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6 street roots O c t 28, 2011 Old Town/Chinatown discuss homeless camp with code enforcers pproximately 70 people experiencing homelessness continue to sleep out on the corner of NW Fourth Avenue and Burnside, prompting a special meeting of the Old Town/Chinatown Neighborhood Association liability committee on Oct 26. The city’s Bureau of Development Services (BDS) has sent a letter to the property owners requesting a plan for the lot, and threatened the owners with fines for possible code violations. A spokesperson for the city’s BDS told a crowd of nearly 100 people at the meeting that the owners of the property had responded saying they had given permission to the group of homeless people to stay on the lpt barring any illegal activity. The spokesperson said they are moving forward on the investigation and that if code violations are found they could result in fines of up to $1,000 a day if the owners do not comply. Representatives from Right to Dream Too, the neighborhood association and the Portland Housing Bureau also spoke at the meeting about coming up with both short-term and long-term solutions to the location at NW 4th and Burnside and the need for housing. A A rock star with real Roots BY COLE MERKEL STAFF W R IT E R amily and music drew Bradley Siegle to Portland seven years ago from his hometown of Peoria, 111. He quickly found a music scene that allowed him to express his individuality, which was preferable to some other cities he could have settled in. “I think about going to L.A. and things like that,” says Bradley. “The difference is success versus independence. Portland really allows an artist to be independent, to do what they want to do and I really like that about i t ” Bradley describes his music as dark, F W N BOB r a o r i t i Bradley Siegle Street Roots wins best feature in NASNA awards Street Roots took home the Best Feature award from the North American Street Newspaper Association in its annual ceremony O ct 14. The winning story was “On the left side of God,” by Street Roots Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl, published in September 2010. The article goes in-depth into the political push on charitable giving after the Catholic Campaign for Human Development discontinued funding for Street Roots’ Rose City Resource Guide because the booklet included a listing for Planned Parenthood. romantic and acoustic. H e is inspired by The Cure, but people have recently compared him to Bright Eyes, Syd Barrett (late of Pink Flòyd) and Elliott Smith, another Portlander. “Those compliments really inspire me,” says Bradley. , Playing under the moniker Born Broken H e a rt Siegle is a solo artist and much of his music can be found on his Myspace page. “When I play live it’s just me and an acoustic guitar but I’ll put the drums and the bass and the piano down* when I record. I write, perform and record pretty much all on m y own. I got some equipment when I was going to school so I use a good software program and have my MacBook that I record on.” Bradley has had some formal musical training, having begun a program at Full Sail University along with some courses in theory at Portland Community College. “I’m pretty much self-taught I was in bauds in high school and into college. I played a lot of shows. I was lucky in high school back home, I m et a really good guitar player Vendor Wish List In the Oct. 14 edition of Street Roots, the interview with Mary Nolan incorrectly stated she was the only candidate challenging an incumbent on City Council. Teressa Raiford is also running against Commissioner Amanda Fritz for Commissioner, Position No. 1 / Street Roots strives for accuracy, but wefre human, So we also strive to correct errors in our paper whenever possible. Please report any errors to our managing editor, Joanne Zunl, at 503-228-5657, or write to joanne@streetroots.org Answers to puzzles on page 15 Donations keep Street Roots and our vendors working by keeping our operating costs iow. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Socks Lil Hotties Paper cups Hygiene items Towels First-aid supplies ■ TriMet bus tickets/passes ■ Printer paper ■ Toilet paper ' Seeing new fac&sgjhnq become a St reet Roots vend or a rid it's great to support new make sure you buy from a badged vendor, confirming that they have ' attended the vendor orientation and are authorized to.sell the newspaper.. Your v e n d Q r w | l R a < C T ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f e j i P H O T O B Y C O L E M ERKEL and I played bass in a band for a while,” Bradley says. The main goal Bradley has is not to get rich and famous through music, though he does appreciate th e feme that selling Street Roots brings: “It’s weird to be on the streets and have strangers come up and know your name. I t s really profound.” More than anything, he appréciâtes that personal connection between himself and his listeners. “My goals are self-motivated,” Bradley says; “I don’t have a corporate ideal... It would be nice if I got the opportunity to play some shows or to put some CDs out. It’s basically grassroots, ju st , someone possessing my CD and listening to it is the goal. It’s very down to Earth. It’s not about contacts or sales or anything like that.” Then, he smiles, “If anyone wants to hire me to play birthday parties I’m available.” Outside of music and Street Roots sales, Bradley really enjoyswatcbing movies, i ‘ Some favorites are the “Twilight” trilogy and “My Own Private Idaho,” Gus Van b Sant’s look at the Portland Underground. Bradley has also amassed a pretty afhazing plethora of foreign coins from the return slots of Portland parking m eters. His beSt score thus far has been ten Francs. Bradley’s favorite food is cheesecake and his favorite drink is, appropriately, Rockstar. He sells Street Roots Wednesday through Monday from 8-2 at the Rite Aid in the Pearl District^ NW 10th Ave and H oyt VENDOR WORK ADS Tibor S.: Available for any labor work around a house. 1-201-539-1888. Cassidy Morse: Looking for work. Will do most anything, light and heavy. $10 an hour, four- hour minimum. References supplied. Please call 503-214-5398 or Street Roots at 503-228- 5657. 1 S '/ , . Laura Owens: Available for domestic-type work, cleaning, dog walking, etc. Please call Steet Roots, 503-228-5657 and leave a message for Laura regarding work ad. g o o d , lo c a l, f o o d ALBERTA COOPERATIVE GROCERY 1500 NE Alberta St. Portland, OR 97211 503.287.4333 www.albertagrocery.coop open to everyone 9-10 daily
