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Page 4, Portland Observer, May 28. 1986
Portland Neighborhoods Up For Grabs
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Kuppros Gay It nr Hickman, Kth gm itrr ut tubman Middle School, raps Io a
yuuthful audience on the ills of leen prrgiiancy and proslilulion (luring “ llrlp
Y o u rs e lf, a south sponsored community information presentation held at
the king Neighborhood Facility Tuesday, May Wh. Other tnpks entered hy
both youthful and adult speakers Mere crime, drugs, success and employ
ment.
Photo by Michard J. Ilrown
Boycott The By-Pass
H( l> Sirtilrv\
In Hti\ Huiluni
king Center is tlte heart id our com
niumty It is our "c ity hull " We may
have problems, but our community
heart is pumping strong One thing we
don't need is by pass surgery
Every big city needs a ghetto, and lor
Portland ue are it I nemploy ment, low
Mages, high rent, deterioration, bust
Itess failures. Me got it < lur people are
hurling, but our community is strong
King Center is pulling us together so
that Me may lilt ourselves up
We have no choice It Me do not lilt
ourselves. Mho Mill ’ Federal limits are
drying up Portland |usl spent $HM)
m illion on lederal Housing and Com
muniiy Development (H CD ) lunds
Where did it g o ’ I his money Mas tor
jobs, housing, day care, parks and
economic development It Mas lor the
poor, not the rich Northeast Portland
Mas supposed Io get about 1/3, or $33
m illion Instead, we only got $IK m ill
ion. or so they say Where did it g o ’
One thing tor sure, it did not pass
through king Center
This year. Me said to the city . let's do
it dilterenl You have $12 m illion to
divide up I lie Portland Development
Commission Manis $K m illion I hat
leaves $4 m illion lor the rest ol us
l et's make a ileal We ll let City agen
vies spend tlx.- money, it you M ill let us
net the policy A ll Me ask is that the Cits
»pend Northeast's share lalmul $4 null
tonl in Northeast and give us S25tl.OtMI
(2rirl to set up a Northeast PCD policy
hoard I'oprove mc are honest. Me Mill
let the Mayor appoint tlx policy hoard
Il look many meetings at king
Center, Milh City agenc les, to work out
this plan Hut before the plan could get
to City Council tor a vote, city dixtors
started working on it I hey cut here and
cut there Hut the deepest cut ol all is
the open-heart surgery they are doing
now It is by pass suigery W hat they
are trying to by pass is king Center,
which is our community heart City ol
hcials do not want the $250,000 to go
through king Center they are going
door to door throughout the commun
ity trying to lind any agency that Mill
betray the HCD policy board (monitor
mg committee) and by pass king
Center They o ile r money, favors and
spec lal deals Instead o f support the
right o l lix a l citizens, Mhich is guaran
teed by tederal law . to set policy lor our
community, these city dixtors by pass
tlx- plan and destroy lire heart They
caused one neighborhood Io withdraw
and have created a new neighborhood
assixialion within tlx- boundary ol
another They have incited so much
conflict ol interest, that many agencies
who worked on the plan can no longer
sit around the same table W hat started
as an inter agency ellort Io develop pol
icy best lor tlx- whole community has
degenerated into a dog light over
money and position
Hut all is not lost Most ol this mull
key business was done by low level
bureaucrats without knowledge or ap
proval ol the Mayor and City Council
I ven though the Northeast HCD plan
got butchered up in some respects, it
still has tlx- monitoring committee in
tact I lx- sooix-r the Mayor appoints
this committee, tlx sooner the light w ill
be over And tlx- sooner the HCD
budget and programs can be brought
back under lontrol
Hut the Mayor needs our support
We w ill never get three votes out ol
City Council as long as we are divided
and alraid someone is going around
king Center, lor an end run We must
unite once more aixl pledge not to go
arouixl tlx- monitoring committee We
should not |ump o il sides every time
the city dangles a lew dollars We must
lx- w illing to boycott the city, and any
lix a l agency, that wants to by pass
king Center "Boycott the Hy Pass'
I hat is the bottom line, and it needs to
lx- thaw ii in concrete
Older Women’s League to Meet Sat. June 7,
1986, 10:00 a.m.
The Portland Chapter ol Older Women s League (O W I. I w ill meet in Prosi
dense Hall Sixial Rixrm. Providence Medical Center, 4X05 N I Glisan St Hear
OASIS coordinator (ierry Newhall describe this innovative, new program tor
older adults which is co sponsored by Multnomah County Aging Services D iv i
sion aixl Meier ami I rank, and lixaled on the IlMh floor of downtown Meier and
Frank Ample parking is available in structure and has Tri Mel access No charge
Call 245 427I or 2 ' I 7509 tor information about O W 1 (Membership open to
men and wortx-n ol all ages)
The City o f Portland just spent over
$ 100 million in Hixising and Commun
ity Development (HDC) funds The
purpose o f HCD programs is to bring
poor neighbortxxtds up to city stan
dards Yet poverty in Northeast Port
land. which contains the city's ghetto,
is getting worse, and the ghetto is
spreading
Most of the SUM) m illion was spent
by the Portland Development Commis-
vx»n (PDCl This is federal money, for
jobs, housing, day care, parks and
economic developrrx-nt
N eighborhood associations in
Northeast Portland recently discovered
that Northeast got only SIX m illion of
'the $100 m illion city total Many ol us
helieve Northeast's lair share should
have been 1/3. or $33 m illion We
would like to see more o f this money
pass thrixigh neighhorhixxl associa
tions Instead, almost all of it went
thrixigh P IX ' and City bureaus, with
small aimxints here and there to private
agencies
The program is about Io end Port
land does have, however, about $12
m illion to divide up this year What
shcxrld we spend it fo r’’ In whose
ncighhorhmxPCity Council votes next
week
Northeast Portland submitted its plan
last January Most lix a l agencies sup
ported tlx plan, even though it was dif
Icrent This year, we said to the city
you spend the money, we set the policy
We agreed to let PIX ' have $X m illion
aixl City bureaus the rest A ll we asked
lor was $250.(MM) to set up a policy
hoard (monitoring committee) I he
monitoring committee would hire a
small stall, conduct pilot projects and
evaluate HCD programs in Northeast,
including alxiul $4 m illion worth ol
program operated by PIX '
Needless to say, P IX ’ did not like
this plan They want to set policy and
monitor us They do nor want us Io set
policy and monitor them
This debate has put the Mayor and
City Council on a hot seal I he Mayor
supervises P IX ’ Nutxxly want* to look
back, asking where the $HMI m illion
went Nobixly wants to tell P IX ' to
change policy P IX ' is a multi m illion
sac red cow in Portland I hey need
money lor buildings downtown, Io
annex Last Portland and tinish indusi
rial parks I hey do not worry about
unemployux-nt in the Ghetto, or crime,
dope and prostitution sitting on the
dixirsleps ol Northeast residents, who
are beginning Io say. We need tubs,
not tails
Job. aixl help tor small business, is
what tlx- Northeast Plan calls lor It is
lust the opposite id P IX ' PIX polxv
h v n e lils landlords I lx- Nortlx-asl Plan
berx-lils the (xxn II cost us $20.IMN) to
produce the Northeast Plan Many
meetings were held at King Center over
a period o f many months Fix the first
tmx in Ihc history o f Portland, local
residents, through rxighborhiMxJ as
sociations, have proposed a lix a l public-
agency with administrative authority
for economx and community de
velopment
This would be a precedent A real
breakthrough PIX* is a public agency
serving all Portland Wc would he pub
lx serving Northeast only We would
set policy for Northeast and administer
those parts ol the H IX ' program which
are best handled at the lix a l level
Wc hear a lot o f talk these day v about
lix a l citizens assuming responsibility
for lix a l affairs Ihc Northeast H IX '
plan would create a vehicle that would
operate under community-wide, public-
control The policy board would he loc
ally elected and appointed by the
M ayix. the same as the PIX ' board is
appointed II would have full public
administrative powers, the same as
PDF It would not be just another task
force, advisory council or helpless
planning fxxly It would have power Io
both develop and enforce a lix a l com
prehensive plan
This is where the rub comes in
Neither P IX ' or City Council wants to
allow Northeast to control lunds or
programs For many years all the con
trol has been downtown I very North
cast neightvirhoixl has several private
agencies hand puked by PIX ' and City
Commissioners, not based on commun
ity loyally, but on loyalty Io political
interests downtown Why change the
se stem now *
Neighborhood assixialions are be
ginning Io see the light I hey are be
ginning to want soiix- say so and con
trol over hx.il aitaus Wc asked all the
pnvate agencies seeking lunds Iroin the
Northeast HCD Plan to agree not to
bypass the plan We asked them to
pledge not to by pass King Center and
the Nortlx-asl Coalition ol Neighbor
hixxls Most ol them took tlx* pledge
PIX’ however, refused to take the
pledge aixl has been actively trying Io
tind lixa l agencies who w ill betray tile-
pledge and bv pass the monitoring
committee proposed in the Northeast
Plan
I videixc has appeared in the city
budget that PIX has lound a lix a l
agency w illin g to elim inate the
monitoring committee and contract
through PIX No one seems to know
who tlx- lixa l ageix v is Rumm has it
that the Mayor has met with several
lix a l private aeencx-s One ol them
must have agreed to by -pass the North
east Plan or the Mayor would not have
allowed his staff to pubticly recom
mend P IX ' Io administer Northeast
HCD funds
Ihc issues arc nxtre comptes than
meets tlx eye According to City Ordi
nance ncighborhiMxl associations, and
the Northeast Coalition ot Neighbor
hixxls, arc not a part o f city govern
inent They arc private ageix ies They
have no public administrative author
ity They do not represent one square-
inch o f Portlaixl. let alone a neighbor
hixxl
They represent irxmbership
only, mu territory I hey cannot create
or enforce publx policy, yet they are
the only vehicle in our community that
can represent the Northeast Plan to City
Council in order to meet federal law s ol
citizen participation
For this reason, the Northeast Plan,
w hxh recomnx-nds a public agency,
has no lix a l advtxale The Northeast
Coalition. which is private, and other
lix a l private agencies, do not want Io
bite the hand that leeds them I hey are
all held hostage to City Counc il and
P IX '. upon whose lunds they depend
The first public testimony on the
Northeast Plan is scheduled lo r 9 a m .
Thursday. April 17th It w ill he in
teresting to hear lip service troni
Northeast leaders and watch to see
Northwest agerxy lux- up to receive the
money Chances are P IX ' is still in the
drivers seat I he Northeast Plan w ill go
up in smoke like tlx- $20.(MM) that was
wasted Io prixlucc- it I hope I am
w rung
with free activator
Curls $45.00 • Reg. $55.00
Haircut $10.00 • Reg. $15.00
Cellophane $20.00 • Reg. $25.00
T-up $25.00 • Reg. $35.00
Rela«er $35.00 • Reg. $45.00
All Service* Includa Shampoo A Conditioner preferably by appt
Walk Ins welcome
Summer Time
Fun Time
Sixm schixrl w ill he out lor the sum
liter. a mixed blessing Io working pa
rents and to kids Sure, everybody wel
comes a vacation, but lor a lot o l chd
dren a summer without exciting or
stimulating things to do becomes but
mg Lor working parents, summer be
comes a problem
what to do w uh the
kids
At I lx-Columbia \cademy suminei
mix- is the tmx lor held tups, camping,
ouldixvr spirts, gymnastics, cialts. anil
pleasure reading programs h s tlx- tmx-
lor sumux*r school Lots ol Inn and
educational activities to keep children
occupx-d and stimulated during the
summer 1 hey w ill learn new skills and
make new triends
A hands on appioach to learning is
stressed II the children are learning
about lixtls and w ixxl. they w ill make
something Children have their own
garden plots and grow things during the
summer A geography lesson about ihc
Columbia ( Jorge would includc a trip to
Multnomah Falls, or soiix - othei hiking
trail Children conx- honx- suntanned,
alert, and happy
Last year kids took an overnight trip
to Silver Falls where they helped Io
prepare their own toixl and made cralt
projects from the pine cones they col
levied
For the slower learner, or student
who is experiencing study trouble dm •
mg the academic year. Tlx- Columbia
Academy oilers tutoring in math, read
ing, grammar, or study skills Fnroll
nx-nt is on a weekly or monthly basis,
or for tlx- entire sunmxr session
Sunmx-r school begins June 9th and
continues through August 29th h x chil
dren ages three to ten Early enrollnx-nl
is suggested
For kids this is a real opportunity to
have an enjoyable and educational
summer For parents it's a great solu
tion to the age old problem of w hat to do
with the kids this sunmxr
For more information, call The Col
umbia Academy at 233-1315
U I don’t cure fx iw muhy w ars
un bv It still makes mv breath stop,every time
I remember.M
"My little girl was about the same age my granddaughter is now.
"I’d had some cleaning fluids under the sink and Sally must
have gotten into them while I was upstairs.
"When I found her. she was sitting on the kitchen floor, holding
one of those bottles. And acting mighty sick. I called the dtxlor over in
Corvallis, but just kept on getting a busy signal.
"So I did the only thing I could think of. I called the operator.
She just took over and cut in on the line and asked if the dtxlor was in,
and he was. She put him on. And just that quick he told me what to do.
“T hese days, of course, the dcxlors all have something called
‘Call Waiting,’ so they know if you’re trying to get through. Why they can
even check your vital signs, right over the phone.
"But whatever miracles the phone company comes up with
next. I’ll always be grateful for that operator’’
At Pacific Northwest Bell, we’ve always been more than
operators or data transm ission, or even Call Waiting. At PNB,
Wb'vc always been the future. -
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America •• tha country
w ith tha moat phono
graphs about 75 million
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