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arip Page 2 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR VOICE ^¡Jortlanò (Obstruer T he \A/z=>cJx in E > ~ , T h o u V VCCl\ I \ L \ 7 I W The City is investing $20 m illion in N o rth /N o rth e a st Portland over the next five years to help address the need fo r affordable housing. We need your input to inform the housing strategy. Gresham City Half 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy, Gresham Thursday 10/9/14 Dinner 6:00 p.m. • Session 6:30 - 9:00 2511 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Saturday 10/11/14 Breakfast 9:00 a.m. • Session 9:30 - Noon DAYCARE & LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE PO R TLAN D H O U S IN G BUREAU NORTH / NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING STRATEGY io help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will provide translation, reasonably modify policies/procedures, and provide auxiliary aids/services/alternative formats to persons with disabilities. Call three days in advance to request accomodations for ADA accessibility. 503-823-2375, TTY, 503-823-6868. For more information, or if you would like to provide feedback without attending a forum, visit our website, call, or email: p o rtla n d o re g o n .g o v/p h b /n n e stra te g y 503.823.1190 » nnestrategy@ portlandoregon.gov Cornell West Arrested Along with Other Ferguson Protestors Thousands of people took to the streets of St. Louis over the weekend in what was billed as a "weekend of resistance" to protest police violence and the recent death of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Mo. Marches continued into Monday when black activist and Professor Cornel West were arrested alongside 49 other protestors. A lberta S im m ons P laza 6611 NE M artin L uther K ino B lvd • P ortland , 97211 5 0 3 -2 4 0 -4 1 9 8 • O ne-B edroom Apartm ents, Full K itchens and Living Areas • Planned A ctivities, Laundry Facility,C onference and M eetin g R oom ,Elevator and Library • C onveniently Located to Shopping, R estaurants,Pharm acy and M ed ical O ffices Health Organization has released a state ment predicting that, by the end of the next two months, Africa will be seeing 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week. “A lot more people will die,” said General Dr. Bruce Aylward, who is assistant director at the World Health Organization. So far, more than 4,000 people have died because of Ebola. The Vatican released an official document on Monday that included a statement that the homosexual commu nity had "gifts and qualities to offer" and asked if Catholicism could accept gays and recognize positive aspects of same-sex couples. Gay rights groups con sidered the statement a breakthrough for the Catholic Church, but some conservatives called it a betrayal of family values. Judge Overturns Alaska Ban A U.S. District Court Judge Monday ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in Alaska, calling the state’s ban unconstitutional and a “deprivation of basic due process and equal protection” under the 14th Amend ment. The ruling comes on the heels of similar federal rulings affecting Idaho and Nevada. Compromised Data Voter I.D. Law Reinstated A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated Texas' tough voter ID law for the November election. The ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocks last week's ruling by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos in Corpus Christi, who determined the law unconstitutional and similar to a poll tax designed to dissuade minorities from voting. A recent compromise in the Oregon Employment Department’s website may have left some individuals v u ln erab le to id en tity theft. S p ecifically , the WorkSource Oregon page, which offers job place ment assistant to residents seeking work, may have had its data opened up by unknown sources. On Monday, the state began mailing out information on a free offer for identity theft protection. First Case of Ebola Transmission in the US Romney Not to Run in 2016 President Obama is calling for an investigation into how a hospital worker caught Ebola from a patient at a Dallas hospital. Nina Pham, a nurse who treated a Liberian national in Texas, is currently under quarantine and has been given a blood transfusion from an American Ebola survivor. Affordable Quality Retirement Living for Seniors 62 years and older s a n d s of Ebola Cases Coming Vatican Shifts Tone JO IN US AT A C O M M U N ITY FORUM New Song Community Church, O c to b e r 15, 2 0 1 4 Mitt Rom ney’s wife, Ann Romney, quashed rumors that her husband might run again for the presidency in 2016. “Done, completely” she said Tuesday. “Not only Mitt and I are done, but the kids are done. Done. Done. Done.” It is still unclear who the frontrunner for the Republican nominee might be for the next presi dential election. First Lady of Oregon Embroiled in Scandal C y lv ia H a y e s , G o v . Jo h n K itzhaber’s fiancé, finds herself am idst a growing scandal. Last week she tearfully adm it ted to illegally m arrying an E thio pian teen for m oney back in 1997 to help his im m igration status and publicly apologized. Now, Hayes is defending herself against accu sations that she may have lived in a m arijuana grow house with an ex-boyfriend back in 1998. Hayes said at the time she was involved in an abusive relation ship with a dangerous man, and ___ — that the m arijuana grow on prop- Cylvia~Hays, Gov. John K itz h a b e r’s fiancé, co m e s to tears adm it- erty in W ashington state never m aterialized. “I was never finan- tin g s h e ille g a lly m a rrie d an E thiopian teen fo r m oney ba ck in 1 9 9 7 to h e lp h is im m ig ra tio n s ta tu s . 47 47 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 P u b l is h e r : E d it o r : Mark Washington, Sr. M ich a el L eig h to n E xecutive D irector : Rakeem Washington C reative D irector : P aul N e u fe ld t O ffice M anager / C lassieieds : A dvertising M anager : Lucinda Baldwin Leonard Latin R eporter / P hotographer Olivia Olivia CALL 503-288-0033 FAX 503-288-0015 n sw.S@PQrtlqndQbscrver.CQm ads@Dortlandobserver.com subscription @portlandobserver, com The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. 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I had no m oney.” Hayes also cam e under fire last week after a W illam ette W eek re port questioned possible ethics violations surrounding her work as a consultant with the governor's office. K itzhaber said safeguards were follow ed, but M onday called for a state ethics review o f Hayes' work.
