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The 6 th Women's
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Aueust 27-29,1993
Put Stein in the
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We have every confidence in Beverly Stein’s abilities to lead
Multnomah County into the next century
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by Renée LaChance
he race is on to fill Gladys McCoy’s
position, but no one can ever fill her
shoes.
With just nine weeks to run a cam-
p aig n , each c an d id a te for the
Multnomah County Chair has an extremely tough
race. Just Out focused its attention on the top
progressive contenders: Beverly Stein, Hank
Miggins and Paul McCoy.
Multnomah County is primarily in charge of
governing public safety, human services, correc
tions and the libraries. The county plays a major
role in facilitating the cities within its jurisdiction
to work together to fully utilize available re
sources. The Multnomah County Chair needs to
have excellent facilitation and organizational
skills, an understanding of governmental process,
a clear vision o f ways to leverage city and county
resources for the most efficient use of said re
sources, and the experience to implement that
vision.
Beverly Stein
Miggins has been a county auditor for over 12
years. He worked as McCoy’s county manager
after her election as Multnomah County Chair.
His strengths are in management and auditing. He
knows county budgets inside and out. He has
filled McCoy’s seat admirably since her death.
His goal in running for Multnomah County Chair
at this time is to fulfill Gladys McCoy’s vision for
the county. He doesn’t plan to run for the scat in
1994 but he also doesn ’ t rule it out. As a numbers-
cruncher, department auditor and dedicated pub
lic servant, Miggins is a great choice for an
elected aud i tor ’ s posi t ion. The MultnomahCounty
Chair requires slightly more than Miggins’ cur
rent skills can handle.
Paul McCoy is the son of Gladys McCoy and
he is committed to fulfilling Gladys’ term and
finishing the programs she began. He says he has
no plans to run for the seat in 1994 and he has no
specific plans of his own that he wishes to imple
ment. His government experience includes work
ing as an aide to his father, Sen. Bill McCoy, and
administratively with the Oregon House in vari
ous positions. He has served on boards, and was
raised in a political household, but has few
discemable skills to prepare him for the job of
Multnomah County Chair.
Beverly Stein has been the Oregon State Rep
resentative for District 14 in southeast Portland,
since 1988. It has been her intention over the last
year to run for Multnomah County Chair when
Gladys McCoy’s term was up. McCoy’s death
accelerated her plan. Stein has specific goals for
, the Multnomah County Chair. She is anxious to
take some of the policy ideas she has been devel
oping at the state level and implement them in the
county. Stein feels that people are alienated from
their government and that one of her biggest goals
would be to help people regain confidence in
government. Stein believes that engaging people
at that level will serve as a catalyst to getting non
profits and corporations involved in resolving the
challenges that face Multnomah County. The
government can’t do it alone.
Stein believes that one way to increase gov
ernment productivity is to empower direct-ser
vice workers, and include them in decision-mak
ing and problem-solving.
Diversity issues have been the center of Stein’s
work throughout her career in politics. She was
founding co-chair of the Rainbow Coalition with
Ron Hemdon. She spent more time campaigning
against Ballot Measure 9 during the last election
than she did running for her House seat. The
county has a commitment to diversity, and Stein
can play a role in getting the rural communities in
the county on board with that same commitment.
She would be extremely visible in those areas
where the Oregon Citizens Alliance is trying to
get a toehold with its “spawns of 9.”
In the Legislature, Stein was a very vocal and
strong advocate for people with HIV and AIDS.
On the county level, she would make sure that
HIV and AIDS programs were funded.
Stein sponsored legislation in 1989 which
authorized the Oregon Housing Authority to es
tablish a program to support the formation of new
Community Development Corporations to reno
vate or build low- and moderate-income housing.
Stein educated public officials on the value of
CDCs and now Oregon is ranked high among
states with viable CDC programs.
The Multnomah County Chair needs to work
well with the mayors of the cities within the
county. Stein has good working relationships
with Gresham Mayor Gusty McRoberls, who is
reportedly stumping for Stein in East County, and
with Portland Mayor Vera Katz. In fact, Stein and
Katz would be a formidable political power if
they put their heads together.
Some would argue that Stein’s plans for much-
needed programs arc unrealistic because Measure
5 is forcing regional governments to cut back, and
there just isn’t any money for the programs. Stein
has the vision, imagination and resources to get
the funding necessary for her programs. She knows
the state government process, and she has na
tional recognition and contacts to get things done.
We have every confidence in Stein’s abilities
to lead Multnomah County into the next century,
and she is firmly dedicated to that goal.
Just Out endorses Beverly Stein for Multnomah
County Chair.
VOTE
Ballots go out on June 9.
Return yours by June 29 to be counted.
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