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M arth 12. 2008
Mayoral Candidates to Debate Local Issues
Will gather Friday
at PCC-Cascade
Issues o f critic a l im p o rtan ce to
P ortland's A frican-A m erican com m u­
nity will be front and center during the
first mayoral forum of the campaign sea­
son.
Six candidates for P ortland's top of­
fice will weigh in on matters like educa­
tion, jobs, gentrification and more at the
forum, set for6-7:30p.m . Friday, March
14, in the Dan M oriarty A uditorium at
Portland Community College’s Cascade
Cam pus, 705 N. Killingsworth St.
The forum - presented by the Urban
League o f Portland and PCC Cascade
Campus and, sponsored by the African
American Alliance, the African A m eri­
can Chamber of Commerce and the Port­
land branch o f the NAACP - will give
Portland voters their first opportunity
to see the candidates together on one
stage. Adm ission is free, and light re­
freshm ents will be served at a reception
follow ing the event.
“There are persistent disparities in
health, education, housing, econom ic
opportunity, em ploym ent and livability
in Portland between African Americans
and the general population", said Ur­
ban League President and C hief Execu­
tive O fficer M arcus C. M undy. "O ur
com m unity will want to be assured that
the candidate they vote for to lead the
city will prioritize the elimination ol these
d isparities.”
Participating candidates include Sam
Adams, Sho D o/ono, Craig Gier, James
B. Lee, Beryl S. McNair and Chris Rich.
Ken Boddie, reporter and anchor for
KOIN-TV, will moderate the evening's
proceedings. Each candidate will have a
chance to introduce him or herself to the
audience before fielding questions from
Mr. Boddie. Questions from audience
members w ill be posed to the candidates
toward the end of the forum.
"It is important that candidates for
the top position in the city are given the
opportunity to address how they will
move Portland forward with the w ell­
being o f all o fo u rc iti/e n s in m ind." said
C a sc a d e C am p u s P re sid e n t A lgie
Gatewood. "By placing issues o f im por­
tance to African Am ericans and other
com m unities of color before the candi­
dates and the voters right out o f the
gate, we hope to help set the tone that
m atters of diversity and inclusiveness
are critical to the health o f our city."
For more inform ation, call Midge
Purcell with the Urban League of Port­
la n d at 5 0 3 -2 8 0 -2 6 2 6 , e -m a il
mpurcell@ ulpdx.org or visit Ulpdx.org.
McNair Challenges Opponent’s Funding
A Portland candidate running for
mayor from the African-American
com m unity has challenged a deci­
sion to give another candidate for
mayor public m onies to run his cam ­
paign.
Beryl M cNair, a health services
em ployee with the Portland Veter­
ans Hospital, claims Sho Dozono
doesn't qualify for$200,000 in pub­
lic funds because he had already
received $27,(X)0 in in-kind contri­
butions from a lobbyist.
A hearing has been ordered for
Mayoral candidate Beryl McNair
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next week to review the dispute be­
fore an Oregon adm inistrative judge.
Craig Gier, another mayoral candi­
date, has joined McNair in filing the
re q u e s t fo r a h e a rin g . B ru ce
B roussard, an o th er local A frican
American and a former candidate for
the city council also filed an objection.
Portland's rules on publicly-financed
elections say a candidate can take no
more than $12.(XX) in in-kind contribu­
tions before being disqualified for the
public money.
But Andrew Carlstrom , a city elec-
tions adm inistrator, and city auditor
Gary Blackmer recently ruled that
Dozono, the head of AzumanoTravel
and a candidate seen as a prim ary
challengertoCity Commissioner Sam
A dam s’ candidacy for mayor, was
still eligible for the money. The rea­
soning was that Dozono was just
thinking of running when the in-kind
contribution was received last D e­
cem ber and was not officially a can­
didate at the time.
Dozono called the objections a
diversion from important issues.
Mathis to Visit Portland
At Saturday
conference and
Youth Summit
TV Judge Greg Mathis, a lifetime
member of the NAACP whose
weekly commentary appears in the
Portland Observer, will be the fea­
tured luncheon speaker Saturday
during a multi-state NAACP con­
ference in Portland.
Mathis’ story ofpersonally break­
ing the cycle of drugs and crime to
become a lawyer, judge and national
leader was a dramatic example and
role model foryoung African Ameri­
cans, said state NAACP spokesper­
son Esmeralda Allen.
Judge Greg Mathis
Mathis also will also be guest
speaker during a Youth Summit by CornerStone Community Ser­
Saturday night when he addresses vices, a local African-American
Jefferson High School students, church.
Principal Cynthia Harris, faculty and
The NAACP Alaska-Oregon-
parents during an event sponsored Washington State Area Conference
is holding its annual spring conven­
tion Friday, March 14 to Sunday,
March 16, at the Airport Ramada Inn
and Suites, 6221 N.E. 82nd Ave.
The conference is hosted by the
Portland Branch of the NAACP
which was founded in 1914. Today,
it faces a "state of emergency" in­
vestigating complaints of discrimi­
nation, mistreatment and unequal
sentencing by police and court offi­
cials.
In Oregon. African Americans
and other minorities are more likely
to be victimized by crime than any
othergroups, increasing individual
and community problems.
Congruently, a dramatic increase
in the number of minority males are
now coming under some for form of
criminal justice supervision; im­
pacting the victims, offenders, their
families, and theircommunities.
Oscar Eason Jr., president of the
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