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JO j u s t Mat ' december 7.2001 rmnmTOinews PLin your next p a rty with BridgePort Blue Heron or the award winning India Pale Ale available by the 1/4 barrel (7.75 U S Gallons) now conveniently available in the Hawthorne D istrict. Continued from Page 9 •x . and I believe in doing so we will capture and energize the partnership." Among the roundtable’s demands was that an independent “public advocate” be identified and advertised so sexual minority issues can he taken directly to the mayor. Kroeker recom mended Elise Marshall, who already serves as the liaison between the bureau and Vera Katz. He also said efforts to recruit sexual minority officers will continue. The bureau even is con sidering advertising in the Advocate and O ut magazines. In response to calls for improved youth par ticipation, Kroeker said the Youth Crime Pre vention Division will encourage sexual minority high schoolers to join the Police Cadet Program. He also promised to work on making connec tions and establishing trust with street youth. A 2 § s Os Scappoose & St. Helens Premier Real Estate Resource Country living only 20 minutes from downtown Portland. 3ohn t. Scott .||ft -J REAL ESTATE L_ (=* . •SZZZ? www.columbiacountyhome.com jenniferpugsley@ johnlscott.com 503-543-3751 (o) 503-313-8130 (c) 5 Share your thoughts... F oot P atrol L eadership C hanges ana Rosenlund stepped down Nov. 16 as chairwoman of the Rainbow Community Foot Patrol because of health concerns. Howev er, the group still is in existence. The goal of the ftxit patrol is to make the streets safer in neighborhoexis frequented by sexu al minorities: Stark Street, Old Town and C hina town. Members are not supposed to intervene in any disputes, crimes in progress, accidents or other illegal activities; their role is to listen, watch and report any suspicicxis behavior to police. The group needs at least 12 volunteers to get under way. New chairman Pat Acosta says he’s looking forward to hitting the pavement. "I wanted to give something hack to the com munity,” he says. “1 think it would be an improve ment having something like this going on.” A lthough Acosta says he never has felt unsafe at night in Portland, he wants to he around for anyone who does. “I used to he a security guard, so I have a pretty good idea of w hat I’m supposed to he doing anyway.” D For more information call 360-696-1795. B all A ddresses P ortland C ity C lub obert Ball, the openly gay m an who is leading an effort to change Portland’s form of governm ent, says nearly 40,000 signa R tures have been gathered in support of his ini tiative to am end and restate th e city charter. A total o f 26,095 names must he validated to place it on the May 2002 ballot. “Community support for our initiative has been truly fantastic,” Ball told the Portland City Club on Nov. 16. “Two out of every three voters we spoke to have signed our petition. W e’ve received tremendous support and have been asked by many organizations all over the city to speak to them and educate people on the m ean ing of the initiative language.” U nder the G ood G o v ern m en t Initiative, the majority of council members would he elected by district. Ball said this would shift responsibility for city departm ents to experi enced managers hired by th e mayor. “O ur city governm ent has served us well since 1913, hut Portland has outgrown it,” he said. “Currently there are no checks and bal ances because our elected commissioners super vise city bureaus, and with their votes as coun cil members, they adopt ordinances. As long as K ith the lawmaking and the administrative branches are the responsibility of the same elected officials, there exists a natural conflict.” M abons W ill B e B ack in C ourt ere’s th e latest in th e ongoing saga invo lv in g p h o to jo u rn alist C a th e rin e Stauffer’s lawsuit against th e O regon Citizens A lliance for a 1991 assault. Lon and Bonnie Mahon, who owe her more than $31,000, once again failed to show up for a judgment debtor hearing Nov. 26. As a result, a Multnomah County judge will determine Dec. 12 whether they should he held in contempt of court. Meanwhile, the Mahons’ efforts to transfer the lawsuit to federal court seem to he going nowhere. A judge refused to hear oral arguments in the case and canceled a Nov. 16 hearing. H H ealthy H abits G roup F ormed newly formed Healthy Hahits group in Van couver, Wash., will help people who want to replace unhealthy habits with healthy ones and who would like to have support from and he sup portive to other like-minded individuals. Smoking, overeating, procrastination and other destructive A PHOTO BY Respond to th is issu e 's Ju st A sk in g question Page 4 »»«s««* o B P. W r BRIDGEPORT 1? A L E H O U SE t at w w w .justout.com 3632 SE H awthorne Blvd. www.bridgeportbrew.com ____ ju stM U q As the Burnside Triangle undergoes its facelift, will the streets get any safer? In the meantime, the Rainbow Community Foot Patrol is mobilizing.
