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(Elfe flortlanh (Bbseruer August 20. 2003 Page A3 S m i l e For the Taxi Camera continued from Front Ty Kovach, chiefofstaffforC om - missioner Leonard. “It’s a different kind o f world that they work in and they have a natural skepticism when it comes to the government. Hav ing a camera driving around with you all day has some implications and they were nervous about it.” One Portland cabbie is opposed to cameras because he thinks they will give drivers a false sense o f security. “Has camera placement stopped bank robberies?” asked Joe Reney, a cabbie that has driven in Portland and San Francisco for 14 years. Reney says he feels very safe driving in Portland, but emphasized, “it’s still a judgm ent call and you have to be alert and perceptive. Another concern for drivers is being spied on by their supervi sors, the police or the city. “A cabbie considers the interior o fa cab to be their office space and the thought o f a camera would be invasive. I don’t think passengers would like to be under surv eillance, either,” Reney said. Entler is a proponent o f very limited access to cameras. “W e’re working very hard to make sure the images cannot be accessed by anyone other than the police in a felony situation,” he said. “Conveying that to the pas senger, who may be deterred from riding if they think big brother is watching, is going to be another story.” Pledge is Best Minority Contractors Get continued from Front Wally Mehrens o f the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council disputed charges that unions use such requirements to exclude mi norities. He said minority hiring goals on such projects as the Rose Garden, Oregon Convention Cen ter and MAX had been met or ex ceeded. Leonard, a former state repre sentative and Portland firefighter, defended agreements that get work ers prevailing wages. “I’ll do anything I can do to help recruit women and m inori ty workers and contractors with one exception: I have no sympathy for any contrac tor, o f any race, that doesn’t pay prevailing wages,” Leonard said. W hen told o f Leonard’s re marks, Joanne Bowman, vice-chair ofthe African-American Chamber o f Commerce, told the Portland Observer, “I can see where he would say that. As a union mem ber, he’s benefited from this sys tem all his life.” Bowman said such require ments tend to screen out new as pirants to city contracts. “All w e’re looking for is a level playing field," she said. Baugh had a somewhat more reserved view. “W e found some interests in common, but there was a lot o f distrust and suspicion,” he said. “We have a long way to go.” Marcia Wertz (left) and Sunshine Dixon have made a busi ness o f displaying unknown and diverse artists with New World Avenue, a traveling art show. P hoto by .M ark W ashincton /T he P ortland O bserver New World o f Art on the Avenue C ulturally diverse and fairly unknow n artists are finding a fo rum to show their work with a traveling art show called New W orld Avenue. The street gallery, ju st a few w eeks old, show s art in front o f re ta il v en d o rs on S o u th w est M orrison between 10 ,h and I l lh A venues during the First Thurs- continued from Front tioning several suspects. Police are looking foradark color Ford F - 150 extended cap pickup. The truck may be black, dark blue, selves on hand, se llin g th cirw o rk at the first Thursday. For information about display ing work with New World Avenue, call 503-248-9970. Lights Out in the Modern World East Coast officials say blackout caused by antiquated technology (A P)— The blackout that turned to require national stan r n ~ — i Congress out the lights for millions o f Ameri i dards for the reliability o f the elec cans and Canadians on Thursday once again showed how the inter connected engines ofmodem I i fe are vulnerable to massive disruptions. Nuclear plants stopped running. People were trapped in subways an d e le v a to rs . P lan e s w ere grounded. Traffic lights went out. And, until they learned other wise, those caught in the steam o f summer asked whether America had been attacked again. “ It shows us we have tied to gether so many systems to build a high quality life, and that creates its own vulnerabilities,” said James Gilmore, the former govemorofVir- ginia. The electric grid is perhaps the tric power system. “ In my view w e’re the w orld’s greatest superpower but we have a Third W orld electricity g rid ,” Richardson said. "W e have anti quated transmission lines. We have an overloaded system that has not had any new investments and we don't have mandatory reliability Manhattan after a blackout shut down the city. (AP photo) sta n d ard s on u tilitie s, w hich most vulnerable o f the country’s too much demand and too little caused this problem." systems. Grids are interconnected su p p ly ,” said Tony A nthony, In a post-Sept. 11 environment, and, unlike natural gas that can be spokesman for the Edison Electric there clearly was a psychological stored, electricity must be produced Institute, an organization o f share effect. in real time, when it's needed. holder owned electric utilities. "When something like this hap “With electricity, if there’s a loss New Mexico Gov. Bill Richard pens and you have to come down ofa major transmission line or gen son, energy secretary during the from the 37th floor it makes you erator, the system can come under Clinton administration, said the w onder, was this terrorism or an unstable situation where there’s blackout underscored the need for what?” said John Meehan, 56. A nother Sniper Brings Terror to East Coast Kanawha County Sheriff David Tucker said authorities received more than 100 leads and were ques day arts walk event. The show continues through O ctober with the artists’ work on display on the first W ednesday o f the month, and the artists them dark green, or maroon. Tticker back scured eyewitness views. tracked from previous descrip.ions Tucker cautioned r$>idqntsj|p o f the driver as a large white male, be vigilant and take precautions saying darkness may have ob when out late at night. 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