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PaseA2 <îhl|J o rtla n h © h s e r u e r ___________________________ luiy20.200s Poll Finds Public Losing Trust in Bush Nation doubting president’s honesty P hoto by K atherine B lackmore /T he P ortland O bserver An overabundance of concrete and lack o f security degrade the living conditions o f Iris Court in north Portland. A new plan would renovate the housing cluster for low-income residents. Rebuilding Lives co n tin u ed fr o m F ro n t fully with relocation specialists. They find a place for the fam ilies, work with utility com panies and with the landlords and get them lined up in the schools. We tracked and kept in touch with those fam i lies. It was im portant to keep in touch with them. At New C olum bia, 282 fam ilies are still saying they’ll move back.” W hen residents return, they’ll find 129 brand new rental units, up from 108 previous. Public hous ing will takeup 100 o f these, with affordable housing units as the re m a in d e r. D u p le x e s , tow nhouses, traditional ap a rt NRA Considers Portland m ents and a m ixed-use building for com m unity services will be built. “I’m hoping and praying that it’ 11 com e through," said Nichole Padilla, a resident within the Iris Court C lus ter. “ It’ll be a new start, another step up.” Padilla is expecting a baby boy in October, and already has tw odaugh- ters, ages 2 and 9. For Padilla, her fiance, and herchildren, having more space to play and an upgraded home will be “good for us,” she said. D a y -to -d a y n e c e s s itie s lik e plum bing and electricity will be im proved greatly, as well as access to those with disabilities. Residents will be m ade to feel secure in their surroundings with a new layout. T he National Rifle A ssociation recently announced that its 2007 convention w o n ’t be held in C o lum bus, O hio, because the city has a ban on assault weapons. W here to, then? It’s a toss up betw een Reno and Portland. A possible three-day convention In the m eantim e, H A P is cro ss ing its fingers fo rth e $ 16.4 million H ope VI grant. O nly six grants are aw arded nationw ide, so com peti tion is high. T h ey ’ll be subm itting the grant application by the end o f July, aw aiting a response by fall of this year. R egardless o f w hether they receive the funds, how ever, Iris C ourt w ill be revitalized - ju st w ith a m ore m odest plan. “W e’re at the very beginning at w hat we hope will be a long jo u r n e y ,” K e a tin g s a id . “ W e ’ve w o rk ed on th is on v ery short tim eline. T he m ore that w e have met with residents, w e ’ve found th ey ’re extrem ely excited and re ally w ant this to happen.” would bring 60,0(X) people to the Rose City with the potential o f bring ing $20 million to businesses. But is it the ki nd o f attention the city wants? C olum bus recently passed a ban on the sale o r possession o f sem i autom atic rifles w ith pistol grips and detachable m agazines. (A P) - A m ericans have grow ing d o u b ts ab o u t P resid en t B u sh ’s honesty and his effectiveness, ac cording to a poll taken at a tim e people are uneasy w ith the w ar in Iraq, uncertain about the econom y an d nerv o u s ab o u t the terro rist threat. H alf o f those in the poll taken by the Pew R esearch C enter, 49 p er cent, said they believe the presi dent is trustw orthy, w hile alm ost as m any, 4 6 percent said he is not. Bush w as at 62 percent on this m easure in a S eptem ber 2003 Pew poll and at 56 percent in a G allup poll in A pril. O ne o f B ush’s strong su its th ro u g h o u t his presidency has been the perception by a m ajor ity o f people that he is honest. T h e slide in trust in Bush com es at a tim e the W hite H ouse is an sw ering questions about top aide Karl R o v e’s involvem ent in the public leak o f the identity o f a CIA operative. “ If the econom y w ere doing b et ter, the Iraq w ar w asn ’t as tenuous and people w eren ’t as uneasy about terrorism , then they m ight be w ill ing to cut Bush som e slack on the R ove issue,” said R obert Shapiro, lic a n s s a id Rove sh o u ld n ’t resign; About th e sam e n u m b e r said they w ere not sure. A ndrew Kohut, direc to r o f the Pew Research C enter, said an analysis o f the survey suggests the Rove controversy is c o n t r i b u tin g to th e p r e s id e n t’s c re d ib ility problem . The b elief that R ove has co m m itted a serious offense is having an im pact on B ush’s rat ings on believability, he said. O nly a fourth o f people in an A BC N ew s poll out this w eek said they be lieve the W hite H ouse has been co o p e ratin g fully w ith the investigation o f President Bush the C IA leak. w ho specializes in public opinion at A bout half, 49 percent, in the C olum bia U niversity. “A nd it’s all Pew poll said they approve o f the tied back to how the w ar w as ju sti jo b being d one by Bush on terror fied, so it raises all those issues as ism - as low as h e ’s been on that well.” issue since Sept. 11, 2001. M any O nly h alf the public is closely in d e p e n d e n ts h av e a b a n d o n e d follow ing the allegations that Rove support for Bush in this area. leaked the identity o f a C IA o p era B ush’s jo b approval in the Pew tive, according to Pew. D em ocrats poll was 44 percent, with 48 percent are predictably m ore inclined to say disap p ro v in g . Rove should resign than R epubli The poll o f 1,502 adults was taken cans. July 13-17 and has a m argin o f sam But G O P support for Rove is pling error o f plus or m inus 3 per lukewarm . A bout four in lO Repub- centage points. Gunmen Kill at Least 13 Iraqi Workers ians inside, he said. In a separate account. Dr. A hm ed F ouad, head o f B a q o u b a h o sp ital m o rg u e, said the m orgue had received seven bodies, and that there w ere six others injured. (A P) - G unm en opened fire on a m inibus carrying Iraqi w orkers to a U .S. airbase in central Iraq, killing 13, police said T uesday. T his follow s a recent suicide blast on S atur day south o f B aghdad that killed at least 60 people and injured 82. Police C ol. M ahdi Saleh, from the K halis police force, said 13 people were killed when assailants in tw o cars attacked the bus on its w ay to al-Faris airbase in B aqouba, 35 m iles northeast o f Baghdad. A nother police official, who declined to give his nam e, said 10 w orkers w ere killed. The bus d riv er slam m ed into a nearby car, killing three civil An Iraqi infant girl receives emergency care for a head wound from one of three bomb attacks over the weekend in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP photo) Child’s Death Determined and McMinnville Rotary Club present T h e o n g o in g ca se o f the m u rd ered 4 - y e a r- o ld M ilw a u k ie b o y . M atai S an ch ez, re v e a le d new in fo rm atio n reg a rd in g th e ca u se o f his d eath . C o u rt d o c u m e n ts a lleg e th a t the b o y ’s ste p -g ra n d m o th e r, C h ristin e C o ffm an , stru c k the boy on the head w ith a rock and rep eated ly ch o k ed him on Ju n e 29 a fte r tran sp o rtin g him to a ru ral road. It has n ot y et been d e te rm in e d w hy C o ffm an , w h o c o n fe ssed e a rlie r this m o n th , k ille d th e ch ild . H er trial is set fo r O c to b e r a n d she is c u rre n tly b ein g h eld at C la c k a m a s C o u n ty Jail. Matal Sanchez Suspect Wanted in Sexual Attack w (acgfis and fliriffs /Iff Around Kw.' < in McMinnville by 1 - I Patton Middle School ■ Friday August 5th: 7:30 p Sat- Sun August 6-7th: 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30________ B (L 9 in Portland by ^ ■■■^ ^ Clackam as Town Center Mon August 8th: 7:30 Tues - Fri 9th- 12th: 4:30 & 7:30 Sat- Sun 13-14 th: 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30 Tickets start at $7 w/ code #2005$3G2 CALL N O W ! 1 -8 8 8 -O N E -R IN G W W W .C IR C U S C H IM E R A .C O M P o lice are se ek in g th e p u b lic ’s help in fin d in g a m an w ho se x u ally attac k ed a fem ale p ed estrian on Ju n e 29 aro u n d 10 p.m . at S o u th w e s t F ifth A v e n u e a n d M ark et S treet. T h e s u s p e c t h id b e h i n d b u s h e s a t th e i n t e r s e c t i o n , g rabbed the fem ale, ex p o sed h im se lf to h er an d tried to su b d u e her. She w as ab le to fig h t o ff the attac k er, b ut h e fled the scen e b efo re p o lic e arriv ed . T h e su sp e ct is d e sc rib e d as p o ssib ly A sian o r H isp an ic, 25 to 35 y ears o ld , 5 fee t 1 w ith a thin build. H e w as w ea rin g a polo- ty p e sh irt, d ark b ag g y p an ts and a d ark co lo re d b aseb a ll ca p an d ap p e ared to be a “clean cu t co l- A police sketch shows the suspect o f a sexual attack. lege stu d e n t.” A ny o n e w ith in fo rm atio n can call D ete ctiv e C h ery l W ad d ell at 503-823-1081. Christine Coffman Man Shot Outside Strip Club A suspect is being sought in an apparent gang-related shooting in southeast Port land recently. The shooting took place o u ts id e C o c k ta ils and Dreams, a strip club on 35th Place and Powell. The vic tim, 25, is expected to live despite being shot several times. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact au thorities. Panthers Launch ‘Burn Baby Burn’ Hot Sauce (AP) — F orm er Black Panthers in O akland, C alif, are hoping the phrase "B um Baby B um " will help their nonprofit organization market a new product — hot sauce. The Huey P. N ew ton F ounda tion, nam ed for the co-founder o f the 1960s m ilitant group, is seeking to tradem ark the phrase that for many brings to m ind the racially charged 1965 W atts Riots in Los Angeles that left more than 30 people dead, at least 1,000 w ounded and hundreds o f buildings in ashes. The new line of hot sauce, called “Bum Baby Bum: A Taste o f the Sixties Revolutionary Hot Sauce," is aimed at “anyone who wants to have an extra savory boost to their food," said David Hilliard, executive direc tor and original Black Panther. The foundation also plans to produce its ow n salsa, as w ell as a clothing line called “Spirit o f the Sixties.” H illiard said the group hopes to start selling the spicy condim ent later this year to com m em orate the 4(Xh anniversary o f the 1966 found ing o f the Black Panther Party.
