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C ome see your dream . . .Tualatin Lp/West Linn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ............................... ...................................................................................................................................................... See my other fine listings in the Classified Ads. — — C E L IA J. LY O N — CALIFORNIA S an Francisco Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammiano may he running for mayor. Last month Ammiano filed his intent to run for mayor with the state Department o f Elections. This allows him to raise money and explore a serious run for the office, but it is not a formal entrance into the race, according to a July 22 story in the San Francisco Examiner. Ammiano said it is likely he will run for mayor, but he stopped short of committing to run. “This is a very serious step,” he said. ‘T ve declared with wiggle room." Ammiano is an openly gay supervisor. In the last Board of Supervisors election he garnered the most votes. He has been a harsh critic of cur rent mayor, Willie Brown. Some of Am miano s positions include advocating a limit on ATM fees and an $11 per hour living wage for workers whose companies do business with the city of San Francisco. He has said that he will make a final decision on whether to run in the very near future. Ammiano is currently trying to determine if he could motivate enough volunteers and raise enough money to mount a viable campaign against Brown. Sales Associate (503) 287-8989 xl47 (503) 786-4959 Pager: 920-8403 Mobile: 260-6231 Fax: 284-1618 B San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammiano at San Diego pride festivities July 23 Commenting on the possibility of an Am m i ano bid for the mayor’s job, Brown campaign spokesman P.J. Johnston said: “If Mr. Am miano is going to run, Mayor Brown welcomes him to the debate. [Brown] will make the case that while they agree on many issues, such as human rights, there are some big differences between the two. Mayor Brown has the experience and the ability to bring San Franciscans together, not one ideological faction.” -> O n July 30 the 9th U .S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to exempt airlines from the city ordinance requiring companies to offer benefits to employees’ domestic partners. The federal appeals court ruling means the airlines must now offer bereavement leave, fam ily medical leave and spousal flight discounts to San Francisco domestic partners. According to The Associated Press, soon after the ruling United Airlines announced it would offer benefits to domestic partners of employees and retirees elsewhere in the country beginning next May. The city law, which took effect in 1997, requires companies doing business with the city to offer the same benefits to employees’ domes tic partners as they do to employees’ spouses. In May, a federal judge directed the airlines to comply with portions o f the law for their employees in S an Francisco, although she exempted the companies from the ordinance’s pension and health benefits requirements. The airlines appealed the decision, asking for a temporary exem ption during the appellate process. T h e July 30 ruling rejected that request. T he appeal is ongoing. -©» O n July 1, Gary M atson, 50, and Winfield Scott Mowder, 40, were found shot dead in bed in their hom e in Happy Valley, a small town approximately 180 miles north o f San Francisco. T h e couple had been together for 16 years. A t the end o f July, brothers Benjamin M atthew W illiam s, 31, and Jam es Tyler W illiams, 29, were charged with murder with special circum stances, robbery, burglarizing the couple’s hom e and stealing their car. Prosecutors are treating the deaths of Mow der and M atson as hate crimes, various media sources report. If convicted, the brothers could face the death penalty. “Murder is the ultim ate expression of hate. I’m looking forward to them being prosecuted to the fullest extent o f the law,” said Shasta Coun ty Sheriff Jim Pope. T h e duo, whom police believe are white supremacists, were arrested when they picked up equipment to assemble am m unition. They had charged the equipment to M atson’s credit card. In addition to the credit card, they were in pos session o f M atson’s wallet, driver’s license and Social Security card. A t the time o f the arrest, the men were armed with weaponry, including assault rifles and a shotgun. A search o f the brothers’ hom es turned up anti-Sem itic writings and a notebook contain ing the nam es o f people associated with three Sacram ento-area synagogues that were set on fire in June. T h e brothers are suspects in the three arson fires, which resulted in more than $1 million in damage. Found am ong the m aterials were handouts from the World C hurch o f the Creator, a white supremacist group based in East Peoria, III. According to police, the brothers and the gay couple knew one other. T heir paths appar ently crossed through horticulture. “T h e brothers were in the landscape busi ness, and one o f the victim s worked in a nursery at a big store and the other was a horticulturist at a local arboretum,” said R on Richardson of the Shasta County S h eriffs Department. Mowder was the m anager o f the garden sec tion of Orchard Supply Hardware in Redding. M atson was a well-known horticulturist and expert on native plants. He helped found the Redding Arboretum and the Carter House N at ural Science Museum, now part o f the Turtle Bay Museums and Arboretum on the River. Matson specialized in organic gardening. He had just started a business selling plants via the Internet. According to M atson’s brother, both men had helped raise M atson’s daughter from a pre vious relationship. DISTRICT OF COLUMRIA O n July 29, the House o f Representatives rejected a m easure that would have banned adoptions by same-sex couples in the District o f Colum bia.