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Lending Visibility to Northeast Portland Needs
Activist runs for
Portland City
Commissioner
by J aymge R. Cun
T he P ortland O bserver
Woodrow Broadnax, known as
“W o ody” to the hundreds o f
Portlanders that know him asacom -
munity organizer, is undertaking a
new challenge.
Broadnax has joined the city
c o m m issio n e r’s race, running
against dozens of candidates he
says do not understand or care
about northeast Portland.
According to Broadnax, he has
paid his debt to society, and is now
ready to give back by joining the
political arena.
A re co v erin g drug ad d ict.
Broadnax has been in prison and
been on the streets of northeast
Portland, which he sees as an ad­
vantage over his opponents.
"The community leaders are so
We 're living in a
militarized city at
this point and
because o f that, the
city and the police
are separated.
- City Council Candidate
Woodrow “Woody” Broadnax
out of the loop. Those people do live director of the House of Exo-
not have the pulse on this commu- dus Association Northwest and is
nity. They represent the structure,” youth co m m issio n c h a ir o f
said Broadnax.
Juneteenth America.
My boyfriend o f 4 years cheated on
me at least 10 times. At first we had
an open relationship and we saw
other people and later began get­
ting serious about each other. Al­
though he continued to cheat, he
showed me love and came home at
a decent time. Now he’s changed
and is always around. I love him but
I keep thinking about the phrase
"once a cheater, always a cheater."
-In Love and Confused
Once is too many times for cheat­
ing. You played a part in this drama
because of the tone in which this
relatio n sh ip began. He d isre ­
spected you but you allowed it.
Count your 4 years as a learning
experience and find a man that'll
respect you like the deserving
queen you are. You’re too good to
be seventh fiddle to a man that’s
supposed to be yours. No, he won’t
stop cheating, so suck it up and
keep it moving.
Broadnax ’ s platform ranges from
education to economics to commu­
nity policing, with an eye on the
needs of African Americans in
northeast Portland. His ideas, called
"half-cocked" by critics, offer in­
novative solutions to some of the
most pressing problems plaguing
the city.
For keeping at-risk kids out of
trouble, Broadnax proposes a year-
round school program where vol­
unteer professionals instruct and
inspire kids in the summertime.
Broadnax has a plan to instate a
Roosevelt-style welfare system by
hiring thousands of unemployed
city residents to maintain city roads
and infrastructures.
Corporations would foot much
of the bills for building new gyms,
community centers and paying for
uniforms in public schools, to help
raise the self-esteem of students
me about this and I’m ready togive
in. My family and friends say she’s
too young for the fake nails and
need to wait because she’ II look too
grown. What do you think? -
Macie; Washington, DC
Dear Deanna!
Dear Confused:
A Portland resident for 35 years.
Broadnax is best known for chair­
ing annual Juneteenth events in
northeast Portland. He is theexecu-
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Dear Undecided:
Men holding condoms for each
other is like women holding tam­
pons foreach other. He’s definitely
cheating if he says he’s getting
sizable condoms from another man.
Men don’t put their business out
there to other men like that unless
Dear Deanna!
they’re gay. You don’t feel any­
A few times I found condoms in thing because you’re numb from
niy fiance’s pocket. He says they the lies, cheating and pain. Don't
belonged to a friend. I also found commit yourself toa future of doubt
the large condom s w e’ve used and deceit by marrying this man. If
before and he said his friend gave you want to be hard headed and
them to him so he could try them marry him anyway, at least get pro­
•out. W hen he cheated on me be­ fessional counseling first.
fore my instincts confirm ed it. I
Dear Deanna!
think he’s out there doing som e­
Is
there an age limit to letting young
thing now, but I d on’t have the
girls get acrylic nails? My daughter
gut feeling. Should I marry him? -
is 11 years old and she’s worrying
siders him self a winner, regard­
less o f the outcom e o f the hotly
contested prim ary election on
May 18.
“I’ve raised myself up by doing
what is right," Broadnax said. "My
past has prepared me for my future
to walk through adversity and say
I ’ ve been there and let ’ s move on to
help the city.”
Broadnax is looking for dona­
tions and volunteers to fund and
staff his campaign. He can be
reached at 503-285-8898 and a Web
site will soon be launched.
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Dear Macie:
She’s too grown now because if
you told her no that should be the
end of the discussion. It’s under­
standable if she’s a nail biter or has
a disorder but evidently this isn’t
the case. If you have money to burn
every two weeks for manicures and
can rush this child to the em er­
gency room when a nail breaks to
the cuticle, go for it. Otherwise, you
need to keep your daughter in a
child’s place and let her get nails
when she gets a job.
and residents.
Regarding police accountability,
Broadnax said, “W e’re living in a
militarized city at this point and
because of that, the city and the
police are separated."
He said that a citizen-appointed
police oversight committee should
replace the Citizens Review Com­
mittee, which oversees complaints
about the Police Bureau.
"The (current) citizen’s review
board has no power and it has no
teeth," he said.
Broadnax says he already con­
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