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Vol. 15 No. 7 February 6, 1998
FEATURE
LOCAL COLOR: To celebrate Black History Month
we talk with six vibrant Portlanders who are
building bridges across multiple
cultural gaps
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DEPARTMENTS
WORLI NEWS • French member of parliament
comes out as gay
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NATIONAL NEWS • Keith Boykin leaves the
National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership
Forum; federal judge rules the Navy went too
far in McVeigh case
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LOCAL NEWS • Portland City Council tries to
heal an ailing ordinance; the OCA is back with
two new ballot initiatives
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COLUMNS
STINEWAIl BAIT . Where would we be
without the straight people who raised us?
ARAAZIN TRAIL • Growing older: slowing down
feels really good
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ARTS
CINEMA* Rupert Kinnard's Top 10 movies of
1997; sickness and healing at Cinema 21
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TREATER •As You Like It is pure magic
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ENTERTAINMENT • Images of the Gullah
culture of the Southeastern United States
are on display at IFCC
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Stalwart voters unite
It’s the political season opener, and neither Clinton nor Lewinsky can ruin it for us
EDITORIAL
B y R enée L a C hance
t’s an election year, and the winds of politics have blown cold these
past few weeks. A special election to fill two Multnomah County
Commissioner seats should thaw the cockles of political junkies’
hearts, though, and give voters a unique opportunity to place both a
Ji lesbian and a gay man in county government.
DISTRICT 1, which covers Northwest, Southwest and inner Southeast
Portland, has three worthy candidates throwing their hats into its ring:
George Eighmey, Joseph Tam and Diane Linn.
George Eighmey has served us well as an Oregon state representative for
three terms. He was elected to serve Oregon House District 14 when
Beverly Stein vacated her seat to run for Multnomah County Chair in 1994-
Some of Eighmey s goals as county commissioner would be to focus existing
county programs on ending domestic violence and teenage homelessness,
extending civil rights protections, and working for a more reasonable busi
ness income tax. Eighmey worked hard during the past legislative session to
get the House to defeat the Defense of Marriage Act and, with Rep. Chuck
Carpenter, to get the House to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination
Act (which was ultimately defeated by the state senate).
Joseph Tam was elected to the Portland Public School Board in 1995
and currently works as an investigator in the civil rights division of the state
Bureau of Labor and Industries. Tam is the first Asian immigrant to hold
elected office in Portland. His goals as county commissioner would be to get
big business to fund education, and he would work for livable wages and
housing.
Diane Linn has spent the past four years heading up Portland s Office of
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Renée LaChance
Kelly M. Bryan
Inga Sorensen
• Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES •
Christopher D. Cuttone,
Will O’Bryan
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■ Ballots will be mailed out in mid-February and must be returned by Tuesday,
March 10. Make sure your voter registration is in order—you don’t want to
miss out on any of the upcoming political season. Multnomah County Election
Office: 248-3720.
Patrick Collins, Lee Lynch,
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Flora Sussely
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Christopher D. Cuttone
OFFICE MANACER •
Linda Kliewer
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Kristine Chatwood
Neighborhood Involvement. For three years she was director of the Oregon
chapter of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League.
As a county commissioner, Linn would focus on adequate funding for pub
lic schools, building strong neighborhoods and working to reduce domestic
violence.
DISTRICT 3 covers mid-county, and two noteworthy candidates are vying
for the seat vacated by Tanya Collier: Barbara Wilier and Lisa Naito.
Barbara Wilier has volunteered in her community for the past 20 years.
She is a longtime advocate for affordable housing, and helped found two
community development corporations that provide rental housing for low
and moderate income people, REACH and Housing our Families. Currently
she works for Multnomah County in the Department of Community and
Family Services. This is Wilier’s first foray into electoral politics.
Lisa Naito was first elected to represent Oregon House District 15 in
1991. In 1996 she ran for Metro Council and won. She would give up her
seat there if elected to the Multnomah County Commission.
GEORGE E ighmey and B arbara W iller gamer Just Out's endorsement.
Multnomah County’s sexual minority community cannot go wrong with
any of these candidates, but it would be particularly gratifying to have two
of our own at the table.
Marty Davis
E. Ann Hinds
• Rupert Kinnard
Will O’Bryan
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Marty Davis
• Kathy Bethel, Marcia Cook,
James Galluzzo, Clancy Johnston,
Valerie Lutz, Retta Offinga, Jeminie Shell
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