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Kulongoski Goes Bowling to Celebrate Victory
Governor-elect says he's ready to roll up sleeves to solve state’s problems
(A P) — In a spirited accep
tance speech at G rand C entral
B o w l, G o v e r n o r - e le c t T e d
K ulongoski prom ised to “roll up
his sleeves” and solve the sta te’s
problem s.
But first he took o ff his socks.
“G et those cam eras aw ay, I’m
taking m y socks off,” he told
photographers and cam eram en
as he changed into athletic socks
and black bow ling shoes.
T he cam eras kept rolling.
“B ow l a strik e ,” a h eck ler
yelled.
K ulongoski boasted o f being a
“pretty good bow ler” in ca m
paign com m ercials that show ed
him rolling a strike, and then
giving high-fives to supporters.
In his first shot as governor-
elect, the Dem ocrat knocked down
nine pins in tw o tries. He knocked
a fist against his forehead in m ock
frustration and smiled.
O n the next fram e, he toppled
nine pins and then picked up the
spare. H e gave tw o thum bs up to
the crow d o f about 200 people.
Several m ore tries d id n ’t pro
duce a strike before K ulongoski
took a break.
T h e K u lo n g o sk i c a m p a ig n
chose a bow ling alley to cel
ebrate victory only after vote
counting stretched to a second
day; they had originally set up in
a fancy dow ntow n hotel on T u es
day night.
T hat party petered o u t when
the race against Republican Kevin
M annix w as too close to call by
around m idnight.
Scott B allo, the spokesm an
for the cam paign, said he booked
10 lanes at G rand C entral B ow l
ing aroun d noon W ed n esd ay ,
w hen the num bers started look-
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G overnor-elect Ted K ulongoski
ing good for Kulongoski, a former
O regon Suprem e C ourt justice.
By late afternoon, K ulongoski
w as ahead o f M annix w ith a
m argin o f nearly 20,000 votes.
“T his w hole cam paign was
about fam ily w age jobs, bringing
back com m unity, and w e used
the bowling alley to illustrate these
them es,” Ballo said.
“It’s about reaching out to all
o f O regon, and the bow ling alley
w as a sym bol o f that.”
A bout 200 supporters stom ped
and clapped, shouting “T ed, Ted,
T ed,” w hen K ulongoski entered
around 6 p .m ., an hour after
Mannix and Libertarian challenger
T om C ox conceded.
“H ey you guys,” K ulongoski
shot back, flashing a grin.
Flanked by his w ife, daughter
and younger son, K ulongoski
stepped behind a podium .
A ddressing a lingering prob
lem o f public em ployee retire
m ent sav in g s — w hich w ere
guaranteed to grow 8 percent per
year, an untenable rate in the
recession — K ulongoski said:
“W e’ll all sit dow n together,
roll up our sleeves, and solve
these problem s.”
Voters Say Yes to
Children’s Initiative
Approved tax levies boost to parks, libraries
(A P)— Portland will become the third city on
is bucking a trend in the country,” said Jonah
the West Coast to reserve money for a clutch of
Edelman, executive director o f the Stand for
children’s programs, along with Seattle and San
Children advocacy group. “It shows if you make
Francisco, after city voters narrowly approved
a solid case about using taxpayer money for
a five-year children’s levy.
children, the public will go along.”
The victory means Portland property owners
San Francisco and Seattle are among a hand
will get a triple dose of tax increases this year
ful of U.S. cities with similar children’s initiatives,
a lth o u g h
because they also ap
proved levies for parks
and the county library.
With support from 53
percent o f voters, the
children’s levy had the
slimmest winning mar
gin o f the three.
The $10 m illion
children’s levy will
\ In this day and age,
w hen we have major
worldwide problems that
seem intractable, this is
bucking a trend in the
country.
—Jonah Edelman, executive director of the
Stand for Children advocacy group
,
childhood education.
taxes, and Seattle’s tax
increase was sm aller
th a n
P o r tla n d ’s.
Edelman said his group
will try to spur interest in
P o rtlan d -sty le in itia
tives in Corvallis, Lane
A five-person com mission, a politician from
the city, one from the county and three residents
will be in charge of overseeing the money and
o f earnest volunteers, widespread support from
distributing it to nonprofits and other estab
religious leaders, big campaign money and a
lished children’s groups. The levy would cap
message o f accountability tailored to satisfy the
adm inistrative costs at five percent.
skepticism of older voters and “Reagan D emo
“In this day and age, when we have major
worldwide problems that seem intractable, this
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County and around the
Supporters credited the victory to hundreds
crats” on the city’s eastern edge.
A
Francisco’s didn’t raise
country.
su p p o rt a n ti-c h ild
abuse programs, after-school groups and early
San
Give a True
Organizers project that about $5 million would
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Start and preschool groups and $1 million for
child abuse prevention.
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