May 23. 1974
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Portland/Obacrver
Section I I
Citizens need voice
Bob Denton, a Democrat,
bases his campaign for
County Commission. Position
S3, on community involve
m ent
"1 have had ex
perience putting community
involvement into practice in
programs I have dealt with
and 1 think 1 have good ideas
that could be effected by the
county “
Denton describes “com
munity involvement" as a
method of allowing people to
use their own talents and
interests to become a part of
the planning process
As
county commissioner, he
would be available, would
reach out to inform and
involve the public, and would
use the natural channels of
communication and organize
tion that already exists in
the community. He believes
people can and will become
involved in their local gov
ernment if they are allowed
to participate in a legitimate
and realistic way.
To this end. Denton pro
poses the development of
community goals, both short
range and long range
This
development of goals would
give citizens the opportunity
to study the problems of all
the neighborhoods and find
goals that would include all.
These
long
range
goals
would provide a method of
measuring the effects of pro
grams now in operation and
designing more effective pro
grams.
One shortcoming
with many of the social
programs. Denton explained,
is that each is funded to
meet a particular need, with
no thought to fitting into an
over all design. The result is
fragmented services, few ol
which are very effective.
Denton sees fa n n in g as
one of the critical issues of
the next few years, but most
pla.'ning is done for small
areas and many plans conflict
with others so are never
implemented.
An o verall
county-wide plan would re
veal how neighborhoods ef
feet each other and would
find workable solutions.
Denton also proposes a
county
outreach
program
which would establish offices
in the communities where
residents could go for in
formation or to register com
plaints. As it now operates,
county government does not
hekr citizens until the prob
lems are so great that there
is a public outcry. Outreach
offices would learn what the
people want and need and
would bring government to
the people.
Denton currently works
for the county, training em
ployees in the health depart
ment.
He formerly spent
over a year doing social work
and community organization
with the county's childrens'
programs. 4 ‘A years with the
State counseling drug-depen
dent persons, and VA years
as a Welfare caseworker He
initiated the first Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation pro
gram in the Model Cities
area, assisted the develop
ment of the Corbett Ter
williger Council, and is active
in many community affairs.
Denton was the Chairman
of the Task Force that wrote
a Community Involvement
program for M ultnom ah
County which was never im
plemented
As a County
Comm issioner, he would
work to implement that pro
gram.
Since January, 1967,
Commissioner Ivancie’s record
has been one of action
and accomplishment.
RE-ELECT
FRANK IVANCIE
City Commissioner Pos. No. 3
Proven Solid Leadership
for Portland
Re-Elect Frank Ivancie Committee. George Mack, Treasurer
P O Box 1228. Portland. Oregon 97205 5 /1 5 /7 4
Cook pushes youth
affirm ative action
Speaking to high school
students at Reynolds High
School, Senator Vern Cook,
candidate for the U.S. House
of Representatives, Third Dis
trict. said “We need affirma
tive action to guarantee to the
young that they will have a
fair opportunity to rise to
their greatest potential, ir
respective of the race, color or
creed and without regard to
the fact that they may have
been born as the children of
parents who did not have the
benefits of the prosperity of
this country even though
Americans or the advantage of
being children of well-educated
and prosperous parents.
"We should question the
present practice of relying so
heavily upon test scores and
high school and college grades
in determining which young
people are permitted to learn
how to become lawyers, doc
tors and other advanced types
of professionals. Perhaps we
should consider the Douglas
proposal that say 40 percent of
the admittees to professional
schools be chosen by lot from
qualified applicants ra th e r
than by grade alone.
"We should take affirmative
action towards giving the
children of the poor, the dis
criminated against and the
otherwise disadvantaged an
equal chance to achieve their
life's ambitions. Race or color
might be considered as one
factor but it should not be the
basis for either admission or
rejection by any professional
or higher education school in
America."
Re-elect "I
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Democrat
State Representative District 15
Elect McCoy Committee, Dennis McCormack, Treasurer. 7433 N. Lombard, Portland, Oregon 97203 (5/74)