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march 7.2003 » Gf 33 !ÏS o u t Crmiinwed from Page 5 I imagine some will fight back, others will sit back and be killed, and still others will run like hell and tell everylxxiy in the world that Oregon lawmakers caused many citizens to die. Never theless, in a sort of reversal of fortune none of the lawmakers was re-elected because almost wyla F. Brady died of cancer Feb. 19 at Crestview Nursing & Rehabilitation C en every voter lost loved ones or was simply sick and tired of the bipartisan infighting. The next ter in Portland. She remained in a coma caused Legislature set up a program caring for those ■ by head injuries from a severe automobile acci unable to care for themselves, which became dent Aug. 7, 2002. She was 49. envied and was a model for other states, like She was bom Jan. 14, 1954, to Arthur and Oregon, that realized that in order to grow and Mildred Brady in Salem. She graduated from be a civilized state, all citizens must be included Gervais High School in 1972. in the prosperity or none at all will prosper. From 1972 to 1976 Brady served in the U.S. Army at Landstuhl, Germany. While there, she S t e v e n B la ck traveled extensively and often selected her next Portland destination with the flip of a coin. In 1980 she graduated with a degree in cos metology and took course work in horticulture at Mt. HixxJ Community College. From 1980 to T o the E ditor : 1991 she worked as a hairdresser in Lake Oswego and Beaverton. ince moving to Portland and becoming In 1991 Brady opened her first salon, Luxus insured, I have been unable to locate a gay MixJe, and in 1996 she opened Dolce Salon in physician for general practice or family medi Northwest Portland. With her creativeness, artistry cine. Many hours have gone into this futile and kindness, she developed a loyal clientele that search. followed her throughout her 22-year career. Referral services are available for people with Her passion for life was evident in her home HIV. As an HIV-negative gay man, I cannot get and garden in Tigard. In 22 years, she trans a referral nor lix:ate a gay dtx:tor. formed a yard containing one rhododendron Can it be true that no out d<x:tors practice in and a few daffodils into a beautiful English gar metropolitan Portland? I write this to you in the den. She was a longtime member of the Hardy hope a doctor or a reader of these letters will be ‘ Plant Society o f Oregon. able to help me. Brady and her partner, Cynthia L. Hovind, I am insured by Providence Health Plan and am in need of a service provider. I may be con loved to travel, spend time at the beach, enjoy life and run with their puppies, Lola and Ellie. tacted at blbl4u2002@yahoo.com. Their motto was “We are the kids, we deserve to have fun.” M ic h a e l F ie l d She is survived by her partner; brothers, Portland tr a n s itio n themselves— the children, our senior citizens and the disabled. So they left it up to the citizens, who think they already are taxed tcx> much and know nothing about the complexities of creating a bal anced budget. There should have been a sales tax for conspicuous consumption, a business tax or whatever was needed to guarantee that the state takes responsibility for its actions and its citizens. If you want everyone to have an education in order to attract business to the state, you have to pay for it. Nobody is going to want to move to Oregon when we do not take care of the citizens we already have. Starting Jan. 31,1 and 340 others had the drugs that keep us alive discontinued. It means we will have somebody’s grandparents reduced to roaming the streets after having lived a prosperous, digni fied life. Now we have used them up they are thrown out like so much trash in the street. What about the mentally ill who «'ill be thrown to the dogs, only to scare all the shoppers in downtown Portland? How is this for a headline: “Five more people living with AIDS died today because Oregon law makers discontinued the program that supplied their dnigs to keep them alive. In a related story, the mentally ill and senior citizens wander the streets harassing the shoppers for handouts and defecating in the streets, thanks to the same state lawmakers who balanced the budget on the backs of those unable to care for themselves.” Therefore, what it really means is there will be bltxxl rolling down the streets of Portland before it puddles in the sands of Iraq. There is only one question: W hat is going to happen when a person has a knife held to his or her throat facing death? ltaryla Brady, 1 9 5 4 - 2 0 0 3 T What's up, docs? 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