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October 16, 2002___________________________________( T h e ^ o r t l a n h O b s t r u e r _________________________________________ Pa&eAS F o r u m o n H e a lth C a r e M e a s u r e Anyone who has questions about M easure 23, Health Care for All Oregon, can find those answ ers at a public forum on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Portland Library located at 512 N. K illings- w orth. Attendees to the town m eet ing and panel discussion can get inform ation on M easure 23 by the m easure’s chief peti tioner, Dr. John Partridge, and Dr. D ouglas Bigelow , a pro fessor at OHSU. For m ore info call Pat at 503-289-2097 or Max at 503- 252-8248. cull to advertise: 503.288.0033 on probably saw « or email: ads @ portlandobserver.com TED KULONGOSKI for Governor Promoting Equality, Expanding Opportunities, and Making Government Accountable to the People o f Oregon "My governorship will be about open doors... common ground... hope and the future... We need to turn this economy around by lifting each other up... This cannot happen without strong leadership at the top... I will set the right tone... I will reach out to you and be accountable to you - the people of Oregon." Sisters In Action Speak Truths to Reclaim Streets Ashley Jones (from left), Cassie Holloway, Brleanna Loundy and Saharla Muhamed of Sisters in Action attend an afternoon of live music, dance, raps, poems and skits designed to dispel the myths about Christopher Columbus and expose the truth behind what the group considers to be the myth of revitalization in north and northeast Portland. Last Saturday's event drew over 150 students and community members who packed the parking lot at Stellar Coffee on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. photo by M ark W ashington /T hk P ortland O bserver Mortgage Lending Bias Documented Racial disparity in home loans grows more alarming The Association of Commu nity Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) documents in creased racial and income dis parities in the mortgage lending market. The report analyzes data on a national scale and in 68 m etro politan areas, including Portland. Nationally, the study finds that, in 2001, African Americans were over twice as likely to be turned down for a conventional mortgage as white applicants, and Latinos were rejected over one-and-a-half times more often than whites. This disparity is greater than it was in 2000 and an even bigger increase from what it was in 1996. Residents of all races in low- income neighborhoods are over three times more likely to be de nied than residents of upper-in come neighborhoods when ap plying for a conventional home purchase mortgage, an increased disparity from 2000. Even upper-income African Americans and upper-income K This disparity is greater than it was in 2000 and an even bigger increase from what it was in 1996._________ | Latinos in Portland are more likely to be denied than moderate-in- come whites. In the Portland metropolitan area, African Americans were 2.38 times as likely to be turned down as white applicants, and Latinos were rejected 2.19 times more often than whites. These disparities are nearly 30 percent greater than they were in 2000 and in 1996. Residents of all races in low- income Portland neighborhoods were 1.45 times more likely to be denied than residents of upper- income neighborhoods. Low and moderate-incom e neighborhoods comprise 22.6 percent of the Portland metro politan area but received just 11 percent of the conventional pur chase loans in 2001. Nationally, the number of con v en tio n al lo an s to A frican Americans actually fell from a year earlier, while the number of originations to white borrowers remained close to steady. Home loans to Latino borrowers in creased substantially. I E d u c a tio n : Ted is committed to working with local districts to improve teacher quality, reduce class sizes and increase parental involvement so that we can close the achievement gap and give every child the first-rate education they deserve. Jobs: Ted will help open the doors to economic opportunities by ensuring living wage jobs and extending opportunities for more minorities and women to own their own businesses and succeed. H e a lt h C arcf] Ted is committed to protecting the Oregon Health Plan by controlling the costs of health care so that all Oregonians have access to affordable, quality medical treatment when they need it. S a fe C o m m u n itie s : Ted is tough on crime and his record proves it. But unlike his opponent, Ted opposes racial profiling and will work to end the overrepresentation of minority youth in our criminal justice system. He wants to invest in schools, not prisons for our young people. Democratic Party of Oregon: W here Every V o te Counts and W e Count Every V o te www.dpo.org ~ 503-234-5365 Paid for an Authorized by the Democratic Party of Oregon I
