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Remembrances
for Lee Perlman
c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3
my friend, dedicated community
journalist and Eliot neighborhood
stalwart Lee Perlman, is gone.”
It seemed as if Perlman had wit­
nessed all of the city's action first
hand Over the past 40 years, attend­
ing and writing stories about more
public meetings than it seems pos-
Saturday,
South Waterfront Park, Portland
10 a.m. - Gather at Terry Schrunk Plaza
11 a.m. - Step off time for March thru Downtown
12 p.m. - Pre-rally Festivities at Waterfront Park
1 p.m. - Rally, Speakers and Live Music at Waterfront Park.
Lee Perlman was deeply committed to the city’s neighborhoods.
sible to attend, the N/NE coalition
reported, “We will miss his decades-
long perspective, his off-hand jokes
and his presence in our lives.”
Anne Dufay, executive director
at the Southeast Uplift Neighbor-
hood Coalition, added, “In losing
Lee, we lost one of the most compre-
hensive storehouses of neighbor­
hood history we have.”
Tom Gauntt, a spokesperson at
Pacific Power said Perlman “truly
had ink in his veins.
“Knew him first with the Down-
town Community Association in the
late 70s. Then Pry Publishing for
years, where he also had ink on his
shirt,” Gauntt said. “I can still hear
that particular tone of his voice,
wry, New York, going high when
agitated. I also marveled at the
breadth of his neighborhood cover-
age.”
Katy Philp said she just saw
Perlman in the Hollywood district
not too long ago.
“He was always everywhere,
school board meetings, neighbor
fairs, and CNN (Central Northeast
Neighbors) meetings” Philp said.
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Dean Baker, a University of Or-
egon professor, said he worked with
Perlman briefly when he wrote for
the Portland section of the Orego-
nian.
“I read- hundreds of his stories
over the years in the weeklies around
town. Tireless, a real unsung re-
porter for grassroots Portland. He
and his work will be missed,” Baker
said.
Perlman was a longtime freelance
writer for the Portland Observer
where he also delivered newspa-
pers. He also wrote for the Holly-
wood Star, M id-County Memo,
Southeast Examiner and Southwest
Post.
His Portland career started in the
1970s after Perlman moved here af­
ter attending college in the East
Coast and leaving behind his home-
town of New York City.
The Eliot Neighborhood Associa-
tion blog (EliotNeighborhood.org)
alsohasinformationaboutPerlman’s
work on behalf of his neighbors and
hopes to have details on Perlman’s
memorial service once it becomes
available.
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