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Portland Observer, September 22,1982 Page 9 OLBE IN S U R A N C E S E R V IC E S A h In d tp e n d tH l A gent District 18 candidates multiply 8616 N .E . Union A v e . G old« D iam o n d «« Silver Cash also paid for: Cameras • TVs • Stereos • • Hrearms • Anything of vali RED DOOR Portland. Oregon *7211 2»-1716 M M S .E . Foster M on-Sat 776-7*1 V M For All Your Insurance Needs (Continuedfrom page I column 6) pul together. Walker who has been a candidate in several local races in the past, said that he would not have been a candi date this time except that people ex pressed concern when Ed Leek won the Democratic nomination. “ When the community got in an uproar about Leek winning on the basis that he, Leek, hadn't gotten into community affairs, I decided to form another p arty." According to Bang Bang others he spoke with about the new party idea failed to show interest and so he ended up running himself. (Other sources re fute this and claim that Walker had intended to run all alo n g .) “ They (the other blacks) think that they can defeat Leek in *84, but you can’t defeat an incum bent. I ran three times against [State Representative H o w ard ) C h e r r y ," W a lk e r said. Like Ford, W alker points to his history o f work within inner North east P o rtlan d as his ra tio n a le for running and winning. Billing him self as “ an old fr ie n d ,” W alker points to the number o f black floats he sponsored in (he Rose Parade; the jobs he created through his com pany, Knockout Industries, which produced at one time 40 d ifferent kinds o f soap products which were distributed through area stores; the Christmas parades he said he used to sponsor; and food baskets during Thanksgiving. “ I don’ t see how they can come out against me for the things I have done in the last 26 years,” he said. “ I'd fight for an equal share o f the pie,” if elected. “ You gotta holler." Walker, who gained local fame as a result o f his boxing skills in his youth, inserts the word " w e ” when talking about himself. “ I mean ’me’ all the tim e ,” he explains. As a result it is difficult to determine the amount o f support he has garnered for his campaign. - l i '0 8 He admits that creating the minor political party was his idea. “ I was not working with anyone, it was my idea. H o ld , h o ld ,” he cautioned. “ It was my idea but friends o f mine said we shouldn’ t send Ed Leek down to Salem." T he first scheduled meeting or convention for the political party was August 8th at Peninsula Park, he said. W alker said the meeting was rescheduled when he was unable to obtain the sound permit for the band he had planned to use and that the convention for the new P a r t y - New Pary, New District— was held in a local restaurant. According to W alker and the Secretary o f State’s office forming the new minor party required obtaining a percentage o f signatures based on votes cast in the Congressional representative race and nom inating officers. It is not known how many persons did a t tend the convention. One political insider suggested that it was very, very few. Walker did not specify. Rounding out the trio o f black candidates hoping to unseat Ed L e e k ’s possible candidacy in the predom inantly Democratic race is Rev. John Jackson, who originally allowed himself to be n o m ina'ed, only to withdraw immediately after wards when it was pointed out that he did not live in the 18th District. Jackson w ill not be on the ballo t. He will be a write-in candidate. Contacted at his office at M ount O liv e t Baptist C h urch , 116 N .E . Schuyler, which is w ithin the dis trict, Jackson said that he is back in the race— in a way. He said that he withdrew original ly because he believed that he could not use the parsonage residence as his home residence. He said he was asked by the Northeast Community Congress, a coalitio n o f inner Northeast organizations formed in response to the School Board’s deci sion to relocate the Tubman Middle School fro m its o rig in a lly agreed upon site. Jackson, who says he has lived on N .E . Liberty, outside the 18th District, for the past 12 years, said he has in his possession a docu ment from the Secretary o f State’s office which recognizes his parson age address as his voting residence. He could not find the document at the time o f the telephone interview but recognized two documents in this reporter’s possession as coming from persons handling his cam paign. One o f the documents is a notar ized a ffa d a v it by Jackson noting that the parsonage address was and has always been maintained for his residence since he first came to Port land in 1963. "1 was advised that the church parsonage at 116 N .E . Schuyler would be my home and of fice and would be at my disposal for those purposes as long as I was the pastor of the above-named church," it concluded. Jackson said he uses the parsonage as his address when he serves on com m unity boards. “ It was my o ffic ia l resi dence when I first moved here,” he said. “ But I d o n ’ t live here. I ’ m privileged to live here if I so desire." He admitted that he changed his voting residence in August o f this year to the Schuyler address and that until that time he voted from his “ fam ily hom e” residence. He also said his wife still maintains the fa m ily home as her residence for voting purposes. " I have a slip o f paper with [Sec retary o f State) Norma Paulus' sig nature on i t , ” he added. “ I t ’ s a copy o f my residence and my voting place." He was unable to identify or fin d that docum ent. Several con tacts with the Secretary o f State’ s office failed to support Rev. Jack son’s version. A ll that they had re ceived from h im , they said, was a form filled out by Jackson to notify the Secretary o f State’s office o f his principal campaign committee and his political campaign treasurer. “ T h a t just tells us the appoint- ment o f his political treasurer,” a spokesperson said. “ He won’t be on the ballot unless he’s appointed by the Republicans." In a d d itio n , the spokesperson pointed out that since Jackson has not been registered at the parsonage he would have to obtain certifica tion by the State House o f Repre sentatives. The spokesperson point ed out that Article 4, section 8 o f the Oregon Constitution requires a can didate to have been registered within the district for at least a year. Asked why he was chosen to run by the Community Coalition, Jack- son said, “ They decided they’ d rather have a black than Ed Leek." Jackson’s present campaign in volves a write-in e ffo rt. He said he does not know if he will be elected but that he will remain in the race. His campaign is being managed by M . Precious and E a rl Chase, two school teachers who live outside the 18th District and are both registered Republicans. Jackson said he did not find it ironic that two Republi cans, both black, were managing his w rite-in cam paign. “ N o , that doesn’t frighten m e," he said. Jackson said that he gave his en dorsement to Kent F ord a fte r he withdrew earlier. As a result Ford is carrying Jackson as one o f his en dorsers on his campaign literature. " H e ’s supposed to announce that I'm not supporting h im ,” said Jack- son. Ford said he could not remem ber a meeting with Jackson’s people about w ith d raw in g the endorse ment. Jackson said he would not be bothered if Ford did not make the announcement. None o f the candidates in te r viewed in this report indicated they would support Leek. 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