DECEMBER 9 . 2011
OREGON'S LGBTO NEWSMAGAZINE
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commissioners until each bureau is focused
on job creation, a dramatic reduction in
overhead and inefficiency, and on equity in
hiring and in service delivery.
JO: W hat makes you different from the
among my closest advisers. In addition, all of
Portland’s bureaus must have a workforce that
is a reflection of Portland today. We are very
lucky to live in a city with community values of
equality, respect and diversity. The city needs to
do a better job of reflecting those values.
other candidates?
C H : Leadership and experience. ... W hat
JO: W hy should readers and, in particu­
I’ve done for Portland is here for us to see lar, LGBTQ_voters support you over your
every day. Folks can see, use and benefit from rival candidates?
projects I spearheaded, whether it was build­
CH: Just O uh readers should know that I
ing the airport MAX project (done 10 years have stood with them before— on Measure 9,
ahead of time and under budget!), creating a on domestic partner benefits, on making
wonderful new urban neighborhood in what Portland a leader in civil rights and civic
we now call the Pearl District, or enjoying health. I have worked alongside the LGBTQ_
new community centers and pools in Gabriel community for 20 years and I will be with you
Park, M t. Scott and East Portland.
again, on marriage equality, in the fight against
I know city budgets, and will go through H IV /A ID S and in creating and sustaining a
ours line-by-line to make sure that it is be­ community o f respect in our great city.
ing well managed, successful and adminis­
tered equitably on behalf o f all Portlanders.
JO: How will you support Portland’s
I have worked to make Portland the wel­ LGBTQ^community if you are elected?
C H : As mayor, I will be an advocate for
coming community it is today.
the basic rights of all o f our residents. I will
JO: W hat do you feel are the main chal­ be an active part of the public education
lenges that the next mayor will need to campaign to bring marriage equality to our
overcome?
state. I am proud to be married to the woman
C H : We need to not only jum pstart the o f my dreams. As mayor I will be an outspo­
economy but have a long-term economic ken advocate for the freedom to marry for
development vision that focuses on job cre­ all caring and committed couples.
ation and education. O ur public schools are
I will take public steps to combat HIV -re­
at a tipping point— renew them and Port­ lated stigma. ... I will work for universal ac­
land’s success continues; lose them and we cess to testing. ... I will work to coordinate
will fail. And we need to make good on our services between existing agencies and com­
commitments to our underserved commu­ munity partners, including service providers
nities. From sidewalks to neighborhood like the Cascade AIDS Project, communities
parks, we need to make sure that every Port­ o f color and women’s health service providers
land neighborhood is a complete and ac­ to increase access to, and the frequency o f
cepting community.
screening for our most at-risk populations.
All o f these priorities need funding, and
that starts with carefully managing our city
JO: W hich LGBTQ_ public figure do
budget. I will immediately conduct a line- you find most inspirational and why?
by-line review o f each bureau budget and
CH: From single, spotlight bringing cases
eliminate unneeded overhead and inefficien­ such as James Lake Perriguey’s successful
cies, putting the savings into direct services reinstatement o f a student teacher (Seth
for the people o f Portland.
Stambaugh) in the Beaverton schools to the
thousands of volunteers and supporters who
JO: How will you represent and work spoke out and got on the phones in support
with all the diverse communities within of marriage equality in the last year— the
real heroes of the LGBTQ^community are
Portland?
CH: I will represent Portland’s diverse com­ all o f the everyday, real people who make up
munities in the makeup of my office and that community. ,!•]
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