October II. 2006
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Zoo Workers Apologize
“ In this case, I re­
ally feel bad for Ken,
because I think this is
truly a case o f him
being so far from hav­
ing any kind of preju­
dice it never occurred
to him this might be
offensive,” he added.
Z oo w o rk e rs re ­
ceived another apol­
ogy by email a few
weeks ago, this one by
new elephant barn su­
pervisor Joe Sebast-
iani, who showed up
for his first day of
work, Aug. 21, sport­
ing a bumper sticker
that said “Earth's Most
Endangered Species:
The White Race”.
Sebastiani told zoo
officials the sticker was
a joke played on him by
formerco-workers. The
sticker has been traced
tothe National Alliance,
a neo-Nazi organization
based in Hillsboro, West
Virginia.
Vecchio said after
Sebastiani issued the
email to all zoo em ­
ployees no further ac­
tion was taken. He was
adamant in saying the
recen t e v e n ts w ere
photo by S ean O ’C onnor TT he P ortland O bserver
not reflective of any
A giraffe browses near the wall o f its zoo enclosure.
prejudice on behalf
of the zoo.
for comment.
continued
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“I think we never stopped
Vecchio told the Portland
being
a welcoming place for
sion to display the pictures by Observer that Metro, the re­
everybody,"
Vecchio said. “We
Carmen Hannold, the zoo’s gional government agency that
owns and operates the zoo, would never do anything we
deputy director.
But Hannold may have not has extensive policies against think our visitors or staff find
been aware there would be a harassment, but no clear di­ offensive.”
He also pledged to make
Confederate flag within the rection on the depiction of
photograph, according to O r­ photographs that may be con­ the zoo a more enjoyable place
for diverse audiences, to di­
egon Z oo D ire c to r T ony sidered offensive.
“ I'm sure there will be, and versify its workforce, and be a
Vecchio, who was out of town
at the time of the incident. I’m going to talk to Carm en,” nationwide player in zoo di­
versity issues.
Hannold could not be reached Vecchio said.
Vote Could Send
Lawmakers Packing
continued
f rom Front
promote candidates of color.
“ Both parties have failed to
aggressively recruit and pro­
mote candidates of color,” she
said. “Future candidates will
come in other ways, and we’ll
see candidates who have ties to
their own communities."
“ I was an example of that as
a community based activist,”
she added. Gordly has also been
elected as a Democratic Party
candidate, but recently switched
her voter registration to Inde­
pendent.
A study published in August
by the National Conference of
State Legislatures backs the
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