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P artnership R egistry
H earing
f you haven’t heard everything you want to
know about Multnomah County’s proposal
for a domestic partnership registry, you still have
a chance.
A first reading of the proposed ordinance
and public hearing will be held July 20 at the
Multnomah County Commission Boardroom.
Copies of the proposed ordinance will be avail
able to those who attend. The hearing is the first
of two that the commission will hold before vot
ing on the ordinance. A vote is expected later in
the summer.
The hearings follow a series of public meet
ings held to provide citizens an opportunity to
voice their opinions about the proposed registry.
The final public meeting was in Gresham on
July 6.
The registry was proposed by Portland Mayor
Vera Katz, City Commissioner Dan Saltzman
and County Commissioners Lisa Naito and Ser
ena Cmz. The ordinance, if passed, would allow
domestic partners an opportunity to have their
unions legally recognized.
A citizens working group has been collabo
rating with the four governmental leaders to
bring the issue before the city and county. The
group has researched the proposal for several
months, looking at registries in other jurisdic
tions and working through legal and policy
issues.
For more information about the public hear
ing contact, Mary Carroll at (503) 248-5275.
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University’s Smith Center, 1825 S.W. Broad
way. The event is open to the public and those
attending will have an opportunity to address
the board.
ets.” The $50 ticket price will be cut in half for
those who qualify.
Contact BRO for tickets at (503) 222-6151
or basicro@aol.com.
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lthough Pride 2000 was deemed a success
by its organizers, members of the Pride
Northwest board of directors haven’t really been
able to enjoy their success.
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Pride Northwest, the nonprofit group that
ost
arden arty
orchestrates Portland’s annual pride event, is to
experiencing what can only be described as
y the time Basic Rights Oregon supporters
infighting.
gather for the organization’s annual Garden
Just Out has learned that long
Party, everyone will know if BRO is head
time board member and self-
ed for a battle with the Oregon Citizens
described historian Janna
Alliance.
Pride
Northwest,
MacAuslan was voted off
The fund-raiser will be held at
the board at a June 29
the stately gardens of Drs. Geoff
the nonprofit group
meeting. The elections
Beasly and Jim Sampson in
that orchestrates Portland's Sherwood on July 22. The gar
were held during a
closed session after
dens have been featured in Bet
annual pride event,
non-board members
ter Homes and Gardens and on
is experiencing what can Martha Stewart Living.
and Just Out’s reporter
were asked to leave.
Jaime Balboa, executive direc
only be described as
Tamara Swan was
tor of BRO, says the party is known
similarly voted off the
as
a fun event. But this year the party
infighting
board earlier in June, accord
comes at a critical time, he adds.
ing to MacAuslan. MacAuslan
‘The O CA ’s new anti-gay, anti-education
says she was ousted, by a 6-2 vote, because of
measure is virtually sure to qualify,’’ Balboa says.
petty grievances and personality clashes.
The executive director is hoping the event
MacAuslan says she and Swan were removed
will help to raise awareness and raise the neces
from the hoard in a way that does not follow the
sary funds to keep BRO healthy and to finance
procedures outlined in the group’s bylaws. Both
the campaign against the OCA's Student Pro
women are expected to challenge their removals
tection Act.
at an upcoming community meeting.
Balboa wants the event to be accessible to
The community meeting will be held at
anyone who wants to attend, so his organization
6:30 p.m. July 13 in Room 328 of Portland State
will be offering sliding-scale “community tick
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lub Z, a new all ages nightclub, opens July
✓ 8 in downtown Portland. The new club
takes over the space once occupied by the Edge,
also an all ages nightclub.
Zig, a former owner of a teen club in Salem,
took over the lease July 1. The new owner says
he is busy cleaning up the place and putting in
new sound and lighting systems and installing
video monitors. His goal is to have a classier
club that is open to all people, not just sexual
minority teens.
Zig is not clear about the Edge’s demise. “It’s
not for me to speculate,” he says. But Zig adds
that he’s heard complaints from teens that the
space was not an appealing place to hang out.
“1 want this to be the kids’ club,” Zig says.
He doesn’t want to be just an adult taking
kids’ money, he says. He plans on a committee
of 10 customers meeting once a month to give
feedback and suggestions.
The club will be open from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
and will be open with food service during the
day.
For more information, call (503) 242-2899.
■ Reported by J onathan Kirr
B igot
B usters
Theresa Lewis (standing) signed
the Oregon Citizens Aliance’s
ballot petition July 1 at Salem’s
Lancaster Mall. (Other O C A
supporters declined to identify
themselves.) Aiming for the
November election, the O C A is
expected to submit more than
6 7 ,0 0 0 signatures supporting its
Student Protection A ct to the
secretary of state’s office July 7.
Results of the secretary’s review
of the signatures should be
available by July 14.
From left:
Bigot Busters
Jordana Sardo
of Portland,
Ken Brown of
Hillsboro and
Israel Otteson of
Salem also were
at Lancaster Mall
on July 1.
Their mission was
to educate voters
and hopefully
discourage them
from signing the
OCA’s petition.
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Portlander Alicia Plumb (holding sign) and other Bigot Busters
stage a demonstration outside the mall.