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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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