Portland Observer, December 31,1961
Page 3
METROPOLITAN
McCoy files for Commission seat
GLADYS M CCOY
County C o m m itilo n er O lad yi
McCoy has announced her intention
to seek another term to represent
North and Northeast Portland.
Ms. McCoy said her primary issue
during the next four years will be
city-county consolidation. “ While 1
believe the consolidation of govern
ments may be more d ifficu lt to
achieve, I am equally convinced
that, when the facts are known
about the amount o f money re
quired to maintain duplication o f
services in the unincorporated juris
diction, there will be a demand for
consolidation. Additionally, almost
all of the citizens in my district live
within the city limits o f Portland.
Some o f the tax dollars that the
county collects from them are used
to pay for County services which are
used exclusively by unincorporated
areas.”
The coming election is the first
time county commissioners have run
in districts. District Two is bounded
on the North by the Columbia Riv
er, on the West by the Willamette,
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on the South by the Benfield free
way, and on the east by 42nd
Avenue. The district’s population is
approximately 115,000.
Ms. M cCoy was elected to the
Board o f County Commissioners in
1978 and is currently Presiding O f
ficer. Prior to her election she was
State Ombudsman from 1975 to
1978, appointed by Oovernor Bob
Straub.
She was a member o f the P o rt
land School Board from 1970 to
1978.
A graduate of the Portland State
University School o f Social work,
many o f Ms. McCoy’s volunteer ac
tivities are in the fields o f human
services. She has recently served as
co-chairman of the N A A C P A C T-
SO competition and was co-chair
man o f the Oregon Women’s Con
ference. She was Oregon Mother of
the Year in 1980.
She and her husband, Senator Bill
M cC oy, live in N orth Portland
where they raised their fam ily o f
seven children.
600 SW Pine
Between 6th Et Broadway
a c te r A w a rd o f In te rn a tio n a l T elep h o n e and T ele
g ra p h C o rp , fro m U .S . R ep . R on W y d e n , D -O re .
W a c h a m u th is a c tiv e in m a n y v o lu n te e r jo b s in
clu din g tea ch in g n e w ly h an d icap p ed p eo p le h o w
to deal w ith physical problem s.
Make small gains
Minorities still at bottom
lower salary ranges and males are
Minorities and women have made
concentrated in higher salary
some gains in state employment
ranges. The personnel manager ex
during fiscal 1980-81 in spite of an
plained that the department is ex
overall reduction of the work force,
periencing a turnover rate and there
but disproportionate numbers are
is
no budget for affirmative action
still in lower-paying jobs.
workshops and training.
The State employs 5.8 per cent or
The Employment Division has
1,714 minorities in full-time jobs, as
minorities and women concentrated
compared to 6.7 per cent o f the
in lower categories. The nine em
state’s population and 4 per cent of
ployees at the top categories are
the labor force. Labor force is de
white,
eight of them men. In the 25-
fined as those who are employed or
30 range, only three out o f 78 em
who are unemployed and actively
ployees are minority: one Hispanic
seeking work. Blacks make up 1.5
and two Asians. The deputy director
per cent of the labor force; Hispanic?
indicated that it is difficult to main
are 1.5 per cent; American Indian;
tain affirmative action during staff
are0.3 percent.
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reductions,
but minority hiring sev
O f the current state employees?
eral years ago is responsible for the
1.7 per cent (498) are Black; 1.5 per
current minority employees.
cent (442) are Hispanic; 1.7 per cent
(512) are Asian; and 0.8 per cent
In the Department of Revenue 5 8
(262) are American Indian.
per cent of the workforce is mino*-
Minorities continue to be concen
ity— but only six blacks among th:
trated in lower pay ranges, but there
674 employees. White females dom
is better representation of minorities
inate the full-tim e workforce, but
in the upper pay ranges than a year
are concentrated in the lower salary
ago. Blacks and Hispanics are con
ranges. The deputy administrate-
centrated in the lower pay ranges
and personnel director indicatet
and are underutilized in all other
that affirm ative action has suf
salary categories. For example,
fered during the past year because
there are only three Blacks and two
of the lack of a full-time affirmative
Hispanics in the top salary category.
action officer. A new seven-member
Minorities are employed most fre
volunteer equal employment ad
quently in professional, paraprofes
visory
committee
has
been
sional, clerical and service/mainten
appointed to advise and assist in af
ance jobs. They are underutilized in
firmative action.
technician and skilled craft job cate
Women make up 52 per cent o f
gories. Blacks are also underutilized
the state's population, but only 41.1
in protective services.
per cent of the labor force. Women
Analyses o f three departments
continue to be heavily employed in
were reported by the State Affirma
lower pay ranges, 93.1 per cent o
tive Action Office. In the Depart
the employees in the lowest six cate
ment o f Education minority groups
gories being women. The rate of fe
were underutilized in most salary
male employment is 50.3 per cent.
ranges. Females are concentrated in
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Portland resident has received the A m erican C har-
Notice of Public Hearing
Pursuant to Title VII of PL95-561, the Elementary and Secondary Education
A ct, School District No. 1, Multnomah County, Oregon, announces the
public meeting of the Project Committee of the Bilingual Education: De
segregation Support Program to be held 7:00 p m , Jan u ary 7. IM S , in the
Board R oom of the School District at 601 N. D ixon S tre et. The purpose
of the meeting is to review a grant application to the U .S . Department of
Education for funds to implement instructional programs of bilingual-bicul
tural education to meet the special educational needs of minority group
children who, because of language barriers arid cultural differences, do not
have equal ed-icational opportunity.
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