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Blue Lake Stocked with Trout
Area residents are invited to
visit Blue Lake Regional Park
for fishing and other recreational
activities. The Oregon Dept. of
Fish and Wildlife has stocked
Blue Lake with 1,500 legal-sized
rainbow trout, just in time for
good weather and good times.
The catch limit is 5 fish per
day for licensed anglers. The
way. The park also offers a
network of paths to take you
to places for basketball, soft-
ball, volleyball, horseshoes and
three play yards for children.
The park is located between
Marine Drive and Sandy Bou
levard off Northeast 223rd
Avenue. Admission to the
park is $4 per vehicle.
fish need to be at least 8 inches
in length; only one fish per day
over 20 inches is a “keeper.”
Refer to the Oregon fishing
regulations for additional rule
details.
Besides fishing, the park of
fers swimming in the lake and
paddleboat, canoe and rowboat
rentals to explore the water-
Libraries Serve as Ballot Drop-off Sites
M ultnom ah C o unty’s Central
Library and its 16 neighborhood
libraries will serve as official b al
lot drop-off sites for the T ues
day, M ay 18 prim ary election.
elections officials by 8 p.m. on
Election Day do not count.
Libraries norm ally closed on
M ondays will be open M ay 17
to accept ballots only.
The ballots can be received and
counted in the election if they are
delivered to the libraries by 8 p.m.
Tuesday. Ballots put into the regu
lar mail too late to be delivered to
GET OUTDOORS AND MEET YOUR
NEIGHBORS ON THESE GREAT
May 12. 2004
A Fighting Chance
Posey pushes beyond critics' expectations
by J aymee R. C uti
T he P ortland O bserver
In the final days o f Portland's
hotly contested mayoral race, an
African-American business leader
has earned respect and endorse
ments that have broken traditional
barriers and exceeded expectations.
James Posey o f northeast Port
land declared his candidacy in O c
tober to provide voters with op
tions he didn’t yet see in the elec
tion.
Seven months and $20,(XX) in
campaign funding later, Posey is
gaining public support for running
a fair and serious cam paign. What ’ s
more, he’s kept issues affecting
minorities on the forefront.
In a poll conducted by the Port
land Tribune/KOIN, Posey is sup
ported by 12 percent of Portlanders,
ing world-class education, stimu
lating an economy that is unfriendly
to small businesses and minorities
and including kids in various stages
of city government.
He says citizens have been re
ceptive to his common-sense ap
proach to solving problems plagu
ing the city.
“My approach isacom m on sense
approach to dealing with issues by
getting at the causes o f problems
rather than the symptoms, whether
that be in the police bureau or pav
ing the streets,” he said.
Posey sees potential in Portland.
“O u to f all the places 1’ve been in
my life, Portland has the closest
potential o f being a great city that
all the world can look up to because
we have so many elements, with
good people, a good environment.
Formerly. Posey has worked as a
probation officer, drug treatment
and mental health counselor, and
community center and health cen
ter executive director.
He has been involved with the
National Association of Minority
C o n tra c to rs , N A A C P , U rban
League, and the City Club of Port
land. He is a member of the Coali
tion of Black Men and the National
Black Cham berof Commerce.
Posey says his three major en
dorsements bring him great pride.
The African American Alliance,
the local Green Party Chapter and
th e P o rtla n d O b se rv e r h av e
pledged their confidence in Posey
for mayor.
“I’m really proud of all my en
dorsements, but especially proud
of the African American Alliance. It
NORTH PORTLAND WALKS!
City of Portland transportation staff and neighborhood volunteers
will be leading these eight walks in the next six months.
There will be short walks (2 to 2.5 miles) on Thursdays and
long walks (3.5 to 5.5 miles) on Saturdays.
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WALKS
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L n iv . of P o rtla n d Io MAX
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P aul R unyan lu Parks
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N Mississippi Historic District
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O verlo o k Views
JULY 8
N Mississippi Historic District
Overlook Park, comer of N Interstate
and Fremont
Walkin' Wild
Paul Bunyan statue, corner of N Interstate
and Denver
Sunken Rose Garden
North Portland Library, corner ol
N killingsworth and Commercial
Going Io the River
Craftsman Cafe. corner of N Interstate
and Skidmore
Paul Bunyan to Parks
Paul Bunyan statue, comer of N Interstate
and Denver
Overlook Views
Overlook Park, corner of N Interstate
and Fremont
University of Portland to MAX
Corner of N Willamette Blvd and ¡Main
Campus entrance
Willamette Bluff
Patton Park, N Interstate
and Emerson
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with former Police Chief Tom Potter
at 16 percent, Phil Buss, managing
editor of the Portland Mercury with
6 percent and City Commissioner
Jim Francesconi earning 27 percent
support. Failing more than a 50
percent majority, the top twocandi-
dates will advance to the Novem-
berGeneral Election.
Frontrunner and fundraising gi
ant Francesconi has run an unprec
edented million-dollar campaign.
Posey says he entered the race
to win. His vision for Portland in
cludes new approaches to provid
ing affordable housing, implement-
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M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Mayoral candidate James Posey (right) and campaign assistant Cordell McKenzie hand out cam
paign brochures on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to the Ainsworth Safeway Food
and Drug parking lot.
HIV Community Test Site
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428 SW Stark St.. S'* Floor
Downtown Portland
Call for an appointment
Limited walk-ins
good universities. All we need to
do is take it to the next level.”
For Posey, this means inclusion
of all its citizens. Speaking the
agenda of the minority community
has changed the face of the race by
keeping all candidates mindful of
diversity.
Posey says his ego will lay low
when he hands back City Hall to its
citizens.
“The typical politician thinks
they become omnipotent and G od
like when they’re just common ev
eryday people who have the privi
lege to serve voters that allow them
to provide a leadership service for
them. They misconstrue that as
mandate to follow their own incli
nations as opposed to really seek
ing out what the citizens want.”
Posey’s lack of experience in
government may protect him from
providing more of the same, his
greatest qualm with opponents
whom he views as City Hall insid
ers.
A northeast Portland resident
for 22 years, Posey has made strides
in minority inclusion in business.
He currently owns two small busi
nesses, W orkhorse Construction
Metro Inc. and Eliot E-mat Cafe.
means a lot that black people, who
have been taught to think so poorly
of themselves and have low expec
tations o f their own people, would
look to somebody within their own
ranks to make a significant impact
on their lives. To be endorsed by
this group, 1 was ecstatic.”
An endorsement from the local
Green chapter was also notable, he
said.
“People in the G reen Party
c ro s s e d ra c ia l, c u ltu ra l and
stereotypically em bedded ideas
about a candidate. They took a
giant leap o ffaith o n my behalf and
chose to do something that’s re
markable. For me, it was living what
you believe.”
Looking ahead, Posey says his
campaign will not be a wasted ef
fort, regardless of the Election Day
results on Tuesday, May 18. He
says h e's too battered by campaign
ing to com mit to another run for
public office, but he’ll remain in the
public eye.
“W e’ll be trying to take the re
sources and structure o f what w e’ve
developed in the campaign, and
w e’U put it in another package in a
way that it will benefit thiscomm u-
nity.”
Sliding-scale fee
No one turned away for
inability to pay
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I 'T T
Toddler Killed by Car
A toddler was killed after being
struck by a car on N o rth east
Ainsworth Street, near .31 ” Avenue.
The child, 21-month-old Imani
Tate, was playing on the sidewalk
in front of a house last Saturday at
5 p.m. when she apparently saw
someone with a dog across the
street and darted out between two
cars onto Ainsworth.
Tate was struck by a 1992 Acura
Legend driven by 30-year-old Paula
Jordan. Police said nocharges were
made because there was no indica
tion of excessive speed or impair
ment.
Black Church Hit with Graffiti
Get real
MAX weighs 55 tons
Look both ways before crossing tracks
A uthorities are still trying to
determ ine w hether a co n g reg a
tion in northeast Portland is the
victim o f repeated hate crim es.
M em bers o f the p rim arily A f
ric a n -A m e ric a n In te rn a tio n a l
F ello w sh ip F am ily ch u rch a r
riv ed for se rv ic e s on S atu rd ay
to fin d s w a s tik a s and S W P ,
A dvertise
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d en o tin g a know n w h ite p o w er
g ro u p , tag g ed along every o u ter
w all o f the b u ild in g on N o rth
ea st 122nd A venue.
A fter volunteers spent much
o f the day repainting the church,
vandals struck again, painting
m ore sw astikas on the ch u rch ’s
sidew alk, Sunday night.
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