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PORTLAND OBSERNER
November 3, 1982
Volume XIII, Number 4
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Absentee ballots hold key
Police audit committee measure dangles
As the Observer goes to press
Measure 51— the police audit com
mittee— is hanging in the balance.
With all ballots except the absentees
counted, the yes votes on Measure
51 are leading with 50.2 percent.
The yes vote is 70,622 and the no
vote is 69,959. Approximately 5,000
absentee ballots remain to be count
ed.
The measure would put in place a
committee of three City Commis
sioners, aided by citizen volunteers,
who would audit the Police
Bureau’s Internal Affairs Division.
Commissioner Charles Jordan,
who originally sponsored the ordi
nance adopted by the City Council,
said he is pleased that the measure is
leading. Although it is difficult to
discuss future actions when the rc-_
suits are still not known,
said some things are obvium
think the measure is necessary,
solid- well written. I expected i
pass 2 to I. This election sh<
there are many factors involvgf
you have the money you can rl
more people and reach them f j |
If you don’, have the money
defenseless.”
There was a great effort by a lot
of citizens. “ Even to be that close I
have to give them a bouquet.
" I t is im portant that we now
work to get the city back together.
This issue has been divisive— it has
fractured the city. There are many
things that we need to get done.
Measure 3 showed that there is
much work to do.”
As for the future of a police re
view committee if Measure 51 fails,
"W e need to interpret what people
arc saying. Are they saying we need
the process but they don’t want poli
ticians involved? Those are the
things we need to find out. I am still
committed to having citizens in
volved in the internal affairs pro-
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Wednesday morning Presi
Ronald Reagan was still sayift
will "hold the course” after 1
day’s election demonstrated
dissatisfaction with his adinini
lion’s economic policies.
Democrats gained 26 new sen
the House o f Representat
enough to break up the Rcpubl
conservative Democratic coal
that has largely supported the r
dent’s programs. House Spe
Tip O 'N eill called the Democ
showing in an election portray
a referendum on Reaganor
disastrous defeat for the pres
Democrats also won seven
governorships, giving them
thirds of the state houses,
the gain was in large industry
where the present economic |
has caused severe uncmplf
problems.
Mario Cuomo, with a stre
in New York City, turned oc
lionaire governor o f New
r A tiyeh won an
Democratic nom-
r Ted Kulongoski,
feat before 10:00
i asked the citizens
se ranks and work
ve the state’s econ-
sometimes bitter
ilongoski was ac-
otential employers
ulongoski protest-
ision ads as harsh
iyeh spent over SI
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¡ats: Ron Wyden,
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nia; Harold Ford,
liam G ray, Pen-
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Maryland; Charles
k; Gus Savage and
on, Illinois; Louis
Chisholm of New
n December, to be
thus Townes.
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Citizens P
The big surprise in this ye
election is the unexpectedly
showing of the Oregon
Party. The Citizens Party
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challenged the major parties in V » He '
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eral places around the state, and rLf
partisan, Stan was clearly identified
outdrew l ibertarian candidates.
as a Citizens Party person in his lit
" In the places we ran, the C iti
erature.
zens Party is now the third party,
and an important political force to
In House District 44 (Cottage
be reckoned with,” said Ed Black
Grove, Citizens Party State Repre
burn, Citizens Party state co-chair.
sentative candidate Laura Stine
Political analysts here cannot re
polled 13 percent of the vote (1,797)
call a third party doing as well in
against incumbent Peg John’s 67
over 30 years.
percent (9,955).
In Portland, the Citizens Party
backed Stan Kahn, a party member,
for M .S.D . in S.E. Portland. Kahn
polled 47 percent of the vote
(10,650) to 53 percent for the win
ner, Ernie Bonner (12,050). Kahn
spent about $1,000 on his campaign,
"about one-quarter of what Bonner
spent,” Kahn said.
"W e accomplished our purpose
. JUGJjOR ATIYEH
In that district, said Blackburn,
we brought radical ideas con
cerning the economy, and its domi
nation by big corporations, to a very
conservative district. In spite of this
conservatism, almost 1800 people
voted for us our very firs, lime on
(he ballot, in a campaign which <as
run on a very limited budget.”
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" In District 40 |Wes, Eugcnej,”
said Blackburn, "we shifted the en
tire debate from how to beg the cor
porations to throw us crumbs, to is
sues of justice, fairness and security
for workers. We completely
changed the question, and the whole
range of issues.”
In Yam hill C ounty, Citizens
Party candidate Janet Stuart polled
26 percent o f the vote (4,692) for
County Clerk (a partisan position
there); the Libertarian candidate
won only 1,770 votes (10 percent).
The winner in that race got 64 per
cent. Also in Yamhill County, C iti
zens Party candidate for County
Commissioner Mark Davis polled 8
percent of the vote, beating the Lib
ertarian candidate by two percent.
mlnlstrator tor »•»*& t»n y vnna-
hood Education Cantera, re
ceive» congratulation» end a gift
from Doable Clark and LaVerne
Davia of M artin Luther King
School. Dr. Gerald la a former
principal of King School.
(Photo: Richard Brown)