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2 0 1 6 PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL RACE Street Roots • April 15-21,2016 Page 7 The class Commissioner, position No. 1 LANITA DUKE 1 Duke, a lifelong Portland I resident, is a lutai amitd- I winning 1 video ■ producer/ owner o f Grussmot News NW, a journalist, and a 3(}year veteran radio host o f “From tke Grassroots ’ on KIU )O 96, 7 FM. AMANDA FRITZ incumbent DAVID MORRISON Mamsua has, owned three J bookstores in | Portland, _ . 'nt lading his current business, whose profits he donates to juvenile. diabetes research or fe s t i v i t i . -, that involi i informing people o, fht kt illh risks of te’irlr'n, technology. K J. ANN SANDERSON A nn Sandt rson owns a hair z I : f e 'tilon and a small startup . , that c()min^ on^ i 0 : specializes in for the —*■*“ photos for B im a u o f '*■' online. Parks and Ft i r> alum and trie profiles. She is president o f die Office o f Neighborhood Woodstock Community Business Im olicm m L Pnciuudv. she was A'SOi iation and a board member a registered nurse. oj \ eut u n Pm Hand and Southeast Uplift. Fritz has been ctfy commissioner stnee 2W 9. S « B 121 *Sara Long and Tabitha Ivan did not respond to Street Roots’pop quiz. - ■ -A ^ H L D a m n js the director o f the Multnomah Educational Service District. P h l lu U 'lv . I f u o tke d a sa n't// estate broker and spent two yiat!, studying to tn a paralegal gj SHANNON ESTABROOK Estabrook is a mother, a grandmother and a semi-retired college instructor o f at-risk student, ai curding to her filing o f candidacy. CHLOE EUDALY Eudaly, a book seller and publisher, is a co-founder oj the Independent Publishing Resource Center and tke Special E d io ilium PTA of Portland Sin ha-. d a 1-ted m et a decade to divii’ility adm iatj and morr recently tu n u d her attention to affordable housing and tenants rights. STEVE NOVICK incumben- Not n k is a <-4 I t’s the City Council candidates’ turn to go back to school with Street Roots. Last week, Street Roots featured the mayoral candidates’ response to our pop quiz. Look for the County Commission candidates, in the next edition. 4 You only have $10 million to spend. The fire ■ bureau says that without $5 million, call times for critical services will be hampered, potentially costing people’s lives. Social-service agencies need $5 million because rent increases mean they can’t place people Into housing, creating a backlog of people waiting to get off the streets. Both the police and the parks bureaus need critical support for services totaling $7 million. W h a t d o y o u d o ? (150 words or less) S$| Portland city commissioner. He was an environ mental law I airón mu ni attorney at /A? I r..'i Judo e Di partaient SUZANNE STAHL rights advocate, is chair o f the Portland Commission on Disability and its Accessibility in the Itudt Environment subcommittee. She is a volunteer program assistant a t Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and is secretary o f the auxiliary board. FRED STEW ART 1 manne veteran, Fred Stewart is a hotland Realtor and founder of Stewart Group Realty. ’ Joseph Puckett, James Bernard Lee. Stuart Emmons and L. ah Dumas did rwl respond to Street Roots pop quiz. n The Portland Police Bureau’s “ contract with the city says police officers Involved in an incident using deadly force must receive 48 hours’ notice before being compelled to speak to bureau investigators. Average citizens, however, are questioned often immediately on the grounds of capturing the best memory of L A N IT A D U K E Oil the weekends and graveyard shifts, phone calls for critical services will go directly to th e Ere station for evaluation, response and dispatch - $2,-5. million. I will redevelop Wapato Jail as a S R O with centralized social services on site and re-route T r i M e t to t h a t area - $ 3 m illio n . Commissioner, position No. 4 MICHAEL DURROW Pop Quiz! - - I will redirect the Portland Housing Bureau to set up a pilot program to add an extra bedroom and bath to rent out for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage - $7-million Maintenance for the park bureau will be temporarily cut and prioritized to w ater leaks and roofing - all work contracted to small businesses and contractors - $500,000. Police - Public Safety - Bring back Community Policing - $3 million M IC H A E L D U R R O W The framing of this question is tremendously hypothetical, but it hangs on fire departm ent response times and people sleeping on the streets v. what? Layoffs in the police departm ent and park service and maybe some deferred-maintenance in parks? The police have a 100M+ budget, and though th e parks budget is less than 75M, these two departments could recover fester and with less long-term damages to th e residents of the city. I spend the money on the Portland Fire Departm ent and social services. SHA N N O N ESTABRO O K The 10 million would be divided evenly between all three agencies. '• Our police and fire are considered to be the best in the nation. I will 'ALWAYS support the Portland Police. Always. I support unions. ALWAYS. We as citizens need to overlook these agencies. Always. As in occupation there are bigoted, irrational employees. However, our Portland Police have very few. It is our responsibility to continue this. •Social Services is a mess. Home Forward has become a c r im in a l participant Private so-called “non profits” are stealing blatantly from Portland taxpayers. Federal HUD inspections are fa ilin g . We are now losing federal dollars that will not come back. Before Home Forward gets one new dollar, an immediate investigation would take place. For example, contracted property managers. I will use IPM. Currently stealing valuable money for the homeless, through city funds. These funds are earmarked for the homeless. Not for private pockets; Home Forward is in existence to help not h u r t IPM is criminal. An immediate investigation is necessary immediately. C H LO E EUDALY I will prioritize social services and pursue any additional measures available in stemming the tide of unchecked rent increases and no-cause evictions, which have led to tens of thousands of cost- burdened renters as well as a significant portion of our homeless population. By helping t o keep people in then: homes, as well as See QUIZ, page 8 events. Y e s o r N o: W o u ld y o u v o te to a b o lis h th e 4 8 -h o u r ru le ? | LANITA DUKE: Y e s , 1 w o u ld a d v o c a te t o t h e I mayor for th e abolishment of th e 48-hour I rule. ' \ f MICHAEL DURROW: I would strongly be in favor o f one rule for all. I f the police don’t want to speak, they can avail themselves of the Fifth A m endm ent S H A N N O N E S T A B R O O K No. Absolutely not. I would follow police union dictate. Unions firs t Always. CHLOE EUDALY: Yes. It is not common or best practice in law enforcement, it will improve police accountability, and it’s called for under our DOJ settlem ent Perhaps most importantly the continued refusal of the police union to get rid of the 48-hour rule is increasing community m istrust and resentm ent at a time when PPD needs to be mending its fences. A M A N D A F R IT Z : Yes. D A V ID M O R R IS O N : Absolutely S T E V E N O V IC K : Y e s . Sorry. Yes/no answers to complex questions make for bad policy. As a council member, I would ask to h ear from all parties involved, including national experts in police shooting investigations. Then I would make a decision on what to recommend to. my council colleagues. ANN SANDERSON: SUZANNE STAHL: GET RID OF THE 48 HOUR RULE! The city m ust be transparent and accountable, and allowing officers “down tim e” is egregious. If they are held above the law, they will act above the law, Information and memory is more accurate immediately after an event. If officers don’t disclose information right away, pertinent information may be lost, F R E D S TE W A R T : Y e s .
