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A p ril 23, 2014
Say Goodbye to Trader Joe’s
Specialty grocer
issues final
66.
no to MLK
and Alberta
It’s official, Trader Joes is out of
a development deal that would have
brought the specialty grocer to a lot
on Martin Luther King Boulevard
and Alberta Street.
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales
made the announcement in a news
release Tuesday. He said he got the
final rejection from Trader Joe’s in a
phone call on Friday.
photo by
D onovan M. S mith /T he P ortland O bserver
The lot which has been vacant for a va ca n t lo t on N o rth e a s t M a rtin L u th e r K in g Jr. B o u le v a rd a n d A lb e rta S tre e t a w a its developm ent.
around a decade, was picked to be M a y o r C harlie H a le s a n n o u n c e d T uesda y th a t he w as n o t s u c c e s s fu l in an e ffo rt to g e t T rade r
developed by Majestic Realty of Los J o e ’s to re c o n s id e r b u ild in g a s to re on the site.
Angeles for bringing in a major retail
anchor that would serve as an adja
cent commerce hub to Vanport Square.
The proposed deal was brokered
by the Portland Development Com
mission and announced last No
vember, but pushback came prima
rily from the Portland African Ameri
can Leadership Forum, a group of
local activists who called for afford
able housing to be included in the 2-
acre site.
Citing negative community con
cerns, Joe’s announced in February
that they would not continue with the
plans. Hales tried to revive the deal.
He says Majestic Realty Co. will
stay on for future plans to develop
the space in some capacity saying,
“Majestic knows the site, they know
the players, and they know the is
sues of concern. If we want to fast-
track a development that meets the
needs of the neighbors, the busi
ness community, and the city, then
Majestic should take the lead.”
Sheriffs Pivot on Immigration
Multnomah and
others pull back
on jail holds
S h erriffs
in
M ultnom ah,
Clackamas, and Washington coun
ties announced last week that they
will immediately suspend the prac
tice of honoring requests from fed
eral immigration enforcement to hold
individuals in their jail without prob
able cause.
This is in response to the Miranda-
Olivares decisions set forth by the
U.S. District Court of Oregon.
An Immigration Customs Enforce
ment “ICE” detainer is used by fed-
A light-hearted look at Charles Schulz's
exploration of the natural world.
eral government to apprehend indi
viduals who come in contact with
local and state law enforcement agen
cies. The detainers are written re
quests that a local jail or other law
enforcement agency hold a person
for 48 hours after his or her release
date for the government to decide
whether to take him into federal cus
tody and begin formal deportation
proceedings.
Marion County Sherriff Jason
Myers released this statement in re
sponse to his decision, “the Marion
County Jail will no longer hold in
mates pursuant to an Immigration
and Customs Enforcement detainer
alone. ICE may issue or forward a
federal judicial warrant or order au-
■M M M
TheWeek Review
Fired Administrator will Sue
D e lig h tin g us all
th ro u g h M a y 4
Portland’s former chief administration officer, Jack D.
Graham, announced last week that he plans to sue the
city for racial discrimination, defamation, and a lack of
due process tied to his firing. Mayor Charlie Hales
fired Graham in November because of controversies
involving the Office of Management and Finance that
Graham supervised.
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Affirmative Action Repeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled by a 6-2 vote
that Michigan voters had a right to ban affirmative
action in their state via a ballot initiative. The decision
is a blow to the use of racial preferences in higher
education but not an outright ban.
K9 Shooting Suspect
A 20-year-old man accused of shooting a Portland
police officer in the legs and killing the officer’s K9 dog
made his first court appearance on Monday. Police say
the man and two other suspects were on a crime spree
preceding last week’s shooting.
TriMet Ticket Forger Busted
Efren Escarsega Jr. was arrested April 16 accused of
forging more than 1,000 TriMet passes with stolen
ticket stock. He faces multiple crimes, including first-
degree theft and conspiracy to commit forgery.
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thorizing a suspended alien’s deten
tion, and the jail will honor such war
rants and orders. Jail staff will con
tinue to collect and submit informa
tion to ICE regarding foreign-bom
arrestees, but will not place holds
upon such arrestees unless a judicial
warrant or court order is received
authorizing detention,”
Carmen Madrid, the organizing
director for the Center for Intercul
tural Organizing in W ashington
County, says this policy changes
move the region in the “right direc
tion.”
“This will undoubtedly improve
the relationship between each of
these offices and immigrant and refu
gee communities,” Madrid says.
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