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Candidate backs
down on taking
credit for bill
by J ake
T homas
T he P ortland O bserver
Portland City Council Candidate
Jesse Cornett has backed down from
a claim he made in an interview with
the Portland Observer (April 21 is
sue) that he worked with a former
Portland State University student
to bring more diversity to the ath
letic departments o f Oregon’s pub
lic universities.
In 2009, the Legislature passed a
bill requiring all state universities to
interview at least one minority can
didate for athletic coaching posi
tions. The proposal was modeled
after the National Football League’s
“ Rooney Rule,” which was shaped
by Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan
Rooney and adopted in 2003.
Cornett told the Portland Ob
server that he worked with PSU alum.
Bus Deaths
Bring Safety
Review
In the wake o f an accident involv
ing a TriMet bus that ran over five
people in downtown Portland, two
o f which died, the transit agency is
calling in an outside expert review of
its procedures and is reminding
operators o f how to stay safe.
Fred Hansen, TriMet general
manager, sent out a notice to em
ployees last week that included a
document outlining driver’s safety
responsibilities.
“I’m sure that everyone is devas
tated,” Hansen wrote. “It is a trag
edy beyond comprehension.”
The correspondence advises
TriM et operators to continually
be aware o f their surroundings as
they steer transit vehicles, keep
ample space between m otorists
and pedestrians, stay focused,
and approach intersections with
caution.
Hansen also announced that
TriMet is calling in an expert from
the National Safety Council to re
view the transit agencies practices.
Jesse Cornett
Sam Sachs, to get the Legislature to
pass the landmark bill.
But people at PSU involved with
the issue say Cornett was not a
strong advocate for the legislation.
“ He never supported it,” said
Sachs who lobbied to Legislature
for the landmark bill’s passage. “He
didn’t work with me.”
Avel Gordly, a former African
American state senator who now
teaches at PSU, described Cornett
as a “barrier” o f the proposal until
the final stages o f its passage.
“He was in no way an advocate
or champion for the legislation,”
said G o rd ly , w ho added that
Cornett’s claim raises issues o f in
tegrity.
Dalton Miller-Jones, professor
o f Psychology at PSU, also con
tends in an e-mail that Cornett was
not a champion for the bill.
When confronted with these
discrepancies, C ornett wrote in
an e-m ail exchange that PSU was
neutral on the bill, until ju st be
fore a final h e arin g w hen it
“w isely” decided to support it.
Cornett was em ployed as PS U ’s
director o f governm ental relations
at the time, and said that his prod-
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