parking problems.
"The University has long empha
sized that if you live on campus, you
don't need a car," said Stamm.
The plan is for parking on East 15th
Avenue to re-open Sept. 15, before
students begin arriving for classes,
Stamm said.
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