Labor recommends ‘yes’ vote to renew
the Multnomah County Library levy
In Multnomah County, union mem-
bers and their families are urged to vote
“yes” to renew a library funding levy
on the May 15 primary ballot.
AFSCME Local 88, which repre-
sents workers at Multnomah County, is
trying to get the word out about the
need to pass the levy —Ballot Measure
26-125— which funds one of the most
popular public libraries in the nation.
Multnomah County library ranks num-
ber one in circulation among U.S. li-
braries serving fewer than 2 million
people. Not only that, but as Local 88
points out, it’s one of the few places
laid-off and unemployed people can go
to search for work using Internet access
at free computer stations.
The property tax levy would raise
about $34 million a year to operate the
Multnomah County Library, which
represents about 65 percent of the li-
brary’s budget. Voting “yes” does not
raise property taxes; rather, it extends
the current levy of 89 cents per $1,000
of assessed value. Voting “no” would
eliminate that funding, and thus cause
the closure of most library branches,
and cuts in hours of operation of those
remaining.
Even with the levy’s passage, the li-
brary isn’t fully funded, but the Mult-
nomah County Board of Commission-
ers plans to refer to voters a proposal
for a library funding district; that would
be on the ballot in November, if voters
approve the levy’s extension in May.
like scrappers,” said UFCW Local 555
Secretary-treasurer Jeff Anderson. Lo-
cal 555 also likes that Fritz is an expert
on land use rules, which could make a
difference if the union finds itself op-
posing Walmart expansions. Anderson
questioned Nolan’s acceptance of a
$5,000 contribution from Walmart,
which is a notoriously anti-union com-
pany.
The contribution was for a legisla-
tive race, not City Council, Nolan ex-
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plains, and came after she worked with
Walmart on a legislative proposal hav-
ing to do with recycling. Nolan said she
made it clear, when she accepted the
contribution, that she continued to dis-
agree with them on land use practices
and labor practices.
Nolan criticizes Fritz, meanwhile,
for refusing to take contributions from
unions; Fritz says she won’t take
money from corporations or from po-
litical action committees either, and
limits individual donations to $50.
“That’s an interesting stance for a
union member to take,” Nolan told the
Labor Press. “I believe unions ought to
be able to pool their resources in order
to improve their ability to influence po-
litical issues.”
Both candidates support public
campaign finance, but say Portland’s
Voter-Owned Elections system would
need to be improved, and get voter ap-
proval, before returning. Fritz is the
only non-incumbent candidate elected
using the system — which narrowly
failed to win voter support in 2010. She
says she hopes to bring it back in mod-
ified form by citizen initiative in 2014.
Neither candidate is gung ho about
the Columbia River Crossing project in
total, but both say there are pieces of it
that should move forward, including a
local access bridge to Hayden Island to
reduce traffic along that stretch of I-5.
Fritz is also skeptical about the need
for more industrial land on West Hay-
den Island, and suggested in some
ways it would be better for such devel-
opment to take place in Vancouver,
where a jobs/housing imbalance con-
tributes to commuter gridlock.
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