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Mayor Vera Katz Selects Charles
Moose To Be Portland’s Chief Of Police
‘ Charles Moose is
someone who
understands
intellectually and
programmatically
what community-
based programs are
all about. He also
has a street-smart
sense o f what works
and what doesn’t
out in the
neighborhoods
where people face
crime every day.
P ortland Takes In itial
S tep s To Im prove
M inority Contracting
The City Council will be taking formal
action on Mayor K atz's Fair Contract­
ing and Employment Initiative today
(Wednesday, June 30th). The council
should be applauded for their actions
thus far. Mayor Katz is in leadership
but it is obvious that every council
member is anxious to contribute to the
solution
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Collection Changes
Keep Late Payers In
The Tax System
People who arc having trouble paying
their taxes are coming forward to work
withe IRS because o f recent collection
changes For most debts under S 10.000
the IRS no longer requires taxpayers to
give financial statements and docs not
file tax liens w hich means the taxpay­
ers credit rating is not affected. Filers
who receive tax bills can use form 9465
to ask for installment plans.
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City O f Vancouver
Leads M ulti-Agency
E ffo rt To Assure S afe
July Fourth
C elebration
An effort by city, state and federal
agencies is being made to mange traf­
fic and help; with public safety during
Vancouver’s July 4th celebration The
Vancouver Fourth of July Celebration,
now in its 31 st year, is expecting close
to 100.000 people As an added conve­
nience to event goers, all city parking
facilities in the dow ntow n area within
walking distance of the event site w ill
be open and free on July 4th. Tow aw ay
signs will be posted in restricted areas.
And cars will be towed.
STATEMENT BY MAYOR VERA KATZ
“I have made the decision to appoint
Deputy Chief Charles A Moose to be Tom
Potter’s successor as Portland's Chief of Po­
lice.
“I made this choice after an extensive
community -based process in which some of
the best and brightest law enforcement offi­
cials in the country offered themselves as
candidates
“After this thorough and painstaking re­
view. Deputy Chief Moose emerged, in my
view, is the best person to lead the Portland
Police Bureau at this stage in its history.
“I selected Charles Moose because of his
proven record in developing and implement­
ing community policing concepts, because of
his demonstrated ability to fight neighbor­
hood crime and because of his leadership
experience.
“I chose him, also, because of his passion­
ate dedication to his profession and to the idea
of community empowerment and teamwork
as pathways to improving public safety.
“He has demonstrated a unique ability to
bring together, to motivate and to work with
widely diverse groups in the community, a
talent that will se n e him well as Chief.
“Charles Moose is someone who under­
stands intellectually and programmatically
what community-based programs are all about.
He also has a street-smart sense of what works
and what doesn’t out in the neighborhoods
where people face crime every day.
“Currently, he has been se n ing as Deputy
Chief in charge of the Operations Branch. A
native of North Carolina, he joined the Police
Bureau in 1975 after graduating from the
University of North Carolina, where he ma­
jored in U S. History . He rose steadily through
the ranks, earned a m aster's degree in public
administration at Portland State University in
1984 and attended the FBI’s National Acad­
emy in 1986
“He has a long list of accomplishments in
the Police Bureau Among the most notable is
his work in designing and implementing the
neighborhood police officer liaison program
and dev eloping and managing the Iris Court
Community Policing Demonstration Project,
w hich he has described as his ' most rewarding
leadership experience.’
“D espite C h arles M oose’s obvious
strengths, this was not an easy choice to make.
We were fortunate to hav e ended up with four
very strong, v ery capable, and v ery qualified
finalists Each offered different strengths We
started with an embarrassment of riches in a
highly qualified field of candidates brought
forward by the broad-based community advi­
sory' process we put in place.
"The International Association of Chiefs
of Police conducted a nationw ide recruitment
following extensive interviews with commu­
nity leaders here to establish the initial screen­
ing standards, which y ielded 62 candidates
and was then pared to 14 semifinalist.
“I impaneled a 12-member Citizens Se­
lection Committee in March shortly after Chief
Tom Potter announced his retirement, which
established professional criteria for the initial
screening, formulated w ritten questionnaires
for the semifmalist, and then provided input
on the strengths and weaknesses of each in
settling on the selection of the four finalists
"The finalists, in addition to Charles
Moose, were David J. Williams, Assistant
Chief of the Portland Police Bureau; Joseph E.
Brann, Chief ofPolice in Hay-ward, Calif.; and
Terence J Mangan, Chief of Police in Spo­
kane, Wash A fifth finalist. Norman H
Stamper. Executive Assistant Chief of Police
in San Diego, withdrew before the final screen­
ing.
“Each of the four were interviewed by
representatives of the C h iefs Forum, the
C hiefs Advisory Committees, the Portland
Police Association, the Portland Police Com­
mand Officers Association, Police Bureau
div ision and department managers, and the
American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees.
“I would like to thank all those involved
in advising me on this process for helping to
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Black Issue.. ..Big Concern
Metro Tells Visitors Association To Wait
Hom eless To G et
Few er S ervices In
M ultnom ah County
The Community Action Program Of­
fice, major funder o f the emergency
basic needs system of services in Mult­
nomah County, has experienced a total
lossofover$l million in funding Cuts
begin July 1st.
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Espy Says Childhood
Study S tresses Need
For Aggressive Anti
Hunger S trateg y
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy
said a study shows that 12 million
American children are going hungry .
The 12 million children under eigh­
teen experience hunger. “If you look at
these childhood poverty statistics, there
can be no doubt that wc can do and
must do better.”
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BY STEPHEN MOORE,
Independent Columnist
The saga of the Portland Oregon Visitors
A ssociation, b e tte r know n to m any as
POVA. continues as the fate of their financial
funding is up on the air as of last Thursday
evening. METRO councilors voted unani­
mously, for a second time, not to approve the
multi-million dollar three year contract re­
newal based upon unresolved issues concern­
ing a Black owned business participation in
Portland’s Conv ention marketing and visitor
industry.
METRO council heard a desperate plea
from a POVA representative seeking immedi­
ate approval to renew their contract which
officially ends on June 30. Instead, councilor.
Ed Washington introduced a motion which
will allow extended funding under their cur­
rent contract on a month to month basis for up
to 60 days, or until a special committee con-
“W atch Ice M e lt And Win Two
Tickets On U nited Airlines'’
“Journey W est On The Oregon
Trail”
When will it drop7 Who will give the exact
day, hour, minute and second? Where in the
continental United States will the winner
go? Find out'
Journey West is a charming children's story
about two fam ilies and how they adapted to
events on the Oregon Trail.
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the council indicated that he (Brooks) had
made this decision based upon further review
of the situation and other factors that had been
further rev iew of the situation and other fac­
tors that had been recently brought to his
attention.
Blacks and a growing number of white
businesses have rapidly started to investigate
POVA’s lOyeartrack record of exclusion and
have come to the realization that the only way
to get the city back on track is to provide
substantial funding to the Black ow ned opera­
tion that already demonstrated a willingness
and ability to increase the participation and
economic opportunities
“POVA has no credibility in the Black
community' as far as many of us are con­
cerned" said one Black female business owner
The nearly all white organization has made
recent last minute attempts to attract Black
participation by asking for local assistance
“The Steeles: A M usical Family
Fusing Gospel Tinged M elodies
W ith R&B and Jazz Flavor”
"Our father would get us on every gospel
show that came to Gary , from the time we
were just tots: Haying a career in music was
like a national evolution for us. ”
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and involvement on a voluntary or minimal
pay basis.
One former POVA member involved in
hospitality and tourism said “I’m glad to see
that these funding sources are finally getting
w ise to what has been going on for years. They
(POVA) have attempted to build a close knit
power base that thinks that they can dictate
and control as they see fit. You can particu­
larly see it in some of their board members,
officers and staff over the past several years.
They fail to remember that they are funded
through tax fancy brochures, impressive sta­
tistics and public relations moves that have
absolutely no significance w hen one discovers
all of the “in house clicks" that goes on not
only excludes Blacks, but many of their own
small business members” .
While POVA has led METRO and others
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venes to review the scope of a separate minor­
ity vendor contract and budget
Roy Jay, a well known Black business
entrepreneur, has continually led the way
for increased involvem ent of Blacks in
the lucrative multi-million dollar convention
and tourism service industry His Oregon
Convention and Visitor Services Network
working in tandem with Oregon Business
Network has became a recognized force pro­
moting opportunities for both large and small
businesses in the convention and business
arena since 1988
Although the MERC committee that
originally recommended approval of renew­
ing POVA's contract did not officially en­
dorse METRO’S recent action, MERC Chair­
man, Sam Brooks sent his personal recom­
mendation only to extend the POVA contract
for tw o additional months A statement deliv­
ered for Brooks by a MERC representative to
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“Portland Resident W ins Grand
Prize In Bays English M u ffin s
‘High Tea On The High S eas’
Recipe C ontest”
Karen Durrett o f Portland says, "Coming
from a big fam ily we all had to pitch in
with preparing diner.
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