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August 23, 2006
New Orleans Desperation on Film
Request for Qualifications #06-05
City of Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Spike Lee documents Hurricane Katrina, aftermath
Temporary Personnel Services
Flexible Service Contracts (As Needed Basis)
August 18,2006
The Portland Development Commission (PDC) is requesting
qualifications for Temporary Personnel Services to be contracted
on an as-needed basis. From this RFQ firms will be selected to
receive a three-year contract, with annual contract reviews.
The full Request for Qualifications may be downloaded from the
internet at www.pdc.us, obtained by telephone or FAX request to:
Linda Andrews, Professional Services Manager
Portland Development Commission
222 NW Fifth Avenue
Portland. OR 97209-3859
Phone 503.823.3261
FAX 503.365.3606
Movie director Spike Lee stands next to rolling
footage from his latest project, "When The Levees
Broke, ” an HBO documentary about the victims of
Hurricane Katrina. (AP photo)
Proposals must be submitted in a sealed envelope to the above address no
later than 3:00PM, Friday, September 1,2006.
Faxed copies will not be accepted
All subm ittals will be publicly opened in the Com m ission
Conference Room on the first floor at the address above
immediately following the receipt of the submittals. After opening
of the submittals, the names of the agencies submitting information
will be read aloud.
(AP) -- Candid, and at times O rleans Arena for last w eek’s heard resonating throughout the felt being separated from their
graphic, Spike Lee’s docum en­ prem iere o f the docum entary arena as one man described his parents, their families."
Several in the audience wiped
tary on Hurricane Katrina cap­ "W hen the Levees Broke: A Re­ mother's death in her w heelchair
quiem
in
Four
Acts."
outside the convention center.
away tears and sniffles could be
tured people's desperation and
Contractors who are certified as Minority, Women or Emerging Small
The occasional m om ents of
In all, the audience was quite heard resonating throughout the
their ability to keep smiling no
Business are strongly encouraged to apply. Contractors are also
com ic re lie f w ere w elcom ed interactive: Laughing at jokes arena as one man described his
matter what.
recommended to utilize Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Business
"There are som e jo k es and amid the footage that otherwise about federally-issued trailers and m other’s death in her w heelchair
Enterprises for their subcontracting neêds. Portland Development
humor," Lee told the thousands ranged from horrific and heart overall predicam ents including outside the convention center.
Commission greatly values diversity in contracting and in the workforce,
Lee has not tried to hide his
o
f people gathered inside the New w renching to em otionally ten­ battles with insurance com pa­
and encourages it contractors to do the same.
der.
nies, and loudly booing and hiss­ anger about New O rleans' dev­
Tears streamed down the face ing when governm ent leaders like astation by levee breaks and the
o f G erry C arter, o f New O r­ President Bush and Homeland governm ent's slow response. He
leans, who lived near Mid-City Security C hief Michael C hertoff has even gone so far as to call the
and
now lives in Baton Rouge. appeared on screen.
events "crim inal.”
O re g o n
D e p a r tm e n t
She had to take a break midway
The film aired in tw o two-
"The devastation here was not
o f T ra n s p o rta tio n
through the screening.
hour segments on HBO on M on­ brought on solely by M other Na­
"The dead bodies, that was day and Tuesday nights. It also ture," Lee said. "People in charge
hard to see," she said, her eyes will be show n in its entirety Tues- were no, doing their job."
red and swollen. "And to see the day, Aug. 29, the one-year anni­
If nothing else, Lee said he
children, what they must have versary o f Katrina's landfall.
hopes his docum entary will bring
"The dead bodies, that was atten tio n back to the region,
felt being separated from their
hard to see," she said, her eyes where it's needed. "People are
parents, their families."
work during nighttim e and off-peak
The Oregon Departm ent of
Several in the audience wiped red and swollen. "And to see the still in dire straits. W e want to put
Transportation is investing in
hours will help ease congestion, and
away tears and sniffles could be children, what they must have the focus back here," he said.
O regon’s econom y and infrastructure
the agency is planning ahead to
m inim ize delays for holiday weekends
with nearly $3 billion in highway
construction projects. Major
and events such as the State Fair.
construction is already under way
Still, som e delays may be unavoidable.
on Interstate 5.
a different response,"
(AP) — New Orleans
For up-to-date information about
construction and traffic on 1-5 and
Oregon rem ains open for business
Nagin said.
M a y o r R ay N ag in
around the state, visit TripCheck.com
through the busy travel season as
He also condem ned
blames racism and gov­
ODOT m anages traffic to keep
or call 5-1-1.
federal regulations that
ernm ent bureaucracy
m otorists on the move. Scheduling
discourage rebuilding
for ham stringing his
in the largely black and
city’s ability to weather
SLOW DOWN!
low-lying Ninth Ward.
Hurricane Katrina and
W hile tens o f bil­
recover from the d i­
ORtBM nuwtrMiinu nm tiaui «ci
BETTER ROADS AHEAD
lions o f dollars in fed ­
saster that struck the
eral aid have flowed to
Gulf Coast nearly a year
L ouisiana and other
ago.
states devastated by
In rem arks to the an­
Katrina, much o f it has
nual m eeting o f the N a­ Ray Nagin talks race in the aftermath o f Katrina
gone to developers and
tional A ssociation o f
Black Joum alistson Friday, Nagin
"And 1, to this day, believe that contractors, Nagin said.
"Very little o f those dollars
said the hurricane "exposed the if that would have happened in
soft underbelly o f A m erica as it Orange County, California, if that have gotten to the local govern­
relates to dealing with race and would have happened in South m ents or to the people them ­
class."
Beach. Miami, it would have been selves," Nagin said.
an
ODOT IS KEEPING
OREGON ON THE MOVE
Racism, Bureaucracy Hurt Response
Oregon’s War Toll Rises
Latest deaths bring
number to 67
(AP) — The Middle East deaths o f a Portland
soldier and a marine from Bend were reported
Monday, raising to 67 the num ber o f military
personnel killed in the wars in Iraq and A fghani­
stan.
The D epartment o f Defense said Pvt. Joseph R.
Blake, 34, o f Portland was killed last Thursday in
Afghanistan after his Army platoon encountered
small arms fire.
In Bend, family and friends o f Lance CpI.
Randy Lee Newman said the 21-year-old Marine
Our policy is people.
was killed in Iraq.
N ew m an is a graduate o f M ountain View
High in Bend, w here he w as on the w restling
team . He p articipated in the R eserve O fficer
T raining C orps and left for his first tour in Iraq
in M arch.
Blake was born and raised in Michigan and
moved to Portland only a few weeks before joing
the U.S. Army in January 2005. He was assigned
to the Arm y's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regi­
ment, 3rd Brigade Com bat Team from Fort Drum,
N.Y.
His father, Douglas Blake said last saw his son
in July, when he returned home on leave.
"He was being a little bit careful. He knew how
dangerous it was."
W h e n w e c r e a te o u r lin e o f p r o d u c ts , w e h a v e o n e th in g in m ind, you: w ho you
are, how y o u live, an d w hat m atters to y o u m o st. T h a t’s w h y A m e ric a n F am ily
In s u ra n c e o ffe rs y o u an arra y o f p ro d u c ts th a t c a te r to y o u r u n iq u e needs and
lifestyles, a n d for less than y o u ’d expect. W h e th e r it’s h o m e , a u to , life, h e a lth ,
o r c o m m e rc ia l in su ra n c e , o u r k n o w le d g e a b le and responsive agents will give you
com plete in f o r m a tio n so th a t y o u c a n m a k e th e rig h t d e c is io n s fo r you, y o u r
fam ily o r y o u r b u sin e ss.
School Supply Give-Away
The Portland C hapter o f The Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
and
s u p p o r ts
c h a r ita b le
Links, Inc. will team-up with The
The Links is non-profit organi­ projects such as school enrich­
Portland O bserver on Saturday, zation o f more than 10,000 con­ ment program s, health-related
Aug. 26 at 9 a.m. to offer bags of cerned, com m itted and dedicated enterprises, visual and perform ­
free, basic school supplies to women of African descent, linked ing arts endeavors, and services
the first 3(X) students to arrive in by 274 chapters in cities across to youth activities, especially in
the p a rk in g lo t at the America and around the globe.
the African American com m u­
newspaper’s offices at 4747 N.E.
The Portland chapter funds nity.
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In a concession to younger gen­ adorn themselves in ways we gen­
erations, Portland police officers erally didn’t do when I was 21,”
soon may be allowed to sport vis­ Sizer said Monday during a regular
ible tattoos. Police Chief Rosie Sizer C hief s Forum meeting.
Former Chief Mark Krocker is
says she favors relaxing a ban
adopted in 2000 to attract more re­ responsible for the set of strict ap­
pearance rules that banned beards,
cruits.
“I'm interested in changing our long sideburns, ponytails or braids,
policy, realizing that young people earrings and any pins, ribbons or
stickers on uniforms.
Derrick Foxworth eased some of
the restrictions during his tenure as
chief, allowing men to have mus­
taches and goatees and women to
have longer hair pulled back from
thcirfaces. Healsolifted Krocker’s
no-earring restriction, allowing one
earring stud per earlobe.