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JANUARY 20, 2006 lUStOUt 7 northwest All-weather Fun and Adventure Got a job and $125? Timberline can send you down the road in a NEW Wrangler. Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn is getting guff for creating a newsletter funded by public dollars. Mudslinging Goes Digital The Oregonian, invested in the muddy campaign between Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn and her opponent, Eagle Scout Ted Wheeler, spot lighted Linn's newsletter, The Linn Line, as an abuse of public funds in a Jan. 10 article. Cascade AIDS Project’s former executive director, Thomas Bruner, who now works as Linn’s senior policy development director, described the newsletter as a response to people who wanted more communication. But critics, expressly Liz Kaufman, an adviser to Wheeler, said the newsletter is “a blatant example of using taxpayer dollars for self-promotion.” The newsletter, which discusses Linn’s opinions on subjects such as jail beds and school funding, will cost approximately $3,000 during the next six months out of her administrative budget, The Oregonian reports. Meanwhile, Linn’s opposition has launched a secondary Web site. Wheeler unrolled MultnomahCountyWatch.com, bringing atten tion to some of the more sensational elements of Diane Linn's opponent, Ted Wheeler, has launched an attack Web site, the election, such as squabbling between Linn and fellow female commissioners. This portrayal of the board of professional policy makers as a squad of teenyboppers engaging in a cat fight might make for a sala cious skim, but a quick wipe reveals mud just below the surface. MARTY DAVIS media watch Winter fun is just a Jeep away, and you’ll always get where you’re going in the worst weather. Let us show you how our TMQ’. makes it easy to own yours. “ Your best buy oil any new Jeep is at Timberline or I'll eat mv hat." ,4/7 Founder • *Oti approved credit. * I rue Minimum Quote Timberline C hrysler £3Oo<aaK NE 24th & Sandy • Portland timberlinedealershtps.com Fruitcakes OK with Pirates Manager of Pirate’s Cove, a row dy drinking establishment on Northeast Sandy Boulevard, plead ignorance concerning the dis criminating qualities of the bar’s holiday sign, “No Fruitcakes Please.” He said the sign was meant to be a joke for the holiday season after several customers donated the heavy desserts to the bar and not even ravenously hungry patrons would touch the crumbly cakes. “When it was brought to my attention that it was an anti-alternative lifestyle slogan, 1 immedi ately changed the sign,” said Zoth Daskalos, man ager at Pirate’s Cove since December. “We’re not like that at all. We fully encourage all people to come in.” rricane Katrina Aid Mercy Corps iOur House National Gay & Lesbian Taskforce R&'M/X equity group Lesbian Community Habitat for Humanity Basic Rights Oregon ACLU Minority Among a Minority The Asian Reporter shed light on a much- needed organization suffering from low visibility, Asian/Pacific Islander Lesbians and Gays. APLG is a 30-member support group that regu larly plans potlucks, hiking, cultural performances and river rafting trips, according to the article, which appeared Jan. 3. Members took strides in bridging understanding within the sometimes tra ditional and conservative Asian culture. “We’re just like you. We have our own chal lenges every day, whether it’s at work, at the play ground or at school. Many of our experiences are the same,” APLG president Meei J. Lum told The Asian Reporter. “We’re really no different from oth er people except for one very small but very crucial part of our lives, where the people that we love are not always accepted by society.” Passersby of Pirate's Cove were met with this unwelcoming holiday greeting. - .lust call Jim. Russ. Ed or Paul at 503-234-0771 and see how you can build your own Jeep, tor your own style and all-weather fun. , Realtor Since Í990 when you buy or sell a home with me, you’ll know your dollars are helping support a greater cause. I contribute at least 10% of mv earnings to community anil environmental organizations. Broker, Graduate Realtor Institute ABR Accredited Buyer's Representative Continued on Page 8 S03.330.HOMEÍ4663) 1.800.82S.9948 www.millynn.com millynn@aol.com
