December 2014
Robert Gray charity drive
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also donate these items to Outside In
by dropping them off at Robert Gray.
The drop-off location will be in the
front of our school in the lobby, 5505
SW 23rd Avenue. There will be bins
set up where the community can bring
in any item they would like to donate.
Please email me if you would like
more information.
Lisa Hyde, our school counselor, will
be coordinating this charity drive.
She has been included in this email
along with our Principal, Beth
Madison. Thank you for your help.
Jeramie Kaiser
Structured Learning Center for
students with emotional challenges
(SLC-B), Robert Gray Middle School
503-916-5676, jkaiser@pps.net
Capitol Highway residents
needed on advisory
committee
I see that Capitol Highway
is once again on the agenda of
t h e M u l t n o m a h N e i g h b o rh o o d
Association for the November 2014
OP-ED
meeting.
We have known that it is a priority
p roje c t f o r So u t hw e s t P o r t l and
neighborhoods with funding being
the elusive component.
I am writing to strongly encourage
that Capitol Highway residents
have a strong involvement and
part in the actual decision making
process. We live here and buy-
in and support can be a positive
experience.
The 2011 Refined Capitol Highway
Plan (Taylors Ferry Road to Garden
Home Road) involved members
of various neighborhoods, bike
coalition and other representatives.
Multnomah Neighborhood had
one person (who did not live on
Capitol Highway) as the lone local
representative, which was totally
unacceptable.
I am very sure that none of that
committee would be willing to have
decisions made about their local
street without having strong local
input and process.
The Sunset Boulevard sidewalk
process is a good example of how
the Sunset Boulevard residents
worked their way through the issue
and came up with a workable plan.
We who live on Capitol Highway
and those impacted directly by a
plan to rework Capitol Highway
need to be actively involved in the
decision making process. Let us be
part of the solution and not part of
the problem.
Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen
Multnomah Village
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
Bakery customers invited to share their
picks in the general election
HOW SOUTHWEST VOTED
By Erik Vidstrand and Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
The Post recently visited with
customers on a cold November day
at the Baker & Spice community
table and invited them to discuss the
general election results and their voting
decisions.
The icy wind did not seem to deter
customers. A steady line of regulars
sipped hot beverages and ate their way
through the Hillsdale bakery’s fresh
scones, tarts, and breakfast breads.
A half-dozen registered voters sat
down with The Post to share their
reasoning.
According to census data, Hillsdale
is predominantly Democrat, but the
views offered were thoughtful and
independent regarding candidates and
measures on the November ballot.
Steve Poppe, a registered Republican,
reflected that most of the measures on
the ballot were unnecessary.
“There are already too many laws on
the book,” he sighed as he put down the
New York Times he was reading.
“If I don’t recognize a name or
measure, I don’t vote,” Poppe said.
When asked about his vote for
U.S. senator, Poppe said he wanted a
change and selected Dr. Monica Wehby.
Same for governor. He voted anti-
establishment.
He didn’t vote on Measure 91, the
legalization of recreational marijuana.
“Do we really need to legalize another
intoxicant?”
Poppe went on the say that elections
seem very cyclical. Get the old out,
and bring in the new; in this case the
Republicans.
“The Democrats will be back after
the Republicans don’t get it right,” he
predicted.
Mike, who didn’t want his last name
used, was next up. A Democrat from
the Alberta neighborhood, Mike voted
across party lines.
Although not involved in local
politics, he follows the national scene
by reading the New York Times blog
called 538. (The number refers to the
number of representatives and senators
in Congress.)
“I’m most proud of the way Measure
91 turned out,” Mike said, “and how
it decriminalizes users of marijuana.”
According to Multnomah County
election officials, approximately 71
percent of the vote favored legalizing
and regulating cannabis. Out of the
small sample of six interviewed at the
bakery, four voted in favor.
Election officials said the voter
turnout was quite high for a mid-
term election. Out of almost 448,000
registered voters throughout the state,
over 295,000 individuals voted.
Nathan Kadish, 35, from Hillsdale,
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