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Portland Observer, March 27, 1985, Page 3
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Neighborhood shows
concern about new
gas station, store
by l.anilu Duke
The 50th Anniversary of Robert and Essie Wood was held at the
Holiday Inn Airport Thirty nine relatives were in attendance along
with over 200 friends A song written by Mr Robert James Wood was
sung by Harold Giffin, entitled. "Ear Away in the Blue " It was a festive
occasion.
(Photo Robert J. Brown)
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GRASSROOT NEWS. N W. —
The prospect o f another convenience
store operated by ARCO, an Atlantic
Richfield company, is not welcomed
by the Eliot Neighborhood Associa
tion or existing businesses in the area.
James Valentini, a real estate de
veloper for Atlantic Richfield, said
the intersection o f Union and Fre
mont was, " A hell o f a location.
The access is g ixxl and the strip needs
economic development We are w ill
ing to take the risk o f going in to
change the area and encourage other
businesses to move in .”
Valentini said the site would have
two gas pumps and a 24-hour conven
ience store Peggy Rush-Williams,
co-owner o f the Gingerbread Book
store, welcomed the idea o f a gas
station but said it would serve the
community better if it was full service.
Williams and other members from the
Eliot
Neighborhood
Association
agreed that the area did not need
another liquor outlet. "W e have five
liquor outlets w ithin five blocks o f
one another. The area is saturated,”
she noted.
Williams also expressed a concern
about the existing businesses to com
pete with a large multi-national cor
poration. "A R C O w ill compete with
a city project — Union Square —
which does not need competition
from a major corporation, especially
in the convenience store category,”
she added
Valentini said businesses in the
area were afraid o f competition. “ Let
the marketplace dictate where gas
and food stores are located. I t ’s an
unfair assumption to say we will lower
our prices just to drive out competi
tion.”
Larry Wilson, proprietor o f Con
venient Food Mart in Union Square,
said he was not alraid o f competition,
but that ARCO had a history ol being
Urban League
announces finalists
The search committee o f the Port
land Urban League has announced
the following finalists for the position
o f president o f the Portland Urban
League.
The finalists in alphabetical order
arc: Leonard Benton, Chief Executive
Officer o f the Oklahoma City Urban
League, Herb Cawthorne, City o f
Portland, and Lawrence Lakey, Chief
Executive Officer o f the Tulsa Urban
League.
The three candidates w ill be inter
viewed in Portland w ithin the next
two weeks. Any questions concerning
the search should be referred to l.inda
Rasmussen, 238-6666.
M ath festival
slated
Thirty-six high schools and .30 mid
die schtxtls in the Portland Com m un
ity College district have been invited
to participate in the college's fifth
annual Math Festival slated for Sat
urday, A pril 27 at the PCC Sylvania
Campus.
The festival begins at 8:30 a.m
with a contest involving five cate-
goris: Open, algrebra II, geometry,
algebra I and non-algebra. Contest
will be structured in the manner o f
the state contest, and the top 10 per
cent from each contest category will
be invited to the State Math Compe
lition scheduled for May 11 at Oregon
State University.
The festival is being organized by
PCC mathematics instructors Sue
O ’ Rielly and Kathy Butts-Bernunzio.
For further inform ation contact them
at PCC. 244 6 1 I I .
Alumni dinner set
The Girls Poly James Monroe
Alum ni Association w ill hold their
annual reunion, A p ril I, 1985, at the
Elks Temple Lodge, 1515 S.W M o r
rison St.. Portland. Oregon.
Registration w ill be between 6 - 7
p m ., with dinner at 7:30 p.m. A ll
former students and graduates are in
vited. For inform ation, please call Iris
Fry, 252-4708, or Beverly Michael.
774-5259. Please do not call Elks
Lodge for inform ation.
insensitive to the needs o f communi
ties. "L o o k at the ARCO on Ains
worth and Albina. There arc bars
all around, their gas prices are higher
and in the summer an armed guard
lets people come in three at a time. It
has done nothing for this community
other than bring in minimum wage
jobs while taking money o u t.”
Wilson added that he was con
cerned with community employment
offered by ARCO. ARC O told the
neighborhood association they would
hire from the community. Valentini
said, "W e do not have trained people
in the area now. But they can move
from gas attendants, to cashiers and
maybe managers. ARC O does not
want to create an image o f a big bully,
but they also do not want their prop
erty to lose value. We are taking a
risk.”
On March 26. the Eliot Neighbor-
hixxj Board drafted a list o f concerns
and expectations for ARC O to meet:
— I Recruit and tram all positions
from the immediate area.
—2. Employ a litter patrol.
— 3 Have the building design re
flect the historical contributions o f
the area.
—4. Implement a full-service gas
station.
—5. Invest profits from site into
the community.
—6. Keep prices competitive with
area.
—7. Restrict liquor sales and rot-
gut wine
The association stopped short o f
advocating a boycott if their concerns
fell on dcat ears at ARCO. However,
strategies are currently being developed
to combat corporate arrogance and
to prevent their neighborhixxl from
turning into a commercial concen
tration camp ARCO is expected to
go before City Council for liquor
license approval within the next two
weeks.
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p a ig n a s k in g c u r r e n t a n d f o r m e r
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response In f.n t. th e i a m p a ig n has been so
successful th a t a c o a litio n o f IRS w h is tle
b lo w e rs has re c e n tly been fo rm e d , in d u d
m g n o t o n ly c u r r e n t and fo r m e r e m p lo ye e s
w h o k n o w o f abuses w ith in th e agent y, b u t
all citiz e n s and g ro u p s w h o feel th a t th e
IRS is ab u sin g th e rig h ts o f A m e rica n s
O v e r the past 17 years. F R E E D O M
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lio n fo r its e xclu sive exposes o f IRS abu
sive and ille g a l a c tiv itie s
Based on
in te rv ie w s w it h IRS ag en ts and em p lo yees,
and taxp ayers, and in fo r m a tio n fr o m
in te rn a l IRS d o c u m e n ts (som e rece ive d
a n o n y m o u s ly ) th a t d e ta il the agency s
sec ret polic les, f Rf F IX ) M has fo u n d tha t
• I he IRS w o u ld n o t s e ttle tax d isp u te s
acco rding Io its m an ua ls, if "acceptance o f
an o tte r o f c o m p ro m is e w o u ld re s u lt in
u n fa v o ra b le p u b lic ity due to th e n o to r ie ty
o f th e ta xp a ye r, even th o u g h th e g ro u n d s
f o r acceptance o f th e o f f e r m ig h t w e ll be
c o m p le te ly valid.
• T he IRs w o u Id pa v in d iv id u a l jo u r
n a lis ts " up to 150 per cen t o f th e ir n o rm a l
salaries to p la n t six to 1 2 p ro IKS s to rie s a
year in va rio u s p u b lic a tio n s .
• I he IKS abused and harassed its o w n
em ployees and forced th e m e ith e r to lease
o r s u b m it
to in t o le r a b le
w o r k in g
c o n d itio n « .
• In at least one in sta nce , a fte r an
em p lo yee le ft, the IKS m o u n te d a v ic io u s
sm ear cam paign ag ainst her to d is c re d it
her a n d m in im iz e the c hances to i e x p o s u re
o f agenc v c rimes
• I he IRS dilectecJ its em p lo yees in a
sec re t m a n u a l sup p le m e n t to c o n s id c i sue h
th in g s as re q u e sts th a t re fu n d checks be
m a ile d to Tost L Mtic e box or ( ,ener al I Jeliv
e ry addresses
in c lu s io n o f an in care of
p ro v is io n in th e address o r n o ta tio n s th a t
th e ta x p a y e r s o ccu p a tio n was an o ffic e
m a n a g e r o r bookkeeper as red fla g g e d
in d ic a to rs th a t the taxp ayer s h o u ld be
in v e s tig a te d to r lac fra u d
•
I in IRs .In c , ted its agents to go on
w h a t one fo rm e r agent de scrib ed as tish
m g e x p e d itio n s
a u d itin g th e books o f
such businesses as tu r n e r s , te w e le rs.
ant iq lie shops, tra v e l agenc les and in te r tor
dec or a to r s to lc»c ate nam es o f c ust rim e rs to
be ta rg e te d fo r in v e s tig a tio n
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p u b lis h e d by th e ( hurc fi o f St le n to lo g v , is
in te re s te d in in te r v ie w in g a n y o n e w ith
in fo r m a tio n on ille g a l and d is c r im in a to r y
IRS po licies and practices o r evide nce ot
h a r.issive and th re a te n in g m easures ta ke n
by th e IRS ag ainst I.IC pavers I R| I D O M is
p a rt ic u la r ly in te re s te d in in te r v ie w in g c ur
re n t o r fo r m e r IRS em p lo yees w h o have
w o rk e d in th e ( rim in a l In v e s tig a tio n D i
v is io n or th e I m plove e Plans and I x e m p t
O rg a n iz a tio n s D iv is io n
If you have k n o w le d g e ot u n c o n s titu
tio n a l ac Is o r vio la tu rn s o t the law c o m m it
le d by th e IRS a g a in st taxpav er s. g r o u p s or
ev en th e ir ow n e m p lo yees and vou teel it is
tim e to r these acts to be exposed, and o u r
tax system ov er h a u le d and t ur ned in to an
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