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7 street roots Jan. 7, 2011 That’s what she said A look back on some notable quotables fro m Street Roots interviews in 2010 hat’s more important — losing the lawsuit, or saving someone’s life down the road? And their reaction, historically, is always the same: Let’s worry about the lawsuit and not worry about public safety. Not only is it short-sighted, it’s just wrong. That’s not what the community wants. This is what the Police Bureau wants, the lawyers, the politicians. And it’s so • stunning because they’re everyday people. short term, the gain, But they are there and riding bikes. And as to try to avoid a bad you are aware, a bicycle and trailer for many result in a lawsuit. people have become a home.” They didn’t avoid, - Rob Sadowsky, from their point of Bicycle Transportation view, a bad result in Alliance, “Rolling the Chasse lawsuit by forward,” Oct. 1. keeping the truth away from the public “I make a calendar and by not disciplining the officers. That’s not every year that people put in their what public safety kitchens, and it’s part should be ab o u t” of the dialog in the “kitchen community.” — Tom Steenson, Rob Sadowsky The kitchen is where Attorney for the Chasse life happens — the meals and the nurturing family, Chasse’s in the family - and the art is part of that. champion, ” November It’s a quieter way to communicate, but it’s a 12. part of daily life. A poster o r calendar on the wall is welcomed into the home — not like a “Revolution doesn’t performance.” usually work: It’s just W Tom Steenson Peter Buckley that it’s the only game - Nikki McClure, Artist, “The cuts and in town. It’s like complexities of Nikki McClure,” Aug. 6. chemo: No one has chemo for fun. You do “I think the labor movement has been it because it’s a last • really negligent in the way they’ve dealt ditch effort It may with the immigration issue. Sensible make things worse organizing among labor unions would take before it makes things into account that they are dealing with better. You do it when transnational companies that have no you’re desperate. 1 think that’s our situation respect for borders. Whereas transnational now. I mean, the economy’s dying. Forget companies have been leapfrogging, going about the economy: The abroad as if borders environment alone were imaginary, labor should be reason for unions have been revolution.” stuck in a very old- fashioned sense of - Ted Rail, author nationality.” and cartoonist, “The unmitigated gall of -Jeffrey Kaye, cartoonist Ted Rail, ” Human rights activist Nov. 5._ and author o f “Moving Millions: How Coyote “The war on drugs Capitalism Fuels has caused more Global Immigration. ” harm than good. If From “Where we are we had legalization going wrong in the and education about immigration debate,” what drugs do to June 25. people and the consequences of “We hold ourselves using them, we would up to these standards be far more — especially women: good mother, good effective.” looking, good in bed, good person. And they’re impossible standards. So, really, it’s - Oregon Rep. Peter Buckley (DAshland), about holding yourself accountable to only “Oregon’s Budding Future, ” Oct. 15. yourself and just trying to be better all the time. Be good and do good, and you know “Bicycling can be perceived as a the difference.” privileged activity. In reality, when you look at who is actually biking, you see a much - Storm Large, Musician, activist, “Writ different picture. You see people who have Large,” May 13. no access to a car or money for a bus, cycling to work or to find work. They are not “There are people, particularly around as blatantly out there. They don’t have the food boxes, who have said “I organized the bike tattoo or the fixed-gear bike. Some food drive at my kids school last year. I don’t might be riding on the sidewalk because want to go get a food box.” P art of it is that they feel safer. They might not be as visually PHOTO BY LAURA DOM ELA moment of listening and letting people work through it, just to be able to talk about i t ” - Liesl Wendt, Executive Director, 211 Info, “You got questions. 211 has answers” April 28. “The tragedy of dying alone on the streets, separated from family and friends, has always been something that is hard for any one citizen to turn your heart away from. It has been a very important way to keep people aware of how deadly homelessness can be.” I I I Liesl Wendt i ■u Jason Renaud - Jason Renaud, Mental Health . Association of Portland, “Matters o f life and death,” Feb. 19. “City hall has always been a circus. The question for the New Year is whether a ringmaster will emerge who can corral the animals into a coherent performance.” Compiled by Israel Bayer ri i 4 » IM A G E C O U R T E S Y O F N IK K I M C C L U R E - Matt Davis, journalist, “Ringside at the Circus,”Jan. 8. ¡ V I » I > ¡ * — Jim O’Connell, Doctor, homeless activist, “Health and homelessness,”March 17 “My problem is that with the training right now is that once a weapon has been seen or reported by a police officer, it’s likely at that point that someone is going to get h u rt That means the officer is trained to take action prior to the weapon being actually produced. It’s alarming because in many cases it’s a preemptive strike. Aaron Cambell was distraught because his brother had died, and was very emotional. The army that showed up for this- call was ready for a bank robber. They acted as if Aaron Cambell was a bank robber, not an emotionally distraught post adolescent” i I ► ► ► '&• L F i r r r i Matt Davis
