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PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
VOL12NO. 13 MAY5,1995
Renée LaChance
EDITOR IN SPIRIT
FEATURES
Ariel Waterwoman
REPORTER
Inga Sorensen
The great divide
CALENDAR EDITOR
Do gay men and lesbians have
the energy and—most
important—the desire to
bridge the gender gap?
(PP- 15-17)
Aaron Bong
PHOTOGRAPHER
Linda Kliewer
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Nobody quite like
nim
Meg Grace
ADVERTISING REPS
William Jamison has brought
much richness to
Portland’s cultural life
via art and activism
(p. 13)
E. Ann Hinds
C. Jay Wilson Jr.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
E. Ann Hinds
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DEPARTMENTS
Rupert Kinnard
COPY EDITOR
s
Kelly M. Bryan
d r iv in g a
TYPESETTER
Two women wed in
Cambodia; Poland’s new
constitution may ban
discrimination based on
sexual orientation
(p. 4)
CONGESTION
Aaron Bong
DISTRIBUTION
Ambling Bear
OFFICE MANAGER
Aaron Bong
CONTRIBUTORS
Kristine Chat wood
Howard N. Dana
Jann Gilbert
Lee Lynch
Andrea L.T. Peterson
Shelly Roberts
Bob Roe hr
Rex Wockner
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World news
National news
ed ito ria l
Another im portant
election
A ballot may have already arrived in your mailbox. For the sake of the sexual
minority communities, fill it out and send it in—this election is vital.
b y R e n ée L a C h a n c e
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ast March we endorsed Vera Pool for sheriff. We
were excited by the possibility of radical change in
the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office, and we
wanted Pool to be the one to make those changes.
It seems that most voters supported change— nearly
60 percent—but they couldn’t agree on who best to implement
it. Votes for change were split between the two candidates who
most advocated it, Pool and Dan Noelle, which forced this run
off. Noelle garnered more votes than Pool and now needs our
support to defeat current Sheriff John Bunnell.
The current policies and practices of the Multnomah County
Sheriffs Office are stuck in the ’60s and need to be updated.
The good-ol’-straight-white-boy system perpetuated in
Bunnell’s administration is discriminatory, outdated and harm
ful to our community. Currently, the Sheriff s Office has few
women, people of color, or sexual minorities in its law enforce
ment ranks.
Dan Noelle will change that. Noelle, on leave from his
position as assistant chief of the Portland Police Bureau, has
served on the Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harass
ment and the Portland Police Sexual Minorities Roundtable. He
co-drafted the partnership agreement between the Police Bu
reau and the sexual minorities communities. He has command
experience and is well qualified. Noelle is committed to creat
ing a Sheriffs Office that better reflects the community it
serves, and he is skilled enough to create partnerships with
other agencies to provide effective service to Multnomah
County.
Cast your vote for Dan Noelle for Multnomah County
Sheriff.
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Three measures also grace this May 16 election, two state
wide and one for the Portland metropolitan area. All deserve
your consideration.
Ballot M easure 21 would commit lottery funds to educa
tion, in addition to creating jobs and funding economic devel
opment. Some people think lottery dollars are tainted and could
be laundered by being funneled to a good cause like education.
Whatever the reasoning, dollars are dollars, and Oregon’s
schools are in desperate need of those dollars. Vote yes.
Ballot Measure 22 would require legislators appointed to
fill a vacancy to have lived in their districts for at least a year
prior to appointment and to live there while they are in office.
No argument there. Vote yes.
Ballot M easure 26-26 authorizes Metro to sell $135.6
million in bonds to purchase or enhance 6,000 acres of land for
green spaces. Targeted areas that could benefit include the
Sandy River gorge, Forest Park and some Portland-area ponds,
lakes and sloughs. The cost to the owner of a $100,000 home
is less than $23 per year. A small price to pay to preserve
wildlife and green spaces in the urban area for decades and
generations to come. Vote yes.
For your vote to be counted, ballots must be returned by
mail or in person to the county election office by 8 pm Tuesday,
May 16.
GLIB case is heard by the
U.S. Supreme Court; will
Candace Gingrich survive
becoming an HRCF
spokeswoman?
(pp. 6-11)
Local news
Community leader
Mica Smith dies; local
governments condemn recent
anti-immigrant legislation
Ip. 12)
COLUMNS
Queer thing
Howard has an epiphany
while watching Priest
(p. 25)
Amazon trail
Candace Gingrich:
A quiet existence is disrupted
(p. 26)
ARTS
Books
Neil Miller can teach you a
thing or two about history;
Leslea Newman has stitched
together a word quilt
(pp. 22-23)
Comedy
Suzanne Westenhoefer is a
comedian with a mission
Ip. 24)