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February 18, 1987, Portland Observer, Page 5
Rep M a rg a re t C arter and supporters for d ivestiture bill at press conference at the State C apitol last
Thursday
Photo by Richard J B row n
The Portland Chapter of Links. Inc., presented the Tenth Anniversary S tarlig h t C otillion at the Red Lion
Inn Sunday evening Presented w ere (alphabetically) Carolyn B aldw in M a rs h a w n Boyd. A lycyn B ritton.
Sharon Davis. Vanelda Davis, Heidi D u rro w K im berley Loggins Cristy M a rtin . Laronda M o rriso n.
A drienne Reid. Kim berly Robinson and Porscha W illiam s
P hoto by Richard J. B row n
Margaret Carter
Introduces HB 2001
Divestiture Bill
R e presentative M a ig a re t C a rte l. O regon H ouse o l Representatives. in tro
du ced le gislatio n this w eek to disengage O regon fu n d s fro m businesses
Serving Portland For Over
30 Years
in S o u th A frica
M a|or d iffe re n ce s in 1987 Bill fro m 1985 in clu d e a m o d ifie d 'D eokm epari
P la n " sim ilar to th e fra m e w o rk pro po sed by G ove rn or D eukm epan w h ic h
C alifornia en acted in 1986
U pon e n a ctm e n t, all in ve sto rs of state tru s t fu n d s and state m onies are
p ro h ib ite d fro m
M a kin g n e w loans, e xte n d in g ne w cred it or m a kin g any
n e w in ve stm e n ts in S o u th A frica or in N am ibia fin a n cia lly c o n trib u tin g
to the d e ve lo p m e n t or p ro d u c tio n o f new energy resourt es or strateg ic
(m ilita ry) p ro d u c ts or services
The bill a llo w s for a grace period, n o t to e xte n d b e yo n d February 14
1989 to the U S or in te rn a tio n a l com p an ies for fin a n cia l co m p a n ie s or
fina ncial in s titu tio n s th a t ad op t a p o licy n o t to expand or establish new
businesses or to m ake a d d itio n a l o r new business a rra ng em en ts w ith the
g o ve rn m e n t o f S o u th A frica
The bill has bi partisan su p p o rt w ith stro n g sup(x>rt fro m R epublican
T o n y VanV Iiet, a lth o u g h its stro n g e st su p p o rt is w ith th e D e m o cra t« Party
The 1985 Bill passed th e H ouse and the Senate only to be veto ed try then
G overnor V ic to r A tiye h
Deli Sale!
super savings on
lunchmeat, cheese,
margerine, etc. . .
Open M o n
Sat 9 30 6 00
Groceries Below
W holesale Prices!!
Foodstam ps W elcom e!
for the first tim e in over 20 years at the C otton Club Revisited K ickoff Sunday
IDOUBLE TEE PRESENTS«
C o n t fro m P age 1
JEFF LORBER
KARYN WHITE b MICHAEL JEFERIES
d ra w n th e c o n c lu s io n th a t "T h e PIIAC s existence is a d e te rre n t to tho se
w h o w o u ld be in clin e d to abuse the pow er w ith w h ic h they have been en
tru s te d "
" J o lir i s a n il Hay s beliefs are im p o rta n t
Hansom . Vessup and the re
FR ID A Y . FEB 27
STA R RY N IG H T
ALL AGES • TICKETS ON SALE
rnam ing m em b ers w illin g n e ss to serve on th e PIIAC are equally im p o rta n t
M a n d ib e rq s re sig n a tio n .m il expressed desire to go bar k to the d ra w in g
b o a rd to < om e up w ith a better solution, d e m o n stra te s tier s u p p o rt for civi
han overseeing o f the p o lice II s tim e lo r tint pe op le w h o w a n t a citize n s'
re vie w c o m m itte e to s h o w the ir sup po rt for P IIAC , ' H erm an sard
The P o rtla n d Police Bureau has resisted th e P IIA C 's p o w e rs since its
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first one w as ruled in va lid for te ch n ica l reasons A lth o u g h th e subpoenaes
w e re issuer), the o ffic e rs still did n o t te s tify b e fo re th e P IIAC
The m atter
w as the n b ro u g h t b e fo re the full C ity C o u n cil A fte r hearing p u blic te sti
m o n y on the issue in A p ril 1986, the C ity C ouncil vo te d 4 IlS c h w a u b in de
ce n t) in favor o f m a kin g the three o ffice rs answ er q u e stio n s b e fo re the
A u d it panel
AN EVENING WITH
BOB J A M E S
FRI M A R C H 20
STA R RY N IG H T
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This resistance is evident w h e n it com e s to th e A u d it C o m m it
tee s (lo w er to issue subpoenaes to o ffic e rs re q u irin g th e m to te s tify be fore
the A u d it panel The P IIAC lias been try in g suit e O cto b e r o f 1985 to get
three P ortla nd po lice o ffic e rs to te stify b e fore it re g a rd in g alledged cases
o f p o lice m isr on d u r t In one t ase, a citize n accu sed o ffic e rs o f using ex
cessive fo rce
In a n o th e r, it is alledged tha t an o ffic e r re co rd e d false in
fo rm a tio n in an o ffic i.il po lice report A ll three o ffic e rs in vo lve d in the tw o
cases are w h ite , the citize ns are Black
The A u d it C o m m itte e issued sub|x>enaes again J a n u a ry 1966. after the
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H o w eve r, the o ffic e rs still d id n ’t te s tify
Instead, PIIA C . th e P olice
Bureau, and th e Police U n ion a tte m p te d to n e g o tia te the issues w ith o u t
g o in g to c o u rt
This w as last M ay
The pa rties failed to c o m e u p w ith a
re so lu tio n on the m a tte r
Talks broke o ff in Der em ber
la s t m o n th d ie
PIIAC an nouncer) tha t it w as ta kin g the three o ffir ers to co u rt
S om e sixty p lus citie s across th e na tio n have varying kin ds o f civilia n
overseeing agencies tfi.it succe ssfully hear o ff» er te s tim o n y Berkeley, for
in sta nce , requires co o p e ra tio n w ith the review c o m m is s io n as a 'c o n d itio n
o f e m p lo y m e n t"
M iam i, C hicago, a n il o th e r citie s w h ic h have fu n r tio n
in g civilia n overseeing agencies do n o t have sub p o e n a (lo w e rs, ftecause
o ffic e rs are d ire cte d to coo p e ra te w ith the agent y by ord er o l th e C hief o f
Police and Police S u p e rin te n d e n t respectively
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H isto rically (xilir e d e p a rtm e n ts have used p o litic a l m uscle to p re ve n t
re vie w boards fro m be in g organ ized or to w eaken their a u th o rity to in ve sti
gate th e w ay p o lice m is c o n d u c t charges are handler)
As an exam ple, re ce n tly tw o proposer) cha ng es in th o w a y p o lice m is c o ii
d u c t charges are handler) tiave been s u b m itte d to the C ity C o u n cil sub
co m m itte e , th e Ix x ly w h ic h oversees the PIIAC Under d ie p ro p o s a l, m in o r
and in qu iry c o m p la in ts w o u ld tw* kept at tho p re cin ct level
In its th ird
qu arter m o n ito rin g re p o rt presenter) to the C o u n cil subr o m m itte e last
m o n th , the P IIA C re p o rt said this regard ing the p ro p o se d t flan ge s "R a th e r
tha n m o vin g to w a rd a p o licy o f accessible, c o m p le te disr Insure re g a rd in g
co m p la in ts, th e p ro p o se d general orders p ro vid e d iffu s io n and o b fu s c a
tio n
In a d d itio n , the re p o rt stater) that the o rtle rs, if a d op te r), " w ill m ake
the Bureau m o re secre tive w ith their co m p la in t p ro cess a n d m ake it v irtu a lly
im p ossib le to m a in ta in any q u a lity re vie w o f ttie lim iter) process o p e n to th e
p u b lic ."
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